Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Samantha just had her purse stolen while walking down Fifth Avenue in New York City,which is a very busy part of Manhattan.She screamed loudly,and several people looked in her direction,but nobody stopped walking or made an attempt to hel

A variable that the experimenter manipulates is called a(n)________.

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.The critical flaw in this research would be _________.

Rob was named to the first team All-American basketball team last year.However,he is academically ineligible to play this year due to failing several classes.As a result,he is ________.

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 ________ perspective in this cross-cultural study.

Psychologists who give potential employees tests that determine what kind of job those employees might best perform are interested in the goal of ________.

Systematically collecting data in real-world environments is the essence of which descriptive research method?

The question "What is happening?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?

Pavlov's research demonstrated that ________.

In order to increase typing speed,Minisoft has redesigned its keyboard and provided a chime that is related to typing speed.The company wants to know if its innovations affect typing speed.Identify the independent and dependent variables in this proposed study.

Forming a hypothesis is the second step in a scientific investigation.This step is derived from two goals of psychology-description and ________.

Which of the following is an empirical question?

Dr.Wiseman wants to know about the alcohol consumption patterns among college juniors in the United States.He should ________.

Sigmund Freud was the father 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.

Objective introspection requires:

Dr.Samson wanted to know how college students in his state would vote during the next election.By sampling the seniors at his college,he can get a representative sample.

Who claimed that behavior is affected by reinforcement?

If an individual believed that why people think and feel as they do is more important than what they think and how they think,that individual would be a proponent of the ________ approach to psychology.

Which of the following statements is true about naturalistic observation?