Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

In a controlled experiment,the group not subjected to a change in the independent variable,and used for comparison with the group receiving the experimental change,is the __________ group.

A researcher tests the hypothesis that students who study in the room where they take their tests will perform better on the tests than students who study in other rooms.She requires one group to study in the classroom where the exam is given and another group to study in the library.All students take the test in the classroom,and their test performance is compared.In this example,where students study is the:

Psychologists should only study observable behavior,according to __________.

Psychologists use research techniques based on __________.

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

In an experiment concerning the effect of auditory feedback on accuracy in writing computer programs,one group hears a computer-simulated voice say each character or symbol that they type in as they are writing their programs.The second group does not receive the auditory feedback as they type their program lines.This second group is the ___________ group.

Humanistic psychologists believe that:

Almost all research done in psychology is analyzed _______.

In an experiment,four groups of college students used different memorizing strategies to learn the material in one chapter of a textbook.Then each group was given the same multiple-choice test on the material.What was the dependent variable in this study?

The first psychology laboratory was opened by __________.

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.In this study,the group that was NOT frightened would be called the ____________ group.

Behaviorist J.B.Watson objected to early theories of psychology because of their focus on:

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 _______.

The survey method of research is ___________ in nature.

A subset of cases selected from a larger population is a __________.

The method of psychological research which utilizes a control group,a dependent variable,and an independent variable is

Which of the following is the correct order which psychologists use in studying a particular behavior?

In an experiment,a researcher manipulates one variable to see how it affects a second variable.The manipulated variable is called the:

The greatest disadvantage of correlation is:

In psychological studies,randomization is used to ensure that: