Exam 1: Psychology Is a Way of Thinking

Benjamin is a social psychologist who studies marriage.He believes that marital satisfaction has two components: the ability to trust one's partner and a belief that one can be a good spouse.He conducts a study to test his ideas.Assuming that his data match his theory,which of the following statements should he make?

Salma conducts a study and finds that her data do not completely support her theory.Which of the following statements should she avoid saying?

What are the three components of a good theory?

Which aspect of the peer-review cycle allows for the greatest amount of honesty in reviews?

Vinai learns that people with schizophrenia have a problem labeling their emotions.Using this information,he designs a research study to examine whether teaching patients with schizophrenia to label the emotions of people they see in movie clips helps them to better label their own emotions.Vinai hopes that the findings of this research could then be used to create an intervention used in the treatment of schizophrenia.Vinai's study is an example of:

Explain why the relationship between applied and basic research can best be thought of as interrelated.

The quality of journalists' coverage of a science story will be determined by two factors:

Imagine that you are a clinical researcher who studies depression.Provide an example of basic research and applied research that you might conduct.

________ is the approach of collecting data and using it to develop,support,and/or challenge a theory.

Explain why we do not say that a single study proves a theory or that a single study disproves a theory.

Which of the following is NOT an example of applied research?

Name three types of research data or information that people are exposed to every day,even if they are not psychologists.

What is the difference between a theory and a hypothesis?

Students who are interested in being consumers of but not producers of research might choose all of the following professions EXCEPT:

Explain how the peer-review process ensures that only quality science is published.

Which of the following is an example of applied research?

Elliott is double majoring in English and psychology.He plans on being a high school English teacher and is only majoring in psychology because he finds the classes interesting.All of the following are important reasons for him to be a good consumer of research EXCEPT:

Deci and Ryan (1985,2001)have proposed that there are three fundamental needs that are required for human growth and fulfillment: relatedness,autonomy,and competence.Susan predicts that students who have these needs met in their psychology class feel happier and more satisfied with the class.She collects data and finds that students who feel more related and competent do feel happier but that feeling more autonomous does not seem to matter.Susan thinks that maybe autonomy is only necessary when people are in situations in which they are not being evaluated. -Deci and Ryan's general statement of how the three needs are related to growth and fulfillment is an example of which of the following?

Journals and magazines are similar in all the following ways EXCEPT:

Susan's prediction that students who have all three needs met will experience greater satisfaction with their psychology class is an example of which of the following?