Exam 1: What Is Psychology

Correlations are associations or relationships among variables.

B. F. Skinner studied learning in lower animals by using

Sigmund Freud was an early psychologist whose theory had no influence on popular culture.

B. F. Skinner made major contributions to

A __________ is a specific statement that proposes the relationship between two factors that is tested through research.

Yolanda gives a careful description of all of her thoughts, experiences, and emotions after she underwent a "near-death" experience in which she felt herself leaving her body. The method Yolanda and the researcher are using is called

Brain lesioning studies in rats have provided insights regarding

After an advertising campaign with a catchy jingle failed to generate sales for a new shampoo, the advertising director hired Dr. Faith Brewster to analyze the defective campaign and to propose an alternative approach. Faith is most likely a(n) __________ psychologist.

A theory that divides human behavior into two basic traits, introversion and extraversion, was probably formulated by a __________ psychologist.

Five-year-old Todd watched his father at his workbench, hammering together a birdhouse. Soon Todd was next to his father, hammer in hand, tapping the workbench. Todd's behavior is best described by which perspective?

Membership in an ethnic group is defined by common features such as

Would a sample of children from an affluent suburban school district be considered a representative sample of American children?

Kenneth and Mamie Clark conducted research on the negative effects of ______________ on African American children.

Unobtrusive measures strive to minimize __________ during naturalistic observation.

John B. Watson argued for a psychology based on the study of

Eduardo DeLeon is engaged in scientific research involving the study of behavior and mental processes. DeLeon is a

John B. Watson established __________ as a school of psychology.

The sociocultural perspective is concerned with the

Research using computers to understand artificial intelligence is an example of __________ research.

A correlation of -.90 between two sets of test scores indicates that people who earned high scores on the first test generally earned __________ scores on the second.