Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Wertheimer was associated with the _____________ school.

The survey method of research is ___________ in nature.

Which of the following is associated with Gestalt psychology?

Watson is to behaviorism as _______ is to psychoanalysis.

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,frequency of crying would be called the:

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

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

John Watson was a behaviorist who argued that the science of psychology must concern itself only with

Psychology:

The process of establishing causal relationships is associated most with:

Expectations by the experimenter that might influence the results of an experiment or their interpretation are called __________.

As a science,psychology is approximately how old?

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 purpose of a control group in an experiment is to:

Psychology is said to have begun when

Steve,a college sophomore,is seeing a psychologist because of his intense fear of people.His counselor feels that Steve's fear is a product of unresolved conflicts about his parents,and his childhood experiences with them.Steve's therapist is most characteristic of which school of psychology?

Structuralism emphasizes __________.

The first psychology laboratory was opened by _________.

If explanation of the causes of thoughts,feelings,and behavior is a psychologist's goal,then the __________ method of research should be used.

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