Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Mr. Marshall hired June to collect data from a group of subjects. Neither June nor the subjects were aware of the independent variable that Mr. Marshall had manipulated. This is an example of _______.

To obtain objective information, researchers sometimes must deceive their subjects. Ethically, research involving deception must always _________.

Shorey (2001) found that the brutal death of a Somalian prisoner in a Canadian military facility could have been prevented. One reason the beating was not stopped was the ________.

By general agreement, psychology was born in __________.

In the scientific method, the final step is

A(n) ________is a measure of how strongly two variables are related to one another.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

The first step in any scientific investigation is ________.

A psychologist wanted to see if people are more prone to seek the company of others when anxious than when calm. He randomly assigned half of his subjects to an anxiety group and then told them that, as part of the study, they would receive electric shocks. He did not frighten the other group of subjects. Finally, he recorded how many subjects in each group chose to be "tested" in a group setting and how many chose to be "tested" alone. What was the dependent variable in this study?

What are the strengths of descriptive research methods?

In the 1970s, a 13-year-old girl was found locked up in a room, strapped to a potty chair. Since she had grown up in a world without human speech, researchers studied "Genie's" ability to acquire words, grammar, and pronunciation. This type of research is called a ________.

How are psychologists and psychiatrists alike? How are they different?

The famous study of Phineas Gage, who survived when a metal rod pierced his skull, is an example of a

The administration of Midwest State University wants to know if the arrangement of chairs affects student participation in classrooms. What would be a good operational definition of the dependent variable in an experiment designed to measure this relationship?

Using an example of a study you might conduct, go through all of the steps of the scientific method.

A group of students was asked to write an essay in support of the legalization of marijuana. They were paid $.50. Another group of students received $2.00 for the same task. It was subsequently found that those students who received only $.50 developed a more positive attitude towards the legalization of marijuana. The experiment in this study was using (the) __________.

Cognitive psychologists are concerned with the scientific study of __________.

Dr. Mosher is a psychologist who tries to understand how people select their mates. She must be a(n) ________.

Surveys are procedures used to measure and evaluate personality traits, emotional states, aptitudes, interests, abilities, and values.

A researcher wished to study the relationship between high school grades and college grades. Of the following research methods, which would be the most appropriate?