Exam 1: Section 5: Introduction and Research Methods

The first African American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology was:

While watching television late one evening, Marla tuned into an infomercial that claimed you could lose at least 5 pounds of fat each week by simply taking a natural herbal supplement. Suspicious, Marla conducted some research on the supplement and found that the sponsors of the infomercial were accused of presenting an irrefutable or nonfalsifiable claim. This means that the weight loss claim:

_____ scans provide color-coded images of the brain's activity.

Which of the following specialty areas is the MOST popular choice for psychologists who have recently received their doctorates?

Of the following correlation coefficients, which represents the WEAKEST relationship between two factors or variables?

Psychologists are expected to abide by ethical principles regulating research with human participants; these principles include all of the following EXCEPT:

Researchers at the United Family Therapy Center are conducting a study to determine how quickly symptoms of anxiety are reduced by different forms of psychotherapy. What is the dependent variable in this study?

Correlational research:

_____ became the first major school of thought in psychology and relied on a method called introspection.

_____ dominated American psychology for the first half of the twentieth century.

In a study described in Chapter 1, psychologist Paul Solomon and his colleagues investigated the effects of the herb Gingko Biloba on memory, concentration, and other mental tasks. All participants in the study took a battery of tests at the beginning and end of the six-week study. The results showed that:

Norris strives to identify and understand consistent patterns of behavior. She is willing to consider new or alternative explanations of behavior and mental processes. Dr. Norris is demonstrating:

As one of the advocates of _____, _____ developed a theory of motivation that emphasized psychological growth.

Who wrote On the Origin of Species?

Professor Newberg decided to study preferences of living senior adults, so he visited a local retirement village and invited residents to participate in a lengthy survey. Professor Newberg's survey results are probably invalid because he did not use:

Wilhelm Wundt focused on:

Which of the following titles would MOST likely be found in a research journal for neuroscience?

According to the Science Versus Pseudoscience box, which of the following items is NOT one of the strategies used by proponents of pseudoscience to give credibility to their claims?

The _____ perspective contended that psychology should focus its scientific investigations strictly on observable conducts that could be objectively measured and verified.

Rodella is very interested in your dream interpretation, blocked memories, and slips of the tongue. Which approach to psychology best fits Dr. Rodella's interests?