Exam 1: Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Which section of a research report tells how and why observations were made and describes the specific procedures used by the researchers to gather data?

Many teachers underestimate the abilities of ethnic minority children in their classes, which may hurt the students' chances for success due to the occurrence of a(n)

A researcher determines that the crime rate in a large city is related to the phases of the moon.She concludes that the gravitational pull of the moon influences human behavior.She does not understand

Sigmund Freud's approach to psychotherapy is known as __________.

Which of the following is one of the six elements of the scientific method?

The "fight or flight" branch of the autonomic nervous system would be of most interest to a

Derrick closes his eyes and extends both his hands palms up while his friend gives him two objects of different weights, one in each outstretched palm.Derrick immediately becomes aware of the sensations associated with each object and notices which is heavier.This sensation of a difference in weight just seems to "pop into your mind," and illustrates which of the following?

Dr.Wierner is conducting research to find out whether intelligence or emotion plays the greater role in successful management styles.Dr.Wierner is most likely a(n)__________ psychologist.

Which type of psychologist would most likely study the improvement of children's memory as they age from three to 12 years?

An example of "researcher bias" would be a situation in which the experimenter

Psychology's history as a science began in

A behaviorist approach that rejects both introspection and any study of covert mental events, such as thinking, as inappropriate topics for scientific psychology is called __________ behaviorism.

Using a test she developed, Dr.Candel is able to distinguish among the students' different learning styles, that is, whether they are vision learners, auditory learners, tactile learners, etc.Dr.Candel is most likely a(n)__________ psychologist.

Which of the following would NOT be considered a neo-Freudian?

Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, Carl Jung, Otto Rank, and Erik Erikson would be considered

The father of psychology and founder of the first psychological laboratory was

Rare conditions, such as cases involving brain tumors, accidental brain injuries, childhood "geniuses," or "rampage" school shootings, are often studied using which method?

A psychologist who is "eclectic" can best be described as

When observations are reliably confirmed by multiple observers, this is referred to as

You have designed an experiment to test a new drug.You prepare the injection doses of the drug and a placebo and label them with different alphabet letters.Then, you hire research assistants to give the injections and to collect data from the participants.These research assistants as well as the participants will not know which injection is the drug or which is the placebo or whether a participant is in the experimental or the control group.You have