Exam 1: Introduction and Research Methods

Dr.Franklin is examining the association between the experience of discrimination and self-esteem among children and adolescents.Her research reflects the pioneering work of _____,one of psychology's "founding mothers."

Descriptive statistics:

Valentina is engaged in naturalistic observation.In which of these projects is she MOST likely engaged?

Dr.O'Malley is telling participants before he begins his experiment that their participation is completely voluntary and that they can stop taking part at any time.Dr.Quick is providing a detailed explanation to participants who have just completed a study.Which statement is true?

Dr.Leleux asserts that psychologists should attempt to identify the fundamental attributes of mental experience.Dr.Leleux appears most sympathetic to psychology's school of:

Edward Titchener developed the school of psychology known as functionalism.

The _____ method uses independent and dependent variables to reveal cause-and-effect relationships.

"Prolonged confinement is related to elevated stress" is an example of a theory.

The major problem with pseudotheories is that:

In which answer is the philosopher correctly paired with the concept with which he is associated?

According to Niedenthal et al.(2012),"studies of college students linked pacifier use during infancy to lower levels of empathy and emotional intelligence." The frequency of pacifier use during infancy,therefore,is _____ correlated to scores on measures of emotional intelligence.

"Opposites attract." "Birds of a feather flock together." These aphorisms make predictions and are therefore:

Wood and colleagues (2009)examined the value of self-affirmation.In a typical study,participants either engaged or did not engage in self-affirmations.Later,their current self-esteem was assessed.Which of the following answers correctly names and identifies the variables in this study?

Which of the following statements BEST expresses the relationship between a sample and a population?

The cognitive perspective may be said to represent a reaction to the _____ view.

A correlation coefficient of .00 indicates no relationship between the variables.

Dr.Villatte,who is overseeing a naturalistic study of children's aggression,notices that male and female research assistants vary in how they rate the aggressiveness of girls' behaviors.He suspects the presence of ____ bias.

Akira has declared psychology as his major.He will be studying:

"He wanted to do for psychology what the Periodic Table of the Elements did for chemistry," lectures a psychology professor.To whom is the professor MOST likely referring?

Characteristics of the environment or the participants that might interfere with an experiment's outcome are called ____ variables.