Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

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

Samson wanted to know how college students in his state would vote during the next election. By sampling the seniors at his college, he can get a representative sample.

Researchers must report their results completely whether the hypothesis was supported or not. Complete reporting is necessary for the purpose of ________.

Clinical psychology is the largest subfield of psychology.

The degree of relationship between two or more variables is ________.

Ideally, everything in the experimental situation except the _________ is held constant.

Wertheimer was associated with the ________ school.

Darley and Latané (1968) believe that the presence of other people in a distressing situation actually increased the likelihood that they would receive help.

The school of thought that became known as behaviorism was founded by ________.

The question "What is happening?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?

Dr. Jones probably agrees with the ________ theory of psychology, since he contends that humans are intelligent species due to the fact that intelligence gives us an advantage in the natural world.

A psychologist wanted to see if people are more prone to seek the company of others when anxious than when calm. He randomly assigned half of his subjects to an anxiety group and then told them that, as part of the study, they would receive electric shocks. He did not frighten the other group of subjects. Finally, he recorded how many subjects in each group chose to be "tested" in a group setting and how many chose to be "tested" alone. What was the independent variable in this study?

Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?

Which of the following statements is correct?

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Roger conducted a naturalistic observation as a project for a psychology class. He observed the interactions of parents and children at a football game. Many of the people he observed seemed to have noticed him. Roger forgot about the observer effect.

In the statement "Critical thinking requires reasoned judgments," the word reasoned means ________.

While on a visit to a large city, you observe several billboards in which a series of lights seems to move. Which perspective in psychology would most likely help you understand this phenomenon?

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

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