Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Dr. Masood is conducting an experiment in which she is testing the effect of video game playing on the ability to think creatively. One group of children plays video games for two hours a day in a week, another group of similar children plays video games for a total of two hours in a week, and a third group of children do not play video games at all. All three groups of children then take a test measuring their creativity. The hypothesis that Dr. Masood is testing is best described as a ____ hypothesis.

In ____, neither experimenters nor participants know whether the participant is in the experimental or control group.

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

If you have to do a research project for your psychology class and you recruit your roommates and family members as participants, you are using a ____.

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.

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

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

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 ____.

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

Dr. Hincapie wants to test the hypothesis that stress increases one's blood pressure. What type of hypothesis is Dr. Hincapie interested in testing?

Which statement is true about animal research and our understanding of psychological issues?

The emphasis on human strengths and the methods by which humans attain happiness is explained by __________.

A therapist who helps clients diagnosed with depression change their thinking and perception of the world is using which perspective?

Debriefing is ____.

You are advising a friend on her career choice. She says that she wants to be a psychologist, so you alert her to the fact that the majority of psychologists hold as their highest degree a(n) ____ degree in psychology.

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

To make sure that groups of participants in an experiment are not generally different from each other before the experiment begins, the experimenter ____.

Which correlation coefficient would describe this situation: As variable A increases, variable B increases almost to the same degree?

Two well-known humanists are ____.

The psychodynamic perspective is derived from ____ theory.