Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Research involving the exploration of the extent to which people differ from one culture to another is called ________ research.

According to Wundt, the mind should be studied ________.

Case studies, naturalistic observation, and surveys are best suited for ________ behaviors, beliefs, opinions, and attitudes.

________ psychologists tend to see the mind as having "psychological circuits" so that human beings are predisposed to act in certain ways.

B. F. Skinner is associated with ________.

When you watch dogs play in the park or watch how your professors conduct their classes, you are engaging in a form of ________.

Personality theories contending that personality results from various psychological forces that interact within the individual, often outside the conscious awareness of the individual, are ________ theories.

The two schools of thought that paved the way for the cognitive revolution in psychology in the 1960s were ________.

Wilhelm runs an experiment and finds that males with high levels of testosterone tend to be more physically aggressive than males with lower levels of testosterone. This leads him to believe that testosterone has a direct effect on physical aggression in males. Wilhelm's belief is best described as a ________.

A group of psychologists are interested in how hormones, psychoactive medications, and "social drugs" affect us. They are most likely to be ________.