Exam 1: Introduction and Research Methods

A pharmaceutical company wishes to test the efficacy of a new antidepressant with a double-blind procedure.Which answer correctly describes the procedure the company would use?

A personality questionnaire is most likely used in naturalistic observation research.

A psychologist advises a petroleum company on how to select offshore oil rig workers who are likely to comply with safety regulations.The psychologist is pursuing psychology's goal of:

Research indicates that the main reason people use Facebook is to find new friends.

June overhears a professor who objects to survey research saying,"Surveys just skim the surface.So much of thought and behavior is unconscious,and therefore unavailable for accurate self-report." June thinks to herself that the professor has been strongly influenced by the _____ perspective in psychology.

The psychoanalytic perspective arose during the same general era as the cognitive and humanistic perspectives.

When Jaime reveals the deception involved in the experiment they have completed,he is providing informed consent.

"Okay.What does a correlation coefficient tell us?" Zoe asks the members of her psychology study group."The strength of a relationship between two variables," answers Yvonne."The direction of the relationship between two variables," puts in Will,"The strength and direction of the relationship between the variables" says Hannah.Who is correct?

The formal beginning of psychology is associated with:

The cognitive revolution represented a reaction against the biological perspective.

A placebo is given to members of the _____ group.

An approach that attempts to explain behavior but is without empirical support is labeled:

Study time is the dependent variable in an experiment examining the effect of the length of time that a list is studied on list memory.

Which early female psychologist might be considered a developmental psychologist?

Because she is a psychiatrist,Paula has completed a mental health residency in a hospital.

The saying "mind over matter" reflects a philosophical view called _____,which is associated with _____.

Psychology is mainly common sense.

As part of her master's thesis work,Amy is conducting a survey of dating attitudes and behaviors among young adults.She first distributes questionnaires to 200 randomly selected students enrolled in introductory psychology courses at her university.The 200 students constitute Amy's _____.The people to whom she assumes her results will generalize are termed the _____.

Rene Descartes believed that the mind and body were distinct.

Which of these individuals is MOST likely to be a psychiatrist?