Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

A group of psychologists studies how people influence one another, exploring issues such as first impressions, interpersonal attraction, and how attitudes are formed and maintained. These psychologists are most likely to be ________ psychologists.

Describe at least three stipulations from APA's ethical guidelines for researchers.

Women in many cultures are expected to take care of the children, clean the house, do laundry, and make the meals. These behavioral expectations of women are known as ________.

Identify and briefly explain the five enduring issues that draw psychologists together from the various subfields of psychology.

Titchener broke experience down into ________ basic elements.

________ are interested in the workings of the brain and the nervous system.

A scientist wishes to support the findings of her previous study, that smoking leads to a higher chance of lung cancer. In this situation, by conducting a second study, the scientist is aiming to demonstrate ______.

If explanation of the causes of thoughts, feelings, and behavior is a psychologist's goal, then the ________ method of research should be used.

Describe the role played by women in the history of the field of psychology. Discuss some of the obstacles that have prevented many women, and hindered others, from achieving equal status with males as respected professionals. What is the current status of women in the field of psychology?

According to Wundt, attention is controlled by ________.

Cultures that value independence and personal achievement are ________ cultures.

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.

To find out what he wanted to know, Stanley Milgram deceived subjects in his studies.

Positive psychologists are most similar in their beliefs to ________.

Wundt was primarily interested in memory and _______, the process by which we determine what we are going to attend to at any given moment.

A research method in which the real-life behavior of a pre-selected individual or a few individuals is studied at an in-depth level for some time through the use of observation, interviews, and writings (such as letters) is the ________ method of research.

Skinner believed that he could discover ________.

Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of our mental processes in the broadest sense.

Explain the goals and interests of evolutionary psychology. Explain how evolutionary psychologists and cognitive psychologists differ in their views of the human brain.

Köhler, Wertheimer, and Koffka are all most closely associated with the Gestalt school of psychology.