Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

When you watch dogs play in the park, or watch how your professors conduct their classes, you are engaging in a form of ________.

Suppose you were a graduate student studying for a Ph.D. in psychology in the 1920s. Your advisor was strongly influenced by John B. Watson. Which of the following might your advisor consider an acceptable choice for your research?

John Watson was a behaviorist who argued that the science of psychology must concern itself only with

The field of biopsychology is part of the larger discipline of ________, which refers to the study of the physical structure, function, and development of the nervous system.

________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 group.

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 could help. However, 30 minutes has passed and despite the heavily populated area, nobody has offered assistance. This is an example of the

The placebo effect means ________.

Which of the following terms do NOT belong together?

The first psychology laboratory was founded by ________.

A good control group ________.

Modern psychology is said to have begun when:

One of the common guidelines for ethical research is that participants may not withdraw from a study once they start.

In an experiment on the effects of level of motivation on the performance of typists, the researcher randomly assigned one third of her subjects to each of three levels of motivation (and then induced different levels of motivation in the three groups). She measured the average words typed per minute by each group, and found that performance was highest under medium motivation, average under low motivation, and worst under high motivation. What was the independent variable in this experiment?

Cause-and-effect conclusions can be drawn from the results of an experiment because:

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

What did Sigmund Freud consider as the key to understanding the nervous disorders he observed?