Exam 1: Introduction to the Science of Psychology: History and Research Methods

The general curiosity about why people think, feel, and behave the way they do ________.

How might an academic psychologist's schedule at a large state university differ from one at a smaller college?

What is the difference between a reinforcement and a punishment?

Reliability refers to the _____________.

The philosopher John Locke stressed that all human knowledge arises from experience of the world and reflection about it.

Ken is planning on studying the influence of intelligence on the ability to recall events from the 1960s. If Ken does not account for variables such as age that could also influence one's ability to recall these events, age could be considered a(n) __________________.

The school of behaviorism attempted to explain behavior by studying ________.

The primary duties of an academic psychologist are usually ________.

Briefly contrast the early schools of psychology (structuralism, functionalism, and psychodynamic psychology) with behaviorism.

If an individual believed that why people think and feel as they do is more important than what they think and how they think, that individual would be a proponent of the ________approach to psychology.

Dr. Jones probably agrees with the ________ theory of psychology, since he contends that humans are intelligent species due to the fact that intelligence gives us an advantage in the natural world.

A confounding variable insures that there is a reliable effect of the independent on the dependent variable.

Response bias refers to a tendency _____________.

The science of psychology has its roots in the fields of ________ and ________.

The phrase, "the whole is greater than sum of its parts," is most closely associated with which early school of psychology? Why does that phrase apply to that school of psychology?

Define the term "scientific method" and describe what it allows psychologists to accomplish in principle.

According to Freud, unconscious thoughts simply disappear in time.

What's the major difference between experimental and control groups?

How does contemporary evolutionary thought differ from earlier evolutionary theories?

The structuralists were important in the history of psychology because they