Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Skinner added a new element to conditioning called ________.

A scientist, conducting a research study on sleep and learning, questions her own objectivity and decides to let a third person, not associated with conducting the experiment, score the tests. The scientist is probably trying to eliminate ________ bias.

A psychologist argues that human characteristics such as jealousy and violence emerged hundreds of thousands of years ago because they were linked to reproductive success. This psychologist is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.

Explain what case studies are and how they are useful to psychologists. What are the major advantages and disadvantages of this type of research?

Modern approaches to psychology ________.

In Watson's famous experiments with Little Albert, he taught Albert to fear a ________.

An unintended consequence of the dominance of behavioral psychology was that psychology developed ________.

When we are shown a series of still pictures flashed at a constant rate, they seem to show movement. The psychologists most likely to be interested in this event are ________ psychologists.

Wilhelm Wundt is most responsible for founding the school of functionalism.

Each of the following is a main point of feminist theory except ________.

Watson's views were based on experiments by ________.

Explain the development of humanistic psychology. What are its major concerns?

Discuss the importance of sampling in research. What are the major research issues involved in sampling and what can a researcher do to overcome many of the obstacles to proper sampling?

Today women receive ________ of the PhD's granted in psychology.

Naturalistic observation is ________.

Psychologists should only study observable, measurable behavior, according to ________.

The scientific method has been applied to psychological issues for about the last ________ years.

A group of psychologists study the differences among individuals' traits such as agreeableness, sociability, self-esteem, emotional stability, and aggressiveness. They are most likely ________ psychologists.

Two groups of people are given different kinds of practice problems in logic. They are then tested on a set of new problems to determine whether one kind of practice was better than the other. The nature of the practice problems is the ________ variable.

Which of the following pairs is associated with the earliest development of behaviorism?