Exam 1: C: The Science of Psychology

The founder of behaviorism is:

Like Watson,Skinner believed that psychology should study only __________.

Why is it essential that the experimental and control groups be treated identically in every respect but one?

Freud's theories differed radically from the views of his predecessors because of __________.

Titchener was a member of the ___________school of thought.

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 types of psychologists is most prepared to help a person who hears voices and believes she is Joan of Arc?

Naturalistic observation is ____________________.

Wertheimer was associated with __________ psychology.

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

In a controlled experiment,the group subjected to a change in the independent variable is called the __________ group.

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 subset of cases selected from a larger population is a __________.

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 is a strength of experiments?

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?

Freud believed that many unconscious desires are:

For Freud,much of our behavior is controlled by __________.

Which school of psychology assumes that human activity cannot be broken down into separate units for analysis but must be evaluated as wholes?

Watson felt that psychologists should study __________.