Exam 1: Adjusting to Life

Jeffery wanted to make sure that the preexisting condition of motivation would not affect his experiment on the effects of study skills on grades. He should:

When he is at his job, Seth exhibits assertive behavior, but he appears more passive when in the company of his parents. This difference in Seth's behavior illustrates the importance of _________ on behavior.

Now that Jesse has had a psychology class in college, he recognizes astrology as:

We make and test inferences through:

____________ is a branch of medicine that specializes in abnormal behavior and psychotherapy.

If a study demonstrates that boys are more aggressive than girls, you can conclude that:

An accurate description of behavior should include:

As you read psychological research, it is important to remember that

Critical thinkers are more likely to:

The culture in which one lives is considered one's ______.

Morgan is suffering from a mild depression and decided to use a self-help book to help her to better cope with life and relieve her depression. The type of therapy she is utilizing is known as:

James would be described as a workaholic, but since his minor heart attack, he has adopted a more balanced and relaxed lifestyle. According to your textbook, James is exhibiting _______.

____________ developed the ecological theory, which explains that people are influenced by five environment systems.

The _________ variable is manipulated by the experimenter to determine its effect on another variable.

Three undecided voters watch the presidential debates. One thought the Democratic candidate performed better, one thought the Republican candidate did better, and one saw the debate as a tie. If these friends are critical thinkers, they will listen to the others' observations because they:

In the Pennebaker experiment concerned with the effects of emotional writing on physical health, the group of participants that wrote only about non-emotional topics was the _______ group.

In an experiment to determine if taking an aspirin a day reduces circulatory problems, the control group would take:

Psychology can best be defined as the scientific study of _______

Adopting a scientific attitude requires a person to:

According to your textbook, __________ refer to the historical, economic, social, and cultural factors that influence us.