Exam 1: C: The Science of Psychology

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?

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 ________.

A researcher wished to study the relationship between high school grades and college grades.Of the following research methods,which would be the most appropriate?

The survey method of research is ___________ in nature.

Mr.Marshall hired June to collect data from a group of subjects.Neither June nor the subjects were aware of the independent variable that Mr.Marshall had manipulated.This is an example of _______.

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:

The purpose of a control group in an experiment is to:

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.

Each day in class,Dr.Helms explains to his students that they are wonderful whether they are academic successes or failures.He also points out that each individual consciously chooses to attend class and study and that these choices dramatically affect whether one is academically successful.Dr.Helms is most likely a _______ psychologist.

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

Which of the following is associated with Gestalt psychology?

Manipulating an independent variable in a real-life setting is ________.

Observing behavior as it happens in real-life natural settings without imposing laboratory controls is known as the __________.

Keeping responses anonymous helps researchers avoid the ethical problem of _______.

Anything that follows a response,making that response more likely to recur,is __________.

Collecting objective data without interference in the subject's normal environment is associated with ________.

Watson is to behaviorism as _______ is to psychoanalysis.

Psychologists should only study observable behavior,according to __________.