Exam 1: Introduction to the Science of Psychology

Levian has been on a terrible hitting streak during his college baseball games. He feels that he is now trying too hard, and is terribly anxious about getting some hits. Who should the team hire to help him focus his attention?

Yasou calls people and asks them a specified list of questions concerning their opinions of how irritating telemarketers can be. What kind of research is Yasou conducting?

A cognitive psychologist would be most likely to design a study of

Dr. Starling works in impoverished neighborhoods arranging for and providing services for indigent and homeless individuals who need help improving their situations. He is probably a(n)________ psychologist.

Animals in psychological research typically experience

If you were interested in determining the effectiveness of a new medication in treating depression, it would be most important that you use

James read a magazine ad about a drug that doctors say may help college students perform better on multiple-choice type tests. Being the inquisitive person that he is, James decided to do an experiment to see if the magazine's claims were true. He administered the drug to one of his classes, and gave the other class a placebo. James then tested the students in both groups on material they had recently discussed in class. In this example, what is the experimental group?

Jason answered a series of vocabulary and reading comprehension questions on a web site. When he finished, the site gave him a rating of intelligence. "I don't think that test really measured intelligence," thought Jason. Jason is questioning the test's

Participants may be exposed to risk or discomfort during research

Dr. Cassidy researches how teachers can most effectively teach grammar principles to elementary school students. Dr. Cassidy's research is most appropriate for which subfield of psychology?

The school psychologist at Happy Elementary School conducted a study where the students of one fourth-grade class were given five recesses during the day while students in the other class were allowed the standard two recesses. The psychologist explained to the teachers that more breaks should lead to better behavior in the classrooms and then had the teachers observe the children's progress. In this experiment, there is the risk of

On the first day of Introductory Philosophy class, Nora asks her students to provide a definition of the term critical thinking. Having aced Introductory Psychology last semester, Cassie knows that critical thinking is

A researcher wants to know what conclusions she can reasonably draw from the data that she collected in her experiment. The researcher should use __________ statistics to understand what her data mean.

When Nelson failed his driver's test, he blamed the woman who administered the test for being unfair in how she rated his ability to parallel park. When he passed on his next attempt, however, he made sure to tell everyone want an excellent driver he is. Jack is likely from a(n)__________ culture.

You are marooned on a tropical island with a dangerous criminal. In your suitcase are four books written by psychologists. If you believe that the criminal's behavior was mostly the result of unconscious conflicts within his mind, which author should you choose to best elaborate on this idea?

The sum of all values, rules of behavior, forms of expression, religious beliefs, occupational choices, and the like among a group of people who share a common language and environment is called ________.

Dr. O'Halloran works with children, trying to understand the changes that occur in their ability to solve problems of increasing complexity as they go through different childhood stages. Dr. O'Halloran is a(n)__________ psychologist.

This group of psychologists felt that the goal of the field should be to identify the actual purposes of consciousness and to understand how human awareness contributes to our lives.

Which of the following would be spoken by a member of a collectivist culture?

Dr. Harshaw is planning to research the relationship between behavioral genetics and the effect of impulsivity on consumer behavior. To complete his research, Dr. Harshaw would likely conduct a