Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Positive correlation shows:

A researcher,based on her review of relevant scientific studies,believes that there is a relationship between the frequency of a baby's crying and whether it was nursed at set intervals or on a demand schedule.If this belief were tested by experimentally manipulating feeding schedules,the feeding schedule would be called the:

Wertheimer was associated with the _____________ school.

Psychology:

As part of an assignment,Bill's class was asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire on prejudice.Which research method was Bill's professor using?

A research method in which the real-life behavior of a pre-selected person or a group is studied at an in-depth level for some time through the use of observation,interviews,and writings (such as letters)is the _____________ method of research.

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 dependent variable in this study?

A young man reads in a letter that he has just won $1,000 in a state-wide lottery and he literally jumps for joy.Which neurons are sending messages from his brain to his legs ordering them to jump?

Research in which a carefully selected group of people is asked a set of predetermined questions in interviews or through questionnaires is known as __________.

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 ________.

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 second variable,which is observed for any possible effects,is called the __________.

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,test performance is:

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

The primary method of investigation used by structuralists was:

In an experiment,the "measurable aspect of the behavior of the subject" is called the __________ variable.

The first psychology laboratory was founded by __________.

In an experiment,the group of subjects to which the experimental group is compared is called the:

A weakness of ________ is that subjects participating in the research often report,consciously and unconsciously,inaccurate information.

Using both independent and dependent variables is associated with which of the following types of research used in psychology?