Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

 When may research participants withdraw from a study? 

 Random assignment is to ____ as random sampling is to ____. 

 Research that demonstrated that Black children often preferred playing with a White doll than a Black doll was cited in Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka,in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.Who conducted this research? 

 Lamont is a researcher at a university,who wants to do a study to determine if alcohol use predicts motor skill performance in college students.Before conducting this study,Lamont should have his study approved by the ____. 

 Dr.Ali is a psychologist who believes that psychology should not attempt to understand the mind,but rather focus on understanding the observable actions that people and animals engage in.Dr.Ali's point of view is most compatible with the approach to psychology known as ____. 

 Cognitive psychologists acknowledge that mental processes are not directly observable to the eye,but assert that they ____. 

 Liam is a psychologist who helps athletes get the most out of their athletic potential by focusing on their internal motivation and relationships with teammates.Most likely,Liam is a(n)____ psychologist. 

 Your psychology teacher believes that for psychology to be truly scientific,it must focus on observable and measurable actions.Your teacher is most likely a ____. 

 Causal hypotheses can only be tested when the researcher has the ability to ____ the main variables of the study. 

 Who is most associated with psychoanalysis? 

 The independent variable is to the dependent variable as ____ is to ____. 

 What psychological perspective is most likely to view anxiety as product of unresolved feelings of hostility,guilt,anger,or sexual attraction experienced in childhood? 

 Dr.Haupt has discovered that often,abusive parents themselves had parents who used harsh physical punishment on them.Having discovered this will most likely allow Dr.Haupt to fulfill which goal of psychology? 

 Therapists and sports psychologists use psychology in order to help people change their behavior.This is an example of which goal of psychology? 

 Your psychology professor studies processes like thought,memory,and knowledge.She is most likely what type of psychologist? 

 Any object or event that is perceived by our senses is called a(n)____. 

 The Ph.D.in psychology focuses more on ____,while the Psy.D.concentrates more on ____. 

 Reactivity presents the biggest problem in ____. 

 Aisha wants to study how individuals interact with and influence each other.She should probably go into ____. 

 Examine three misconceptions people commonly hold about psychology.Refute these misconceptions based on what you have learned about what psychology is,and how psychologists actually engage in studying the human experience.