Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

The survey method of research is ___________ in nature.

The purpose of an experiment is to discover whether there is a relationship between the ___________ and the ___________.

The goals of psychology are to describe,explain,predict,and control behavior.

Direction and strength are important in understanding correlation coefficients.

The magazine Desperate Wives publishes a survey of its female readers called "The Sex Life of the American Wife." It reports that 87 percent of all wives like to make love in rubber boots.A more accurate title for this survey would be ____________.

Jeff's car broke down and smoke started rising from the engine.He felt lucky to have broken down while parked in the center of town during lunch when many people were outside and available to hel

Which of the following does NOT fit with the other three?

A psychologist bases his/her theories completely on measuring observable behaviors.This psychologist is probably a __________.

Professor McSpell designed an experiment to test her hypothesis that exercise will increase spelling ability.She divided children into three groups and had one group do 10 minutes of exercises,one group do 30 minutes of exercises,and the third group do no exercise.She then tested all three groups of children to see how many words they could spell correctly on a spelling test.In this experiment,the scores on the spelling test serve as the

A researcher tests the hypothesis that students who study in the room where they take their tests will perform better on the tests than students who study in other rooms.She requires one group to study in the classroom where the exam is given and another group to study in the library.All students take the test in the classroom,and their test performance is compared.In this example,test performance is:

Dr.Mosher is a psychologist who tries to understand how people select their mates.She must be a(n)___________________ .

The main advantage of a case study is

Psychologists should only study observable behavior,according to __________.

Brock is the star quarterback on his college football team.When scoring his first test,his anatomy professor was surprised that he earned an "A+" because ____________.

Cognitive neuroscientists can examine the brain with _____________ and _____________.

Dr.Keller has individuals run on a treadmill for 0,15,or 30 minutes and then measures their self-reported mood.In this hypothetical study,the independent variable is

Professor Jones surveyed her six classes and found that students who slept less than five hours the night before the exam received lower exam scores than those students who slept seven hours or more.What kind of correlation is this relationship between hours of sleep and scores?

Freud's theories differed radically from the views of his predecessors because of __________.

The term ____________ refers to a mental health professional who generally has at least an M.S.W.and who typically treats individual dysfunction and family problems but may also deal with other problems such as addiction or abuse.

In that same experiment,the experimental group would