Exam 1: Introduction and Research Methods

A clinical psychologist can hospitalize people and order biomedical therapies, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

The dependent measures obtained in Crum and Langer's hotel experiment were questionnaire responses about health and diet and measures of physical health, including weight, percentage of body fat, blood pressure, and body mass index (BMI).

Wilhelm Wundt outlined the connections between physiology and psychology in:

According to the Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology feature at the end of Chapter 1, which of the following statements is TRUE?

If an experiment is conducted properly, a control group is unnecessary.

Which of the following titles would most likely be found in a research journal for social psychology?

The word pseudo means "rare" or "unusual."

Experiments can provide important information, but they also have limitations.

Today, psychology is formally defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

Meta-analysis is:

Conscious experiences are to unconscious experiences as _____ is to _____.

A representative sample very closely matches the population from which it is drawn.

According to the Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology feature, when psychological research is reported in the mass media, which of the following criteria is a good indicator of credibility?

The participants assigned to the experimental group or condition in Crum and Langer's hotel experiment were informed that their housekeeping work was beneficial exercise.

Several correlational studies all point to the conclusion that the more time students spend playing violent video games, the lower their grade point average tends to be. This means that:

In their survey of how much time young people spent playing video games, psychologists Craig Anderson and Karen Dill surveyed more than 200 students taking introductory psychology classes at a large midwestern university.

Case studies:

Why was Mary Whiton Calkins denied the Ph.D. degree she had earned in her graduate studies of psychology at Harvard University?

John's therapist focuses on how interpersonal relationships have influenced John's self-concept. John's therapist likely takes which of the following perspectives in psychology?

According to one of the pie charts in Chapter 1, the most common employment setting for psychologists is working for the federal government.