Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Sandi believes that people who eat at McDonald's are overweight,so she decides to do a naturalistic observation of people who eat at McDonald's.What should most concern us about Sandi's observations?

Which of the following is CORRECT concerning random assignment?

Dr.Samson wanted to know how college students in his province would vote during the next election.By sampling the seniors at his college,he can get a representative sample.

Who among the following would be LEAST likely to talk about conscious experiences?

We use animals in research because:

Critical thinking means making judgments based on:

Experimenters can justify the use of deception because:

Double-blind studies control for:

Vido has an MSW and is interested in working on the causes of poverty.What type of professional is Vido?

In order to increase typing speed Minisoft has redesigned its keyboard and provided a chime that is related to typing speed.The company wants to know if its innovations affect typing speed.Identify the independent and dependent variables in this proposed study.

Marcy is trying to define anxiety in a way that can be empirically tested.She is attempting to find an appropriate:

The tendency to look for information that supports one's own belief is called:

Which of the following specialties in psychology deals with diagnosis and treatment of disorders?

Freud said phobias were ____________ whereas Watson said phobias were __________.

The goals of psychology are to:

Marco Leyton,a psychology professor at McGill University,began to study the effects of cocaine on the human brain.To be considered a potential participant in his research,agreement of all of the following was expected EXCEPT:

The editors of Scientific Canada are able to obtain a representative sample of their readers in order to assess their attitudes toward preservation of the rain forests in Costa Rica.When interpreting the results of their survey,the editors will be able to apply the results to the:

Two groups of graduate students were given rats and were told to teach them how to run mazes.Group 1 was told that they had "very smart" rats that should learn quickly.Group 2 was told that they had "very stupid" rats that should learn slowly.In actuality,neither group was any different and the rats had been randomly assigned.In spite of that,when the experiment concluded,Group 1 rats had learned the maze much more quickly.How can that be explained?

The question "When will it happen again?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?

The laboratory experiment always involves watching behaviours as they occur without intervening or altering the behaviours in any way.