Exam 1: Introduction to Psychology

Professor Jancy did a study in which she explored the relationship between caffeine consumption and the ability to memorize words on a list. The independent variable in her study was

The major emphasis of the biological perspective in understanding behaviour is the role of

Behaviourism is to ________ as psychoanalysis is to ________.

The major emphasis of Gestalt psychology is the

Which of the following variables is presumed to vary as a result of the researcher's manipulation of another factor or condition?

Which of the following is not one of the limitations of naturalistic observation?

You are about to start a research project with the goal of understanding how one variable causes another variable; poverty causes HIV infection, for example. A starting point would be to demonstrate that the two variables are related. You are only hypothesising that when poverty is high, HIV infection rates are also high. You could start your project with a ________ study of these two variables.

Sigmund Freud is to psychoanalysis as ________ is to behaviourism.

Who knows which subjects are in the experimental and control groups when the double-blind technique is used?

Which of the following statements applies to the case study method?

What type of test will yield nearly the same score, time after time, if the same person is tested and then retested?

Lauri believes that her boyfriend is afraid of making commitments because of an unconscious hatred for his mother. Her belief is closest to which psychological perspective?

The research method that is used to explore cause and effect relationships between variables is

According to the text, psychology is the scientific study of

Naturalistic observation, laboratory observation, the case study method, and survey research share which of the following features?

One advantage of collecting survey responses over the internet is that

Which of the following statements best reflects the views of functionalism?

In order to be accurate and useful, psychological tests must be either reliable or valid.

What were the goals and method of structuralism, the first school of psychology?

Martin rejects the idea that people lack a free will but believes that people are capable of making rational, conscious choices and determining what they will become. Martin strongly endorses the