Exam 1: Section 2: The Science of Psychology

Which is NOT one of the major psychological research perspectives?

Suppose Abby finds a significant positive correlation between the hours that a child watches TV and the number of aggressive behaviors the child displays in the classroom. Because she is aware of _____, Abby concludes correctly that TV watching _____ aggressive behavior.

Psychology is currently defined as the science of _____.

When Carla works in a group, she may not exert as much effort as she does when she is working alone. This example of the effect of other people on behavior is MOST directly related to psychology's _____ perspective.

Which selection procedure(s) would be MOST likely to yield a random sample of voters' opinions toward capital punishment in the state of Texas?

A psychologist using the _____ perspective would be MOST interested in studying why Canadians have almost as many guns per capita as Americans but a significantly lower level of per capita murders.

Atypical scores are MOST likely to distort _____.

Which correlation coefficient indicates the weakest relationship between two variables?

"Positive correlation" is the answer to which question?

Two variables increasing and decreasing together is to _____ as two variables moving in opposite directions is to _____.

To obtain a representative sample, researchers use random _____, which allows them to _____.

Suppose you have a normal distribution of test scores with a mean of 60 and a standard deviation of 10. Which range of test scores contains 68 percent of the scores?

As Jimmy constructs a survey about attitudes toward health care, he words the questions carefully to minimize the possibility that participants will respond in a way that does not reflect what they actually think. By attending to question construction, Jimmy aims to minimize _____.

In an attempt to more objectively observe drinking behavior among fraternity members, Henry joined a fraternity. Henry is utilizing the _____ research method.

One of the major benefits of the case study technique is that it allows researchers to _____.

Dr. Matthews is observing children on the playground and recording instances of aggression. This BEST illustrates which research method?

If Kate wanted to provide a visual depiction of the correlation between hours of sleep each night and grade point average, she would use a _____.

Which is NOT a measure of variability?

The _____ indicates the strength of a correlation coefficient.

"Negative correlation" is the answer to which question?