Exam 1: Section 2: Introduction and Research Methods

When evaluating research claims it is important to engage in _____, which involves actively questioning statements rather than blindly accepting them.

Key figures in the development of behaviorism include:

When psychologists report the findings of a study in a scientific journal, it's important that they include a description of all of the following EXCEPT how:

Between John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner which of the following approaches dominated American psychology for almost half a century?

During her first trip abroad, Paula was surprised to find that people in other cultures ate such foods as snails, squid, insects, lizards, earthworms, and seaweed. "One day they will become civilized like us and eat normal foods like donuts, pizza, hot dogs, and hamburgers and fries," she e-mailed her parents. Paula's remarks reflect a tendency called:

Like other scientists, psychologists are guided by the assumption that:

Jakel is a psychologist who studies basic topics in psychology, such as learning, memory, sensation, and perception. Dr. Jakel's area of specialization is _____ psychology.

In a study on the effects of caffeine on memory one group of participants drank a bottle of tasteless water containing 100, 50, or 0 milligrams of caffeine. Another group of drank a bottle of water with no caffeine. The participants assigned to the group that got bottled water with no caffeine represents the _____ in this study.

Why do researchers try to avoid being detected by their participants when engaged in naturalistic observations?

Wilhelm Wundt defined psychology as:

Ethical standards for animal research in psychology:

Interactive dualism is the idea that:

Scientific research into the effects of magnet therapy has concluded that:

Which of the following people developed a theory of motivation that emphasized psychological growth?

The factors in a hypothesis that can vary or change are called the:

Professor Jennings has offered extra credit to any of his undergraduate students who participate in research. Ethically, what must Professor Jennings do for his class?

Which of the following statements about positive psychology is TRUE?

Psychologists are guided by the basic scientific assumption that events are lawful. What does this mean to psychologists?

Your instructor notices that in many of his classes, the longer he lectures, the more students yawn. This represents:

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI):