Exam 2: Psychology As a Science

"Opposites attract." "Birds of a feather flock together." These aphorisms most closely resemble:

What term refers to personal beliefs or conventional wisdom that a particular thinker accepts as a broad, basic truth?

Using a sample of young adolescents, Dr. Nguyen finds a correlation of .55 between scores on a measure of neglectful or uninvolved parenting and scores on a measure of delinquent behavior. Which of the following might Dr. Nguyen legitimately conclude?

Case studies, naturalistic observation, and surveys are examples of ___________ research methods.

What is the difference between psychology and pseudopsychology?

In which century did psychology move from a field based on philosophy and religion to one based on science?

DeAndre is recording instances of physical aggression among children in a schoolyard at recess. DeAndre is undertaking:

Describe what replication means?

The direction of the relationship between two variables is given by a correlation coefficient's _________; the strength of the relationship is given by the coefficient's _________.

Descriptive research methods allow psychologists to determine the relationship between variables.

Which of the following is most debatable as a true science?

Describe a key difference between the goals of psychology and the physical sciences.

In an experiment, the researcher deliberately manipulates the __________ variable and measures the __________ variable.

Which statement below is MOST consistent with the hypothetico-deductive approach to reasoning?

Which of the following is not a descriptive research method?

Dr. Arceneaux is a meteorologist. Dr. Bianchini is a psychologist. With which of the following statements would they most likely agree?

Survey is to case study as _______ is to __________.

Recall the levels of analysis described in Ch. 1 of your text. If you were sympathetic to the notion that psychology should limit itself to clearly observable phenomena, on which level of analysis might you concentrate?

Psychology, like other sciences, relies on the scientific method.

Define "statistically significant."