Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Which of the following statements is correct concerning correlation coefficients?

Canadian psychologist Dr.Paul Valliant wrote the book A Parent's Guide: Helping Your Child Transition from Travel Basketball to the NBA.

The goals of psychology are to describe,explain,predict,and control behaviour.

Testing a hypothesis is the third step in a scientific investigation.This step is derived from which goal of psychology?

Which of the following is an empirical question?

Which of the following pairs represents the two psychology perspectives that were also part of the historical beginnings of psychology?

The use of __________ helps to control for the effect of observer bias.

The CEO of a large automobile company says the cars the company makes are safe regardless of the fact that they lead the country in accidents due to faulty equipment.This discrepancy highlights which of the following critical-thinking principles?

While on a visit to a large city,you observe several billboards in which a series of lights seems to move.Which perspective in psychology would most likely help you understand this phenomenon?

Which early perspective would have been LEAST likely to agree with the structuralists?

Which goal of psychology is most closely met through naturalistic observation?

The word correlation is often used as a synonym for:

Roger went to McDonald's to observe people eating in fast-food restaurants.He brought a camera crew and bright lights,and they all wore yellow jump suits.Roger said he wanted to do a naturalistic observation but may have had some problems because of:

______________________ is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group,but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group.

Dr.Watson designs a special behaviour program for helping children who are bullies learn how to be less aggressive and more successful in social relationships.Dr.Watson is most interested in the goal of:

Researchers must report their results completely whether the hypothesis was supported or not.Complete reporting is necessary for the purpose of:

Self-actualization is a concept associated with the _________ psychology model.

Psychologists who give potential employees tests that determine what kind of job those employees might best perform are interested in the goal of:

Professor Beverly approaches questions about human behaviour from a biological basis,emphasizing body processes and functioning,neurochemicals,hormones,etc.It is most likely that she believes in a _______________ psychology approach.

Critical thinking means making judgments based on: