Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

According to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, _______ determines which Variations of life survive over time and which fall out of existence.

Which of the Big Five personality traits are NOT consistently found across different cultures?

Jazmine is studying psychology. She has decided that she would like to pursue a career where she can conduct research on the effects of breastfeeding on mother-infant attachment. Given her interests, which of the following branches of psychology should Jazmine pursue in her studies?

Descartes' idea of the relationship between body and mind was challenged by Thomas Hobbes who had a __________ view over the mind-body debate.

Plato adopted a nativist view on the nature-nurture debate.

The __________ provides guidelines discussing several issues of research with human participants, such as informed consent, debriefing and confidentiality?

Within contemporary views of science, the concept of objectivity became more flexible as true objectivity is thought to be almost impossible to achieve.

There seem to be gender-specific differences in the way social anxiety disorder affects adult life situations. For example, __________ have been reported to have greater problems at work and in social relationships.

Rob is an American college student. Yoon-Sook is a Korean college student. With respect to the concepts of individualism and collectivism, it's more likely that Rob would attribute happiness to ________, while Yoon-Sook would attribute it to _________.

What methods are mainly used by a psychodynamic psychologist to understand behaviour?

Which philosopher is CORRECTLY matched with a key idea?

__________ once wrote: "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select - doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief, and, yes, even beggar-man and thief - regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors." This statement fully expresses the __________, which emphasizes the importance of the environment in shaping individuals' behaviour.

With respect to the gender bias in psychology research, the tendency to consider male behaviour as 'typical' and female behaviour as 'atypical' is known as:

Which view on the nature-nurture debate is currently supported by scientists?

The notion that people have total control over their own actions is known as:

The levels of analysis include the biological, the psychological, and the environmental.

Positive psychology traces is theoretical roots to the _________, because of its emphasis on _______.

Describe the Milgram's study (Milgram, 1974).

The inclination to consider an event as predictable after it has occurred is known as __________.

In __________ societies individuals are more concerned with pleasing the social group rather than __________.