Exam 1: Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

An industrial-organizational psychologist is studying video game designers. This psychologist carefully questions game designers about how much stress they experience. These interviews would constitute the first step in the scientific method, which is referred to as

Which of the following is NOT a part of Freud's theory?

The psychological view that combines thinking (and the expectation of the reward)with learning theory is known as

Describe the classic study at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School on how expectations can influence people, and discuss its findings and implications.

Which of the following is a statistical technique that can be used to combine the results of many studies on the same subject, as if they were all part of one large study?

Pavlov's contribution to behaviorism lies in his discovery of

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow belong to which school of thought in psychology?

A researcher studying sleep deprivation finds that as the amount of sleep decreases, there is a proportional decrease in one's immune system. This illustrates a __________ correlation.

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

The idea that behavior must be judged relative to the values of the culture in which it occurs is known as ethnocentrism.

Psychologists study which of the following TOPIC (B-HEAD)s?

The chief function of the control group in an experiment is that it

Token economies within institutions that utilize tangible rewards for appropriate behaviors and a loss of privileges for inappropriate behaviors would be an important area of study for

The domestication of various species of animals would be of primary importance to which area of specialization in psychology?

The fact that a subject's behavior may change when they know they are being watched is called

When a psychologist uses scientific observation, these observations must

An empirical investigation that is structured to answer questions about the world in a systematic and intersubjective fashion is called a(n)

Wundt systematically observed and measured stimuli of various kinds, such as lights, sounds, and weights, and then used a technique that involved "looking inward" to probe the observers' reactions to the stimuli. This technique is known as

A nonexperimental study designed to measure the degree of relationship (if any)between two or more events or variables is called a __________ study.

Samantha is investigating the differences in the critical thinking and decision-making skills of people in different occupations. Samantha is most likely a