Exam 1: What Is Psychology

Wilhelm Wundt and his students founded the school of psychology called __________.

__________ psychologists take the position that learning is essential in describing, predicting, controlling, and explaining behavior.

Dr. Jacobi is studying the effects of bilingualism on the intellectual development of children. She wants to know whether learning both English and Spanish has an impact on intelligence scores in both languages. Most likely, Dr. Jacobi follows a __________ perspective.

Which of these is NOT one of the three main things psychologists engage in?

The school of psychology that places unconscious impulses and desires at the center of human behavior is

School psychologists are employed by school districts to

According to ethical standards for research with humans, researchers are required to debrief participants.

The only research method that can determine whether a cause-effect relationship exists between two factors is called a(n) __________.

You volunteer to participate in a research experiment. You participate in a variety of test procedures and interviews. Later, however, you learn that another group of participants had an experimental treatment that you and members of your group did not have. This is because you

The clinical psychologist's aim in applying prediction and control goals to a client's behavior is to

__________ research methods usually involve asking for general information from a large number of individuals.

__________ believe psychologists must limit their investigations to observable, measurable events like people's actions.

_________ refers to the concepts of femininity and masculinity that are defined by one's culture.

Whose research on the negative effects of school segregation on African American children was cited by the United States Supreme Court when it overturned the "separate but equal" school doctrine in 1954?

If participants are able to choose treatment in a scientific study, this is called a ____________ that is a source of bias that could influence the results.

Studies in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who has obtained the treatment are called __________ studies.

Which of the following statements is most likely to have been made by a functionalist psychologist?

A __________ proposes a relationship among observed events.

a) Describe how psychologists use the scientific method to conduct research. Include the steps of the method. b) Compare and contrast the three major methods of observing behavior.

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes describes