Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Which of the following statements concerning critical thinking is incorrect?

A psychologist evaluated Tameka,an eight-year-old child who has experienced difficulty in school.The psychologist sent questionnaires to 100 teachers to determine if they had ever seen similar cases.Based on the teachers' responses,the psychologist hypothesized that a particular diet might cause the learning problem.Following her tabulation of the responses,she designed a study that would tell her if diet were the actual cause.Which of the following lists,in order from first to last,were the research methods this psychologist used?

Dr.Wiseman wants to know about the alcohol consumption patterns among first-year college students in Canada.He should:

"The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" is a statement associated with the perspective of:

Modern psychodynamic therapy differs from Freud's original model in that today there is less emphasis on:

The first step in a psychological experiment is developing a method.

In a laboratory,smokers are asked to "drive" using a computerized driving simulator equipped with a stick shift and a gas pedal.The object is to maximize the distance covered by driving as fast as possible on a winding road while avoiding rear-end collisions.Some of the participants smoke a real cigarette immediately before climbing into the driver's seat.Others smoke a fake cigarette without nicotine.You are interested in comparing how many collisions the two groups have.In this study,the independent variable is the:

Which of the following is the BEST example of a representative sample?

Which of the following is NOT one of the common ethical rules?

The administration of British Columbia University wants to know if arrangement of chairs affects student participation in classrooms.What would be a good operational definition of the dependent variable in an experiment designed to measure this relationship?

In the early part of the past century,psychologists who broke down thought processes into their basic elements and analyzed them were called structuralists.What term might we use to describe psychologists with similar interests today?

John B.Watson believed that psychology should involve the study of:

After reading about the possible causes of schizophrenia,a scientist thinks that a virus is the most likely cause.What term most accurately describes the scientist's idea?

The question "Why is it happening?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?

Who was an early proponent of functionalism?

Marvin is a fan of the Toronto Raptors basketball team.With little provocation,he will engage you in a debate about whether it is the greatest team in basketball.Marvin MAY be demonstrating:

Which of the following best summarizes Hebb's Law?

Drinking orange juice is negatively correlated with the risk of cancer.Based on this information,which of the following statements is true?

A case study would be the most appropriate method to investigate which of these topics?

Which of the following is NOT an empirical question?