Exam 1: Introduction to Psychology

A therapist who takes the evolutionary perspective would focus most on _____

Research has shown that patients' expectations of treatment effectiveness are affected by what a treatment provider is wearing. A white lab coat tends to increase their expectation of effectiveness. Sandra, a research assistant, had no preconceived ideas about her research project, but by chance she wore a white lab coat when working with experimental Group 1, but jeans and a t-shirt when working with experimental Group 2. This created a confounding variable. This confounding variable was a _____

Educational psychologists specialize in which of the following?

When a study is completed, researchers have _____

A type of bias in which study participants are not representative of the population to which results will be generalized is called _____ bias.

If we were to design an experiment to test the hypothesis that aspirin takes headaches away, the independent variable would be _____ and the dependent variable would be _____

Using knowledge obtained through the scientific method to develop cohesive _____ can help us understand complex phenomena.

The goals of psychology are to _____

A(n)___ is a measure of how strongly two variables are related to one another.

Observation of behavior that takes place in a setting designed for research activities, as opposed to a natural setting, is referred to as _____ observation.

Kayla thinks she has noticed a pattern of differences in her male and female friends' video game scores and she wonders why. She notices her male friends spend more time playing and thinks that may be the reason. Which of the following is an attempt to achieve the goal of prediction?

A negative correlation between two factors means that their values move _____

Shannon is a researcher who studies sleep patterns in humans. Shannon most likely uses _____

A majority of human psychological research has been done with college student participants. This leads to results that ____

The two kinds of variables found in every experiment are _____ and _____ variables.

Angela failed to note that she could only find female participants for her research study. This is an example of _____

The most important advantage to using the experimental method over descriptive research methods is that the experimental method allows us to identify _____ relationships.

Which school of thought in psychology would be most concerned with behavior changes that promote survival in the face of environmental pressures?

When interpreting the behavior of others, Nabila stresses the importance of cultural factors and social influences. Clearly, Nabila is coming from the _____ approach to studying human behavior.

Factors that are unequal across groups and can prevent a researcher from concluding that it was the independent variable that caused a change in the dependent variable are called _____ variables.