Exam 1: Section 2: The Science of Psychology

"Standard deviation" is the answer to which question about a distribution of scores?

"Random assignment" is the answer to which question?

When Jim witnessed his 4-year-old nephew cry and whine until he received what he wanted, he tried to explain to his sister that she was conditioning the crying and whining based on environmental events. Jim's explanation of his nephew's behavior is representative of the _____ perspective.

Researchers have conducted multiple studies about the influence of an applicant's age on hiring decisions. To clarify knowledge about the topic, Leroy obtains data from these studies and uses a statistical technique to combine the results. Leroy's research MOST clearly illustrates use of _____.

Which term does NOT belong with the others?

Internal causes are the main emphasis of the _____ perspective, whereas external causes are the main emphasis of the _____ perspective.

Andrew is experiencing the hindsight bias when he states, _____.

The most commonly used measure of central tendency is the _____, and the most commonly used measure of variability is the _____.

Harvard scientist Stephen Jay Gould survived a terminal cancer diagnosis for 20 years. After being told that his type of cancer had a "median mortality rate of eight months after diagnosis," Gould learned that his chance of survival was greatly increased because the frequency distribution of deaths from this disease was _____.

Which statement about the different psychological perspectives is TRUE?

Researchers studied H. M., an amnesiac, in depth over an extended period of time in order to more fully understand the problems he experienced and to develop hypotheses for future research. The in-depth study of H. M. is an example of the _____ research method.

Surveys are MOST useful when researchers wish to_____.

In order to understand the aggressive behavior of an adolescent client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the adolescent's home environment, history of social relationships, academic record, and neurological functioning. Which research method has the psychologist employed?

Which correlation coefficient represents the variables with the weakest degree of relationship?

The _____ is the group of people who participate in a study, whereas the _____ is all of the people about whom a study is meant to generalize.

With measures of central tendency, there can be more than one _____ but only one _____.

A cognitive explanation for why a depressed mother killed her children would focus on _____.

"Variable" is the answer to which question?

The purpose of drawing a _____ from the _____ is to ensure that the sample is _____ of the population.

Which statement concerning the normal distribution is FALSE?