Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

 Which area of focus would be of most interest to an industrial/organizational psychologist? 

 Behaviorism emphasizes the study of ____. 

 Surveys are often used to test ____ hypotheses. 

 Viewing a traffic jam as a potential environmental threat to one's survival most closely fits with which psychological approach? 

 The fact that many psychological studies are conducted using college students as participants is relevant when considering ____. 

 Which perspective would most likely describe anxiety as being related to chemicals in the body? 

 Which area is most likely to be the focus of an experimental psychologist? 

 One of the four goals of psychology is to ____. 

 Psychologists who adopt a(n)____ perspective look for a physical cause for a particular behavior. 

 In contrast to John Watson,B.F.Skinner emphasized the importance of ____. 

 A therapist who sometimes uses a cognitive approach with clients who are depressed and a behavioral approach with those who have phobias would be most appropriately described as ____. 

 You are advising a friend on her career choice. She says that she wants to be a psychologist.  Knowing this,you should advise your friend that the highest level of degree that she will likely need to earn is a(n)____ degree. 

 In the scientific method,after making a prediction,the next step is to ____. 

 Whose research focused on environmental and cultural factors that influence personality development? 

 The first African American to earn a doctorate in psychology was ____. 

 Causal hypotheses are most closely associated with which goal of psychology? 

 The process of analyzing and evaluating information and applying it to other situations is known as ____. 

 Describe the procedures that psychological researchers use to ensure the ethical treatment of human participants.

 One of the biggest disadvantages of case studies is a lack of ____. 

 What do naturalistic observations,case studies,and correlational studies all have in common?