Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Suppose you were a graduate student studying for a Ph.D.in psychology in the 1920s.Your advisor was strongly influenced by John B.Watson.Which of the following might your advisor consider an acceptable choice for your research?

What is the best analogy for Wundt's and Titchener's mission for psychology?

In studying the bystander effect,a researcher is interested in looking at differences between prison guards in China and the United Kingdom.The researcher is taking a _________________ in this cross cultural study.

Athletes have been shown to have poorer performance on academic tests compared to non-athletes in college.

Which of the following statements concerning using animals in research is correct?

Each of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association EXCEPT ______.

Clinical psychology is the largest subfield of psychology.

Ideally,everything in the experimental situation except the __________ is held constant.

What advice might John B.Watson have offered to psychologists of his time?

Double-blind studies control for __________.

Dr.Keller has individuals run on a treadmill for 0,15,or 30 minutes and then measures their self-reported mood.In this hypothetical study,the independent variable is

Dr.Leland can prescribe drugs in some situations and works with depressed women.He must be a psychologist.

A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called ______________________.

The magazine Desperate Wives publishes a survey of its female readers called "The Sex Life of the American Wife." It reports that 87 percent of all wives like to make love in rubber boots.A more accurate title for this survey would be ___________________.

Which treatment approach did Sigmund Freud develop for treating his patients?

Two groups of graduate students were given rats and were told to teach them how to run mazes.Group 1 was told that they had "very smart" rats that should learn quickly.Group 2 was told that they had "very stupid" rats that should learn slowly.In actuality,neither group was any different and the rats were randomly assigned.In spite of that,when the experiment concluded,Group 1 rats had learned the maze much more quickly.How can that be explained?

Professor Holden gives a psychology exam on the origins of intelligence.She gives a short answer question based on the IQ scores of a parent-child pair.In order to answer the question correctly,her students need to remember that ________________.

A good control group ________.

The belief that the unconscious mind has an influence on one's behavior is part of what early field of psychology?

Student athletes who believed they were accepted to college based on their athletic performance were also found to have higher scores on tests than non-athletes.