Exam 1: Introduction to Psychology

Despite having to wait 40 years after completing the requirements to be awarded her Ph.D., __________ persevered and developed a well-respected, evolutionary theory of color vision.

When participants in a control group are given a fake treatment, the researcher is trying to measure or control for __________

Which goal of psychology is most closely met through naturalistic observation?

Shannon is a researcher who studies sleep patterns in humans. Shannon most likely uses __________

Participants selected for a survey from a population make up a group referred to as a __________

The second step in the scientific method is formulating a hypothesis.

In the 1970s, a 13-year-old girl was found locked up in a room, strapped to a potty chair. Since she had grown up in a world without human speech, researchers studied "Genie's" ability to acquire words, grammar, and pronunciation. This type of research is called __________

Most people with a bachelor's degree in psychology work for __________ after graduation.

A correlation coefficient represents two things: __________ and __________.

The major emphasis of structuralism was the ____________

The four goals of psychology are to describe, explain, ____________, and influence behavior and mental processes.

Students from two groups were sent one-at-a-time into a room to receive a set of instructions pertaining to four simple tasks they were supposed to perform. The first group was met by a kindly individual who carefully explained in a cheerful manner what was expected of them. The second group was met by the same man, but this time he was angry and aggressive and forcefully demanded compliance. The experimenter then left the room and each student was observed through a one-way mirror to see how long it took them to complete all four tasks. The independent variable in this experiment is __________

A theory is said to have heuristic value if __________

You overhear psychology students preparing for a test. They note that one of the research methods often "fails to generalize." Which method is the MOST likely topic of their discussion?

A case study would be the most appropriate method to investigate which of these topics?

Bernice received a phone call from a person interested in finding out her views on a specific politician. It is likely that she is a participant in a __________

At the close of the nineteenth century, Gerhard is excited to find that he has been accepted for training in the psychology laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt. It is likely that Gerhard will be trained to ________________

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow emphasized that people have __________

What did Sigmund Freud consider as the key to understanding the nervous disorders he observed?

Georgio notices that the cooler it is outside the harder it is for him to stay awake. For Georgio, the relationship between feeling drowsy and the outdoor temperature is a(n) __________