Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Which of the following is an empirical question?

Cognitive psychologists are a subgroup of experimental psychologists who are concerned primarily with:

A psychologist uses the correlational method to _________.

All of the following variables, except for ________, would likely show a positive correlation.

Double-blind studies control only for the placebo effect.

Describe one principle of critical thinking.

Dr. Littman-Smith is conducting research in Kenya into the ways that mothers and their toddlers interact throughout the day. Given the purpose of her study, it is most likely that she is engaged in________.

An experiment was run in which group A was given 3 minutes to study a word list, while group B was given 10 minutes to study the same list. Later, both groups were asked to recall words from the list. In this study, the number of words recalled is the _______.

Freud was the founder of __________.

Which of the following statements concerning critical thinking is incorrect?

Which perspective would a researcher be taking if she were studying a client's early childhood experiences and his resulting development of self?

The early perspective called Gestalt psychology has evolved into the current perspective called ________.

Which of the following statements is true about naturalistic observation?

Which of the following is NOT an empirical question?

In a controlled experiment, the group subjected to a change in the independent variable is called the __________ group.

Control groups should receive exactly the same treatment as the experimental groups when conducting a research study.

The magazine Desperate Wives publishes a survey of its female readers called "The Sex Life of the American Wife." It reports that 87 percent of all wives like to make love in rubber boots. A more accurate title for this survey would be ________.

What is the first guideline for doing research with people?

Perceiving the question is the first step in a scientific investigation. This step is derived from which goal of psychology?

The question "When will it happen again?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?