Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Which of the following historical perspectives gave rise,at least in part,to the evolutionary perspective?

Kerri wanted to study the effects of having the oldest child in a family go off to college.She decided to use her own family after her brother went off to a college in France.She took notes each day on her parents' behaviour and kept a diary on her own reactions.Kerri was using the technique called:

Max is interested in becoming a psychologist.He is most interested in how people in groups behave differently from people who act alone.He would most likely specialize in __________ psychology.

Double-blind studies control only for the placebo effect.

The work of Freud was built around:

Elsie suffered a stroke and had to be hospitalized.While in the hospital,she talked in strange,garbled words and seemed to think that she was being held against her will.Which of the following perspectives BEST explains Elsie's odd behaviour?

What did Freud believe controlled most,if not all,of our behaviour?

Experimental psychologists,who design experiments to determine the causes of behaviour,would be most interested in the goal of:

The school of psychology called structuralism used a technique called ________,which involved reporting the contents of consciousness to study a person's experiences.

Which of the following statements is correct concerning critical thinking and astrology?

A negative correlation means that:

When you watch dogs play in the park or watch how your professors conduct their classes,you are engaging in a form of:

"Children who watch violent cartoons will become more aggressive." According to the scientific method,this statement is most likely a:

A researcher stops people at the mall and asks them questions about their attitudes toward gun control.Which research technique is being used?

In the definition of psychology,behaviour means:

Participants in research early in psychology's history might have been asked to view a chair and describe its colour,shape,texture,and other aspects of their conscious experience.These individuals would have been using a method called:

Description is to assessment as _________ is to prognosis.

According to Freud,the key to understanding the origins of nervous disorders was:

Which controversial figure can be described as Canada's first modern psychologist?

"There is no life outside this solar system and nothing you can say will change that fact!" Which criterion of critical thinking does this person lack?