Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Rob was named to the all-American basketball team last year.However,he is academically ineligible to play this year due to failing several classes.As a result,he is ____________.

Which of the following pairs of variables shows a positive correlation?

Roger conducted a naturalistic observation as a project for a psychology class.He observed the interactions of parents and children at a football game.Many of the people he observed seemed to have noticed him.Roger forgot about the observer effect.

_____________ 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 grou

There are fewer psychologists in the areas of educational,school,and cognitive combined than counseling psychologists.

One of the main reasons for using a laboratory for psychological research is to:

A scientist,conducting a research study on sleep and learning,questions her own objectivity and decides to let a third person,not associated with conducting the experiment,score the tests.The scientist is probably trying to eliminate __________.

The process of establishing causal relationships is associated most with:

Psychologists who give potential employees tests that determine the kinds of jobs at which those employees might perform best are interested in the goal of _____________.

Which research method involves watching behaviors as they occur without intervening or altering the behaviors in any way?

In an experiment,a researcher manipulates one variable to see how it affects a second variable.The manipulated variable is called the:

If explanation of the causes of thoughts,feelings,and behavior is a psychologist's goal,then the __________ method of research should be used.

Adaris has always been drawn to the saying "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," and she decides to incorporate this saying into her research project.Adaris is trying to define absence in a way that can be empirically tested.She is attempting to find an appropriate ______________.

Which of these is the most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology?

In the scientific method,forming an educated guess is called

Shorey (2001)found that the brutal death of a Somalian prisoner in a Canadian military facility could have been prevented.One reason the beating was not stopped was the _______________.

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

____________ is a system used for reducing bias and error in the measurement of data.

Steve,a college sophomore,is seeing a psychologist because of his intense fear of people.His counselor feels that Steve's fear is a product of unresolved conflicts about his parents,and his childhood experiences with them.Steve's therapist is most characteristic of which school of psychology?

The most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology today is that it is the science of behavior.