Exam 1: Psychology: the Science of Behaviour

Your best friend is having trouble dating. You suspect that the problem stems from a fear of being rejected, since this has happened on many previous occasions. Which of the following perspectives reflect your suspicion?

A psychologist who subscribe to the Freudian school of thought likely endorse which of the following statements? Our behaviour is largely the _____________________________.

Mary was driving on a dark and stormy night. She was unable to read a hidden traffic sign and she ran off the road and crashed into a street light. Two scientists are called as experts to testify in her defence. Scientist 1, who does research on how vision works, explained the limits of a person's ability to process visual information. Scientist 2, who does research on factors that contribute to car accidents, focused on the circumstances surrounding the accident, like the driver's state of mind and the limited visibility of the sign. Both scientists are using research in defence of the driver. Scientist 1 uses _______________ research and Scientist 2 uses ____________ research.

The concept of Tabula Rasa is most similar to _____.

Dr. Smith is a psychologist who is interested in studying aggression in sports. For her research, she attends high school basketball games and records the number of aggressive acts she observes. Dr. Smith's research is best viewed as meeting psychology's basic goal of __________.

Introductory Psychology students at Superior College are asked to expand the goals of psychology. Which goals should the students elaborate on?

Charles Whitman was a mass murderer with no previous history of violence. In an attempt to explain his violent behaviour, a psychologist points to Whitman's recent stressful life events and to the way that violence is often reinforced and glorified in today's society. This psychologist's explanation is most compatible with which level of analysis?

A psychologist proposes that to affect recent problems with school violence we need to significantly change the environments in which children are being raised by more heavily reinforcing the behaviours we would like to see. This psychologist is most likely associated with which psychological perspective?

You are looking to buy a new smart phone and have come to the conclusion that an iPhone is probably the best. So when you see an ad in a magazine for a Samsung, you just turn the page an ignore it. This probably reflects the operation of

Which of the following is NOT true of science?

Which of the following was NOT provided in the textbook as influential in starting the cognitive revolution?

Describe three important principles of time management.

While structuralists held that psychology should study the basic elements of consciousness, functionalists argued that psychology should concentrate on

The psychological defence mechanism that is thought to protect people from anxiety by keeping anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, memories, and impulses in the unconscious is called ____________________.

Which of these influences on behaviour would be most likely to be investigated by researchers operating from the cognitive perspective?

One important implication of the dualism position is that it implies that

Jesse has a genetic disorder that can result in schizophrenia. However, it is unlikely that he will have a breakdown unless his life becomes very stressful. This illustrates the concept of

The Canadian sociobiologists Daly and Wilson noted that females make a greater investment in the reproductive process. Which of the following statements does NOT support their statement?

How do the goals of basic research and applied research differ?

Temira tells her roommate, Carmella, that she recently read that people who paint their rooms blue get better grades. Carmella knows that painting their room will be a lot of work. Therefore, she asks Temira where she got her information and what evidence her sources had for their conclusion. She also wonders if there might not be another reason that people with blue rooms have higher grades-for example, maybe smart people prefer the colour blue. What skill is Carmella using?