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

Looking at psychological events from different levels of analysis ________.

Neuroethics, a branch of ethics, focuses on _____________.

If a psychologist is investigating test anxiety by examining the way students' thoughts, prior to an exam, affect their feelings about the exam, the psychologist is primarily looking at events at the level of the ________.

Self-actualization was part of which of the following perspectives?

Who is "blind" in a double-blind study? And, what does "blind" really mean?

Why did a New York State Appeals Court thwart researchers from drawing spinal fluids from severely depressed teenagers?

If your professor declares "There's no worth in studying mental processes to further psychology's progress," then he probably is a behaviorist in the tradition of B. F. Skinner.

Independent variable is to dependent variable as ________.

Your authors conclude that ESP is _____________.

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

Psychology is defined as the science of ________.

________ occur(s) when an investigator's beliefs lead him or her to treat participants in a way that encourages them to produce the anticipated results.

Psychology is a science because it relies on a specific type of method of inquiry.

Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest relationship between two variables?

If you are an industrial/organizational psychologist, then you are probably focusing on issues pertaining to the ________.

Which pair of scientists shared the most similar views of behavior?

The three levels of analysis discussed in your text are the ________, the ________, and the _______.

Humanist Abraham Maslow suggests that when people self-actualize, they ________.

The belief that the unconscious mind has an influence on one's behavior is part of what early field of psychology?

During which of the following time periods was the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions won by the most women?