Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Dr.Silverberg designed a study in which she tests infants for memory ability.Before she can begin her study,she must obtain

If you are interested in how patterns,beliefs,and customs influence behavior,you are interested in the __________ perspective.

Which perspective looks at perception,learning,and memory?

Sandi is a single mother living in a project in a poor section of the city.She has addiction issues and just lost custody of her three children.What type of professional is most likely to get involved in Sandi's situation?

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

Positive correlation shows:

A researcher wished to study the relationship between high school grades and college grades.Of the following research methods,which would be the most appropriate?

B.F.Skinner is most closely associated with which school of psychology?

Which of the following questions could be answered best by using the survey method?

What advice might John B.Watson have offered to psychologists of his time?

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.

The first psychology laboratory was opened by __________.

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

Each day in class,Dr.Helms explains to his students that they are wonderful whether they are academic successes or failures.He also points out that each individual consciously chooses to attend class and study and that these choices dramatically affect whether one is academically successful.Dr.Helms is most likely a _______ psychologist.

Participants in research early in psychology's history might have been asked to view a chair and describe its color,shape,and texture and other aspects of their conscious experience.These individuals would have been using a method called _________.

Observing behavior as it happens in real-life natural settings without imposing laboratory controls is known as the ______.

A group of randomly selected subjects for a study that matches the population in terms of important characteristics such as age and sex is called __________.

A person who has suffered a major stroke and is now experiencing severe personality problems because of the damage would BEST be advised to see a ____________ because this problem appears to have a significant medical component to it.

A psychologist,studying pilot trainees,picks a select group of trainees who are hopefully representative of all other trainees.The group of trainees being studied by this psychologist are collectively known to researchers as a __________.

In addition to describing and explaining mental processes and behavior,psychology also attempts to ________ these phenomena.