Exam 1: Introduction to Psychology

Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, and Karen Horney were students of Sigmund Freud who eventually separated from Freud's teachings and developed their own theories. In doing so, they became known as __________

Angela failed to note that she could only find female participants for her research study. This is an example of __________

A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called __________

Ken is planning on studying the influence of intelligence on the ability to recall events from the 1960s. If Ken does not account for variables such as age that could also influence one's ability to recall these events, age could be considered a(n) __________

Marcy is trying to define anxiety in a way that can be empirically tested. She is attempting to find an appropriate __________

A psychologist is interested in finding out why identical twins have different personalities. This psychologist is most interested in the goal of ______________.

Each of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association EXCEPT __________

The information-processing approach in cognitive psychology assumes that the human mind __________

What is the definition of psychology?

The relationship between smoking and lung cancer was noted in several studies years before the Surgeon General of the United States was willing to claim that cigarette smoking did cause lung cancer. What was the primary reason for the reluctance?

The APA code of ethics requires researchers who use animals to __________

__________ focuses on how humans have adapted the behaviors required for survival in the face of environmental challenges over time.

A general principle or a set of principles that attempts to explain how a set of separate facts are related to one another is called ____________

The first psychology laboratory at an African American university was established by __________ at Howard University.

The administration of Midwest State University wants to know if arrangement of chairs affects student participation in classrooms. What would be a good operational definition of the dependent variable in an experiment designed to measure this relationship?

Independent and dependent variables are a part of every study that uses the experimental method.

A variable that the experimenter manipulates is called a(n) __________

You attend a lecture by a psychologist who uses terms such as free will, innate goodness, and self-actualization. Which psychological perspective is most consistent with the points the psychologist presented?

In a laboratory, smokers are asked to "drive" using a computerized driving simulator equipped with a stick shift and a gas pedal. The object is to maximize the distance covered by driving as fast as possible on a winding road while avoiding rear-end collisions. Some of the participants smoke a real cigarette immediately before climbing into the driver's seat. Others smoke a fake cigarette without nicotine. You are interested in comparing how many collisions the two groups have. In this study, the independent variable is __________

"The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" is a statement associated with the perspective of ______________