Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

In the early 1930s, anthropologist Margaret Mead lived among the people of Samoa. She recorded their behaviors and spent long hours talking with them, particularly with the young girls in whose development she was most interested. Her approach to gaining knowledge represents which of the following social science methods?

Which of the following is not one of the main stages of the history of psychology discussed in your text?

Each of the following was a distinguished female contributor to the development of psychology in its early years except ________.

If you were a humanistic psychologist trying to help a client overcome his psychological problems, which of the following would you be most likely to do?

Psychology is the scientific study of ________.

A young man is suspected of blowing up a Federal building in Oklahoma City in order to get even with the Federal government for its actions two years earlier against the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas. Of the following professionals, ________ psychologists would probably have the least interest in that event.

Each of the following is true of the survey method of research except ________.

Which of the following is not true of the study of Internet users discussed in the text?

A common cultural heritage, including religion, language, and/or ancestry, that is shared by a group of individuals is called ________.

Watson's experiment with Little Albert demonstrated that ________.

The expectations of a researcher that might distort or influence his or her interpretation of what he or she actually observed is called ________.

When we see a painting by Georges Seurat, the famous French impressionist, we tend to experience it as a rendering of a lovely landscape rather than as the series of separate, differently colored dots of which the painting is actually composed. This phenomenon illustrates an important point made by ________.

Subjects in Milgram's studies were told they were taking part in studies on ________.

A sample carefully chosen so that the characteristics of the subjects correspond closely to the characteristics of the general population is known as a ________ sample.

John B. Watson is known for his theories on behaviorism.

Explain why it is important for you to learn about human diversity (give at least three reasons).

Social psychologists investigate the differences in traits among people.

The term "ethnicity" refers to ________ heritage.

A central idea of functionalism is that ________.

In an experiment, a researcher manipulates one variable to see how it affects a second variable. The second variable, which is observed for any possible effects, is called the ________ variable.