Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

A negative correlation means that high values of one variable are associated with low values of the other.

A negative correlation means that ________.

Sally proposes the idea that one's sexual history prior to marriage may be linked to whether one ends up getting divorced. This best represents which step of the scientific method?

One of the main reasons for using a laboratory for psychological research is to:

Titchener was a member of the ________ school of thought.

As a project for a psychology course, a student correlated weight and intelligence scores for 250 students. The computed correlation coefficient was .00. What did the scatter plot look like?

In the late 20th century, psychology ________.

A(n) ________ is a measure of how strongly two variables are related to one another.

Naturalistic observation is ________.

Cognitive psychologists are a subgroup of experimental psychologists who are concerned primarily with:

After more than a year in Iranian prisons, 52 American hostages were released by Iran's revolutionary government and allowed to return to the United States. Of the following professionals, ________ psychologists would probably have LEAST professional interest in that event.

A correlation tells us:

Which of the following is an empirical question?

Surveys, as discussed in the text, are a form of:

To determine if sugar-rich diets affect hyperactivity in kids, a researcher prepared two daily menus that children would receive for a 30-day period. A high-sugar diet was given to the boys, while the girls had a menu that seemed identical but was not a high sugar diet. At the end of 30 days, the boys and girls were evaluated to determine their levels of hyperactivity. In the study, the high-sugar diet is the _______.

Pavlov found that dogs would salivate to the sound of a bell before food was presented, demonstrating the process of conditioning.

Objective introspection required:

Darley and Latané (1968) believe that the presence of other people in a distressing situation decreased the likelihood that they would receive help due to ________.

In an experiment, a researcher manipulates one variable to see how it affects a second variable. The second variable, which is observed for any possible effects, is called the ________.

Cognitive psychologists are concerned with the scientific study of ________.