Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

A correlation of .00 means that __________.

Watson felt that psychologists should study __________.

One of the common guidelines for ethical research is that participants may not withdraw from a study once they start.

Psychologists use techniques based on __________.

A correlation coefficient is a numerical measure of the __________.

Leyna 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. Leyna realizes that __________.

The school of thought that became known as behaviorism was founded by __________.

White noticed something odd happening to the behavior of his students as midterm exams neared. He decided to take notes about this behavior to find out exactly what was happening and the circumstances surrounding the behavior. His goal is clearly __________.

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is a statement associated with the perspective of __________.

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

A variable that the experimenter manipulates is called a(n) __________.

Double-blind studies control only for the placebo effect.

Random assignment is when each participant is assigned alphabetically to each condition.

According to Freud, repressed unconscious urges __________.

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

Pavlov's research demonstrated that __________.

What is the main emphasis of cognitive psychology?

Dexter conducted a naturalistic observation as a project for a psychology class. He observed the interactions of parents and children at a restaurant. Many of the people he observed seemed to notice him. When Dexter described his work to his teacher, she suggested he find out more about the __________ effect.

Naturalistic observation is __________.

Which type of early psychologist believed that "the whole is more than the sum of its parts"?