Exam 1: Introduction and Research Methods

Which of the following is not a common ethical concern of psychologists?

In your text, psychology is defined as the _____.

Behaviorists were different conceptually from earlier psychologists for which reason?

A participant's agreement to take part in a study after being told what to expect is known as _____.

A riverboat gambling company wants to increase the amount of money that patrons gamble while on board.A researcher suggests that the scent of ginger in the air might increase interest in gambling.What would a researcher select as the most likely independent variable and dependent variables in an experiment designed to test this idea?

Researchers can isolate a single factor and examine the effect of that factor alone on a particular behavior through use of a(n)________.

You believe that most behaviors are a product of one's environment; your best friend argues that behaviors are a result of heredity.This is an example of _____.

A research student is assigned the task of watching and recording the interactions among members of a koala family on an Australian plantation.This research is known as _____.

If you prepared a study to determine specific ways to enhance athletic performance among university baseball players, you would be conducting _____ research.

In a naturalistic observation, a researcher would be most likely to do which of the following?

Professor Matsos wants to determine if rewards will increase recycling efforts on campus.The dependent variable in this example is _____.

_____ research observes and records behaviors without manipulating variables or producing cause- and-effect explanations.

Structuralists and modern-day cognitive psychologists share interest in

In experiments, _____ variables are selected and manipulated by the experimenter.

John B.Watson, a leading figure in the _____ school of psychology, focused on objective, observable behavior rather than on the unconscious.

A new anti-depressant is being tested in a study in which neither the patient nor the physician knows whether a patient is getting the drug or the placebo.However, due to the reported side effects, a questionnaire given after the data are collected reveals the 85% of participants and patients were correct in identifying whether they were in the experimental or control condition.Contrary to design expectations, the experiment was not ________.

A therapist may be required to break client confidentiality if the client _____.

Shirley examines learning, conditioning, motivation, emotion, sensation, and perception in humans and other animals.It is likely that Shirley is a(n) psychologist.

Sociocultural psychology is the study of the _____.

Tybresha tends to think about others before herself.When she works as part of a team, she wants the others with whom she has collaborated to be recognized for their accomplishments.She is relatively uncomfortable when people try to honor her for her work.Tybresha was probably raised in a(n)________ culture.