Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

The greatest advantage to using a case study is that

A good control group ________.

Dr. Calvin needs just one more participant to complete her experiment. Lisa, a student of Dr. Calvin, has almost completed the experiment when she announces she wants to quit because the experiment is boring. What options does Dr. Calvin have?

What is an operational definition?

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 ________.

"Children who watch violent cartoons will become more aggressive." According to the scientific method, this statement is most likely a(n) ________.

Political polls taken before major elections are examples of __________ research.

A researcher stops people at the mall and asks them questions about their attitudes toward gun control. Which research technique is being used?

Manipulating an independent variable in a real-life setting is ________.

One of the main reasons for using a laboratory for psychological research is to:

Julie finds that the number of hours she sleeps each night is related to the scores she receives on quizzes the next day. As her sleep approaches 8 hours, her quiz scores improve; as her sleep drops to 5 hours, her quiz scores show a similar decline. Julie realizes that ________.

Who was the first woman to complete the coursework for a doctorate at Harvard University?

Roger conducted a naturalistic observation as a project for a psychology class. He observed the interactions of parents and children at a football game. Many of the people he observed seemed to have noticed him. Roger forgot about the observer effect.

Dr. Wiseman wants to know about the alcohol consumption patterns among college juniors in the United States. He should ________.

Early psychologist Edward Titchener taught ________at Cornell University. This woman became famous for becoming the first woman to receive the Ph.D. in psychology.

Which of the following perspectives focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics?

The purpose of an experiment is to discover whether there is a relationship between the ___________ and the ___________.

According to present research on psychologists, 34% are in the ________subfield of psychology.

The work of Freud was built around ________.

Darley and Latané (1968) believe that the presence of other people in a distressing situation decreased the likelihood that they would receive help due to ________.