Theo 104 Quiz 7 Liberty University

Unconfessed sin is among the conditions that are hindrances to prayer.
2.     The fruit of the spirit and spiritual gifts are the same concepts. 
3.     When making hard decisions, it is important to ask if the decision will be spiritually profitable. 
4.     It is unbiblical to pray for miracles. 
5.     Harboring idols will hinder the effectiveness of our prayers. 
6.     Renewal within the life of the believer is a one-time event, not an ongoing process. 
7.     John MacArthur argues that Christians need to strive to make the Bible relevant, since the Bible is not inherently relevant. 
8.     When making hard decisions, it is important to ask if the decision will glorify God. 
9.     The indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the filling of the Holy Spirit are the same thing. 
10.  What was Jesus’ last commandment called? 
11.  The Great Commission is recorded only 2 times in Scripture. 
12.  Domestic conflict will hinder the effectiveness of our prayers. 
13.  Evangelizing others is a set of obedience to God. 
14.  The filling of the Holy Spirit has much to do with the concept of the control of the individual. 
15.  According to the reading, in light of the law of God, legalism should be a constant motivator for discipline. 

THEO 104 Quiz 6 Liberty University

1.     A people movement is when many people make an individual decision to believe in Jesus Christ but they make the same decision simultaneously and all become Christians.
2.     The examples in the New Testament of believers professing faith in the risen Jesus are followed by that individual being baptized. 
3.     Trickle down influence begins in the hearts of individuals and spreads to their families their occupation and those around them. 
4.     The Protestant work ethic was a derogatory term used to describe the laziness of non-catholic Christians in comparison to devout Catholics. 
5.     What does the Bible refer to with the word church? 
6.     The two ordinances of the church are Baptism and the Lords Table. 
7.     There is no need to formally commit church membership to a local congregation. 
8.     According to the reading, how does the New Testament compare the church to a building? 
9.     When is a nation considered to be Christianized? 
10.  Oikos conversion in the New Testament is the promise that the presence of one Christian in a family guarantees the eventual conversion of all other family members of his family. 
11.  The church is both an organism and organization. 
12.  The Greek Word baptisma means immersion. 
13.  There is evidence in the Bible that the early Church took up offerings. 
14.  Only one Church governmental structure is evidenced within Scripture. 
15.  Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. 

Theo 104 Quiz 5 Liberty University

  Ray Comfort suggests that when sharing our faith we should start with the natural and then go to the spiritual.
2.     Sanctification includes elements of being set apart in the past, continually being set apart in the present, and ultimate separation in the future. 
3.     According to the reading, feeling remorse over your sin is enough to save you. 
4.     The roman soldiers broke the legs of Jesus and the thieves in order to hasten their death. 
5.     The bible teaches that individuals must earn his/her own salvation. 
6.     Justification is an Instantaneous act of God in the life of the believer. 
7.     Due to the fall in Genesis 3, mankind is actually in opposition to God. 
8.     According to Ray Comfort what did John Wycliffe, Martin Luther, John Wesley and Charles Spurgeon have in common in the gospel message?
9.     The two main accusations made against Jesus were blasphemy and treason. 
10.  According to the reading, as a result of Adam’s sin, everyone is born onto the world spiritually dead because of trespasses and sins. 
11.  According to the reading, a person is saved from eternity in hell by a simple act of intellect. 
12.  Repentance is the same as feeling sorry. 
13.  Who asked to bury Jesus’s body? 
14.  Which is not one of the “five points” of Calvinism? 

15. Conversion includes the elements of one’s intellect and emotions, but not ones will

THEO 104 Quiz 4 Liberty University

1.     The bible affirms that Jesus is both 100 percent God and 100 percent man.
2.     The bible records the virgin birth as a fact. 
3.     Moses, Isiah, and Jeremiah all are Old Testament authors who spoke about Christ’s future birth? 
4.     This is consummation sanctification, for God will not complete the process until we arrive in heaven. 
5.     Who is the first person in the bible described as having been justified by faith? 
6.     Personal Guilt is condition of the sinner standing guilty. 
7.     All religions express their relationship to God the same way. 
8.     There is only one Greek word used in the New Testament for redemption. 
9.     After Jesus resurrection those closest to him such as his half-brother James still did not believe he was the Messiah. 
10.  What is a vicar? 
11.  The resurrection of Jesus points to the future resurrection of those who trust in him. 
12.  The Greek word proseuchamai means peace. 
13.  The Old Testament sacrifices were temporary, but the sacrifice of Christ in the cross is a permanent sacrifice. 
14.  What does Dr. Towns believe is the best translation for the word almah in Isiah 7:14? 
15.  Man is not reconciled to God through the actual blood of Christ, rather the blood is a metaphor for the moral and noble life of Christ that should compel man to seek after God.

Theo 104 Quiz 3 Liberty University

Only Christians maintain the image of God. 
2.     A system that allows for external factors. 
3.     The image of God refers to something a human is rather than something a human has or does. 
4.     Prior to the fall recorded in Genesis 3. Adam and Eve were all knowing. 
5.     What is a question that Darwinians have not been able to answer? 
6.     What is the main point that the author illustrates with an elephant and 4 blind men. 
7.     A consequence of Adams sin is spiritual death. 
8.     The image of God in man should help point others to the King of Kings. 
9.     The image of God is spoken of in the Old Testament but it is not spoken of in the New Testament. 
10.  Though Christians are not commanded to do good works, many do them because they want to. 
11.  There is only one Greek word for sin recorded in the New Testament. 
12.  The heart can be hardened by sin. 
13.  Christians do good works because of gratitude for what God has done. 
14.  The image of God was completely lost in the fall recorded in genesis 3. 
15.  The word heart in the bible is used only to refer to the physical organ.

Theo 104 Quiz 2 Liberty University

   There are no messianic prophesies mentioned in the Apocrypha.
 
2.     The Apocrypha makes no claim of divine inspiration. 
 
3.     The self-revelation of god through the scriptures and finalized in Jesus Christ and relates to Gods plan of salvation for man. 
 
4.     Our modern day translations are the word of God only to the extent that that accurately reflect the original texts, which were produced under the inspiration of God. 
 
5.     The supernatural guidance of the writers of scripture by the spirit of God whereby they wrote the divine word of God transcribed accurately and reliable. 
 
6.     The work of the Holy Spirit in helping the believer understand and apply the spiritual meaning of Scriptures.
 
7.     The theory that states that God only inspired some of scripture but we do not know which parts : 
 
8.     According to theology for today the two sources that establish ab early date of Scripture are: 
 
9.     By saying that the bible is inerrant it is meant that the bible does not contain any error. 
 
10.  Though the Apocrypha were included in the original Hebrew canon, they have been left out of most protestant translations of the bible. 
 
11.  Our Thoughts of God imply the existence of God. 
 
12.  Deals with the authorship sources dates and historical matters. 
 
13.  Design in the universe reveals a designer. 
 
14.  The first books were made from rolled papyrus and were therefore called “rolodex” manuscripts.

THEO 104 quiz 2 correct answers

There are two basic categories of God’s revelation: Natural Revelation and General Revelation.

According to the text, what is does "Bibliolatry" mean?

What God revealed and inspired is accurate, reliable, authoritative and without error.

Inspiration incorporates the personality of the writer into the final product

An investigation of the facts to determine the credibility of the text

The theory that states that God only inspired some of Scripture, but we do not know which parts

Three basic steps to understanding the Bible are (1) observation, (2) application, and (3) enjoyment

The first books were made from rolled papyrus and were therefore called "rolodex" manuscripts

Reason is the intellectual and moral faculties of man as exercised in the pursuit of truth apart from supernatural aid.

The term "Scripture" comes from the Latin for scriptus which mean "scaffolding".

The Apostle Paul calls the writings of Peter “Scripture” in 2 Peter

The supernatural guidance of the writers of Scripture by the spirit of God whereby they wrote the divine word of God transcribed accurately and reliably

Our thoughts of God imply the existence of God. Pg. 40

What is the main teaching of Hebrews 1:1­2 about divine revelation?

Attempts to determine the original Manuscript of the Text

PSYC 355 Week 2 Homework Liberty University

SPSS Homework 2 Instructions

Independent Samples t-Tests

Part 1:

Green & Salkind: Lesson 24, Exercises 1–5

The following helpful tips are numbered to correspond with the exercise number to which they refer:

1. Type these values out underneath your copied and pasted output. (3 pts)
2.  Instead of identifying these values on your output, as the text states, write them in your Word file as written answers for #2 a, b, and c. (3 pts, 1 point for each letter)
3. The effect size statistic must be computed by hand (or calculator). Use the second “easier” formula for d, found in the section on Effect Size Statistics in this lesson. (3 pts)
4. All homework “Results sections” must follow the example given in the Course Content document “Writing Results of Statistical Tests in Current APA Format” (Note: you do not have to refer to a figure). (3 pts)
5. Create a boxplot (not an error bar graph) using the following steps (covered also in Lesson 21). (3 pts)

Part 2:

1. A learning psychologist is interested in comparing the success of 2 different foreign language learning programs. He assigns students to 2 different classes, one that focuses on a more academic style including lectures and worksheets, and one that focuses on a more conversational style including repetition and group work. He then administers a standardized language exam to each group of students. Using the table below, enter the data into a new SPSS data file and use an independent-samples t-test to analyze the claim that the 2 teaching styles are different.

The steps will be the same as the ones you have been practicing in Part 1 of the assignment—the only difference is that you are now responsible for creating the data file as well. Remember to name and define your variables under the “Variable View,” then return to the “Data View” to enter the data. (3 pts for output)

2. Create a boxplot illustrating the differences between the 2 methods of language learning. (3 pts)

3. Write a Results section in current APA style describing the outcome. All homework “Results sections” must follow the example given in the Course Content document “Writing Results of Statistical Tests in Current APA Format” (Note: you do not have to refer to a figure). (4 pts)

Part 3: Cumulative Homework

1. The effects of alcohol intake on aggressive driving are studied in a group of students tested on a driving simulator. One group of 15 students is tested first with a placebo, given an ounce of alcohol, waits 30 minutes, and is tested again. Number of crashes are counted. Did consuming alcohol change aggressive driving behavior? Choose the correct test to analyze this question, set up the SPSS file, and run the analysis.

Follow the directions on the following page. Paste appropriate SPSS output. (5 pts)

Write a Results section in current APA style describing the outcome. All homework “Results sections” must follow the example given in the Course Content document “Writing Resultsof Statistical Tests in Current APA Format” (Note: you do not have to refer to a figure). (5 pts)

PSYC 354 Homework 8 Liberty University

Homework 8

Single-Sample T-Test

Be sure you have reviewed this module/week’s lessons and presentations along with the practice data analysis before proceeding to the homework exercises. Complete all analyses in SPSS, and then copy and paste your output and graphs into your homework document file. Number all responses. Answer any written questions (such as the text-based questions or the APA Participants section) in the appropriate place within the same file. Review the “Homework Instructions: General” document for an example of how homework assignments must look.

Part I: Concepts

1.     Fill in the blanks with the correct word or words.

a.     You use a t-test when you know the population _______ but not the population ________.

b.     The t-statistic indicates the distance of a sample mean from the ________ in terms of estimated standard error units.

c.     The 2 groups compared in the single-sample t-test are the sample and the _______.

d.     The number of scores that are free to vary when you are estimating a population parameter from a sample is called the ________.

e.     A researcher reports the results of a single-sample t-test as t(19) = 2.13. There were ______ total participants in the researcher's sample.

f.      The critical values of the t-statistic for a two-tailed test with df = 6 and a p level of 0.05 are _______.

g.     When our t-statistic exceeds your critical cutoffs, you _______ the null hypothesis.

2.     Complete the following Nolan and Heinzen end-of-chapter exercises for Chapter 9: 9.10 and 9.24. If applicable, remember to show work in your homework document to receive partial credit.

9.10 Explain what each part of the following statistical phrase

means, as it would be reported in APA format: t(4)  2.87, p  0.032.

9.24 Calculate degrees of freedom and identify the critical t

value for a single-sample t test in each of the following

circumstances:

a. Two-tailed test, N  8, p level of 0.10 

b. One-tailed test, N  42, p level of 0.05

c. Two-tailed test, N  89, p level of 0.01 

Part II: SPSS Analysis

1. 1.     End-of-chapter exercise 9.37 in Nolan and Heinzen describes a study of anger and mood in a sample of 60 Marines following a month-long intense training exercise. The scores for 6 fictional Marines are entered in the Module/Week 8 Exercise File 1 document (found in the Assignment Instructions folder). Using these data, run 3 single-sample t-tests to compare the Marines’ mean score to the following population values:

Part III: SPSS Data Entry and Analysis

1.    A clinical psychologist is treating 12 patients with clinical depression. She wants to find out whether these patients score differently than the general population on an emotional response scale (ERS) with a population mean μ = 9.5. She is only interested in whether there is a difference but not in the direction of the difference at this point. The table below contains the scores of the patients. Conduct a single-sample t-test to evaluate the claim that these patients score differently than the general population on the ERS.

Part IV: Cumulative

1.     (Non-SPSS) Age at onset of dementia was determined for a sample of adults between the ages of 60 and 75. For 15 subjects, M = 67.2 and s = 3.06. Use this information to answer the following:

a.     Based on the data you have and the normal curve tables, what percentage of people might start to show signs of dementia at or before age 62? 

b.     If you consider the normal range of onset in this population to be +/-1 z-score from the mean, what two ages correspond to this?

c.     A neuropsychologist is interested only in studying the most deviant portion of this population: those individuals who fall within the top 10% and the bottom 10% of the distribution. She must determine the ages that mark these boundaries. What are these ages?

2.     (Non-SPSS) For each of the following scenarios, compute the effect size and state (whether it is approximately small, medium, or large).

a.     Participants in an inpatient study of treatment for OCD complete an anxious feelings inventory which is then compared to the general population. The sample mean is M = 27.2. The mean in the general population of inpatients on this inventory is M = 35.5, and the population standard deviation is 1.9.

A mood assessment in a sample of 15 gym members has a mean of 87 and a standard deviation of 6. The mean in the general population on this measure is 79.

PSYC 354 Homework 7 Liberty University

Homework 7

Confidence Intervals, Effect Size, and Statistical Power

Be sure you have reviewed this module/week’s lessons and presentations along with the practice data analysis before proceeding to the homework exercises. Complete all analyses in SPSS, then copy and paste your output and graphs into your homework document file. Number all responses. Answer any written questions (such as the text-based questions or the APA Participants section) in the appropriate place within the same file. Review the “Homework Instructions: General” document for an example of how homework assignments must look.

Part I: Concepts

1.     Fill in the blanks with the correct word or words.

a.     The confidence interval is centered around the _____ of the sample.

b.     Cohen's d measures the difference between means in terms of _______.

c.     According to Cohen's conventions, a d value of _______ indicates a large effect.

d.     A study that calculates the mean effect size from the individual effect sizes of many studies is called a(n) _______.

e.     Statistical power refers to the probability of successfully rejecting the _______.

Complete the following Nolan and Heinzen end-of-chapter exercises for Chapter 8: 8.15, 8.22, 8.26, and 8.40. If applicable, remember to show work in your homework document to receive partial credit

Compute effect size in the following questions:

1.     A company decides to add a new program that prepares randomly selected sales personnel to increase their number of sales per month. The mean number of sales per month for the overall population of sales personnel at this national company is 25 with a standard deviation of 4. The mean number of sales per month for those who participated in the new program is 29. Compute the effect size of the new sales program. 

2.     On a certain anxiety questionnaire, the population is known to have a mean of 12 and a standard deviation of 2.3. A higher score represents higher levels of anxiety. Participants in a new relaxation program complete the questionnaire after completing the program and have a mean score of 10.2. What is the effect size of the relaxation program?

3.     A residential treatment facility tests a new group therapy for patients with self-destructive behaviors. The therapists hope to decrease scores on a measure of self-destructive behaviors that has a mean in the overall residential treatment population of 35 and a standard deviation of 4.7. The mean score for the patients after the new group therapy is 27. What is the effect size of the new group therapy? 

Parts II and III: There is no new SPSS material this module/week

PSYC 354 Homework 6 Liberty University

Homework 6

Percentiles and Hypothesis Testing with Z-Tests

Be sure you have reviewed this module/week’s lessons and presentations along with the practice data analysis before proceeding to the homework exercises. Complete all analyses in SPSS, and then copy and paste your output and graphs into your homework document file. Number all responses. Answer any written questions (such as the text-based questions or the APA Participants section) in the appropriate place within the same file. Review the “Homework Instructions: General” document for an example of how homework assignments must look.

Part I: Concepts

For this module/week, this section comprises most of your assignment. For help working the percentile and z-score problems, refer to the presentations in this module/week on z-tables and percentages as well as hypothesis testing with z-tests.

1. 1.     Answer the following Nolan and Heinzen end-of-chapter questions for Chapter 7: 7.8, 7.18, 7.20, 7.22, 7.28 [sections (a) and (b)], 7.32 [sections (a)–(e)], 7.34, 7.39, and 7.40 [sections (a) and (b)]. If applicable, remember to show work in your homework document for partial credit.

7.8 What are the six steps of hypothesis testing?

7.39  Directional versus nondirectional hypotheses: For each of the following examples, identify whether the research has expressed a directional or a nondirectional hypothesis:

A.  A researcher is interested in studying the relation between the use of antibacterial products and the dryness of people’s skin.  He thinks these products might alter the moisture in skin compared to other products that are not antibacterial. 

B.  A student wonders if grades in a class are in any way related to where a student sits in the classroom.  In particular, do students who sit in the front row get better grades, on average, than the general population of students? 

C. Cell phones are everywhere, and we are now available by phone almost all of the time. Does this translate into a change in the closeness of our long-distance relationships? 

7.40  Null hypotheses and research hypotheses:  For each of the following examples (the same as those in Exercise 7.39), state the null hypothesis and the research hypothesis, in both words and symbolic notation:

a.  A researcher is interested in studying the relation between the use of antibacterial products and the dryness of people skin.  He thinks these products might alter the moisture in skin compared to other products that are not antibacterial. 

b.  A student wonders if grades in a class are in any way related to where a student sits in the classroom.  In particular, do students who sit in the front row get better grades, on average, than the general population of students?

2. Fill in the blank with the best word or words.

a.     Values of a test statistic beyond which you reject the null hypothesis are called ________.

b.     The ___________ is the area in the tails in which the null can be rejected.

c.     If your data differ from what you would expect if chance were the only thing operating, you would call your finding ___ _______.

d.     A hypothesis test in which the research hypothesis is directional is a(n) _______ test.

e.     A hypothesis test in which the research hypothesis specifies that there will be a difference but does not specify the direction of that difference is a(n) ________ test.

If your z-statistic exceeds the critical cutoff, you can _____________ the null hypothesis.

3. The police department of a major city has found that the average height of their 1,250 officers is 71 inches (in.) with  = 2.3 inches. 

4. The verbal part of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) has a  of 500 and  = 100. Use the normal distribution to answer the following questions

Part II: SPSS Analysis

1. 1.     For this problem, you will be using last module/week’s data set containing IQ scores. Open the file; it will also contain the standardized IQ variable you created last module/week.
   1. a.     Using the z-scored IQ variable, create percentile ranks assuming the scores are normally distributed. Call the new percentile variable “IQ rank.”

1. b.     List the first 5 IQ ranks from your file (rows 1–5).

PSYC 354 Homework 5 Liberty University

Homework 5

Z-Scores

Be sure you have reviewed this module/week’s lessons and presentations along with the practice data analysis before proceeding to the homework exercises. Complete all analyses in SPSS, and then copy and paste your output and graphs into your homework document file. Number all responses. Answer any written questions (such as the text-based questions or the APA Participants section) in the appropriate place within the same file. Review the “Homework Instructions: General” document for an example of how homework assignments must look.

Part I: Concepts

These questions are based on the Nolan and Heinzen reading and end-of-chapter questions.

 1.     What are always the mean and standard deviation of the z-distribution? 

2.     Define the central limit theorem. 

3.     Fill in the blanks: A z-score is based on a distribution of _____________, while a z-statistic is based on a distribution of __________________.

4. End-of-chapter problems: Remember to show work to receive partial credit where applicable. For help working on these problems, refer to the presentation from this module/week on the normal curve and computing z-scores.

b.     In your data set, standardize the IQ scores by transforming them into z-scores under a new variable “ZIQ.” Using your data set as a reference, what z-score corresponds to a raw IQ score of 115? To a raw IQ score of 60? To a raw IQ score of 104? 

c. Based on what you have been told about IQ scores in the beginning of the problem, does this sample’s distribution seem to reflect the distribution of IQ scores in the general population? Why or why not? 

Part IV: Cumulative

1.     (Non-SPSS) A cognitive psychologist wants to find out whether playing Minecraft® affects fourth graders’ scores on a visuospatial task. He assigns 30 fourth graders to 1 of 2 groups. Group 1 plays Minecraft® for 20 minutes, then completes the visuospatial task. Group 2 completes the visuospatial task without playing Minecraft®

a.     What is the independent variable in this experiment? 

b.     What is the dependent variable? 

c.     What is the likely null hypothesis for this experiment? 

d.     What is the likely research hypothesis for this experiment?

 2.     (Non-SPSS) A clinical psychologist wants to test a new long-term treatment program for people diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She assigns 20 participants to the new treatment program and 20 participants to a standard treatment program.

a.     Why does this experiment lack a no-treatment control group? .   

b.     In words and in parameter notation (H and m), state the likely null hypothesis for this study. 

c.     In words and in parameter notation (H and m), state the likely research hypothesis for this study.   

(SPSS) A criminal psychologist wants to examine the level of narcissistic personality traits between those who are diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and those who do not qualify for ASPD. She administers a measure of narcissistic personality traits where higher scores indicate higher levels of narcissism and scores range from 0–35.

Create a new SPSS data file for these scores. Your file must have 2 variables: diagnosis and score. Your diagnosis variable must be set up as a 1-column grouping variable with 2 groups (diagnosis, no diagnosis) coded numerically. This will be much like the gender variable you created in a previous module/week. For example, if you code ASPD Diagnosis as 1 and No ASPD Diagnosis as 2, then the SPSS file will appear somewhat like the following: