Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

If Dr. Swasey is like most psychologists, where does she probably work?

At the close of the nineteenth century, Gerhard is excited to learn that he has been accepted for training in the psychology laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt. It is likely that Gerhard will be trained to __________.

Which of the following is the BEST analogy for Wundt's and Titchener's mission for psychology?

Dr. Khan wants to know how college students in her state will vote during the next election. By sampling the seniors at her college, she can get a representative sample.

The field of biopsychology is part of the larger discipline of __________, which refers to the study of the physical structure, function, and development of the nervous system.

What is the definition of psychology?

Describe a research method used in psychology.

Summer has noticed that when her alarm clock goes off in the morning, her dog, Alfie, is standing by her bed salivating. This is because she immediately rolls out of bed and feeds Alfie, who very much enjoys his canned dog food. It is likely that Summer has conditioned Alfie to __________.

Which early perspective tried to return to a focus on scientific inquiry by ignoring the study of consciousness?

For Freud, much of our behavior is controlled by __________.

Freud was the founder of __________.

Darley and Latané (1968) believe that the presence of other people in a distressing situation actually increased the likelihood that an individual in trouble would receive help.

According to humanist Abraham Maslow, when people reach self-actualization, they __________.

If Dr. Byers uses an eclectic approach in her clinical treatment of children, what is it that she is doing?

In the definition of psychology, the term mental processes means __________.

Li Min is trying to define anxiety in a way that can be empirically tested. She is attempting to find an appropriate __________.

In the early part of the past century, psychologists who broke down thought processes into their basic elements and analyzed them were called structuralists. What term might we use to describe psychologists with similar interests today?

A researcher asks an assistant to conduct a study on her behalf. She specifically tells her assistant only to share the results anonymously and not to include the names of the students along with their scores. Such an experiment would be considered a __________.

A psychologist uses the correlational method to __________.

__________ is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group, but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group.