Exam 1: Introduction and Research Methods

Your research class conducted an experiment on caffeine-induced stress in which neither the class researchers, nor the participants in the experiment, knew who did and did not receive caffeine until after the study was completed. This research technique is called a(n) _____.

This is a statistical procedure for combining and analyzing data from many studies.

The control group in an experiment is the group in which participants _____.

Researchers can isolate a single factor and examine the effect of that factor alone on a particular behavior through use of a(n) ________.

SQ4R stands for ____________________ .

The psychological school of thought called structuralism is associated with _____ and engages in the method of studying experience called _____.

Researchers gave participants varying amounts of a new "memory" drug. Then they gave them a story to read, and measured their scores on a quiz. The _____ would be the independent variable (IV) and the _____ would be the dependent variable (DV).

Malcolm hits Jason because Jason took his toy. A psychologist from which psychological perspective would explain this behavior by pointing out that humans learned to behave aggressively because aggression conveys a survival or reproductive advantage?

Cognitive psychology focuses on ____.

Imagine that you are a psychologist. Describe ethical considerations for human participants in research studies, as well as the benefits, limitations, and ethical considerations for animal research. Then, describe what you would tell a therapy client about what she can expect with regard to your maintaining her confidentiality. Finally, state the possible consequences of violating ethical standards in psychology.

Which of the following is NOT one of the guidelines covered by the APA in its Ethical Principles?

The psychoanalytic/psychodynamic perspective is associated with _____.

In your textbook, the process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing, and synthesizing information is called _____.

In a study on student conformity, researchers selected a group of college students who appeared to represent the characteristics of students from the entire college campus. The selected group served as the _____ of the college _____.

The main advantage of naturalistic observation is that it _____.

Hsao-Wei was sent to the school psychologist to be tested. Based on her IQ score, she was placed in a program for gifted children. This is an example of which goal of psychology?

Ethnocentrism in research refers to _____.

The first woman to be recognized in psychology was _____.

The psychological perspective that studies how we gather, encode, and store information is the ________ perspective.

If you prepared a study to determine which areas of the brain are used for working memory, you would be conducting _____ research.