Exam 1: Introduction to the Science of Psychology

Italian Americans living in New York could be said to represent a ____ within the ____ United States.

You are looking for a psychologist to help you cope with your depression.Dr.Joellet explains that your depression is the result of norepinephrine imbalances in your brain.Dr.Graham states that your depression is due to your thinking negative thoughts.Dr.Turnquet explains that since you enjoy watching TV and spend more time watching TV when you are depressed,you will continue being depressed.Dr.Joellet is using the ____ approach,Dr.Graham is using the ____ approach,and Dr.Turnquet is using the _____ approach.

As an undergraduate psychology major,Carl has developed a strong desire to study behavior and mental processes,in particular human performance.During an internship at a local business,Carl is intrigued with how a manager's interpersonal style can affect the workers' motivation.The field of ____ psychology would be most applicable to Carl's interests.

Maggie is a graduate student in human factors.She is working with a local grocery store to improve their customer service while reducing costs to the consumers.Most likely,Maggie will ____.

The group of psychologists who focused on the whole of consciousness rather than its component parts were the ____.

Dr.Allera studies how brain activity is related to depressed and anxious behavior in college students.Dr.Allera probably takes the ____ approach to psychology.

Tom reads an article in the newspaper reporting new research on the link between genes and hostility.He realizes that the researchers were most likely to have adopted the ____ approach in their research.

Julene is applying to graduate school in psychology.She wants to study ways to test children for learning disabilities so that they can be placed into special education programs.Julene should apply to graduate programs that specialize in ____ psychology.

When Allison's father passed away,Allison decided that her mother should come to live with her.Jameson's father also passed away,but he decided that his mother should live in a nursing home.Based only on this information,Allison is probably from a(n)____ culture and Jameson is probably from a(n)____ culture.

When Sam meets with his psychologist,she explains that Sam has the ability to reach his full potential by understanding how his perceptions guide his actions.Which approach is Sam's psychologist taking?

William James believed the focus of research should be on how mental images,sensations,and memories come together as a function of experience.Before him,Titchener believed it was important to define the _____.

For her dissertation,Anupama would like to study the effects of culture on driving behavior.She would like to conduct the study in the United States and in India.However,she is advised to be careful with her study because both countries are comprised of many different subcultures.In other words,both of these countries are ____.

Your friend claims that altruism,cooperation,aggression,and other social behaviors increase the chances of human survival and are genetically encoded and passed on from generation to generation.Your friend is supporting the ____ approach.

"The whole of conscious experience is not the same as the sum of its parts" is a belief proposed by which view of psychology?

Which belief would a collectivist society support?

Dr.Strack believes that depression is primarily due to how people think about themselves and what people tell themselves about any given situation.Dr.Strack supports the ____ approach.

Which of the following is universal in all cultures?

Rod believes that some college students are independent go-getters and that other college students are more dependent on family approval than on personal achievement.The former group seems to hold ____ values whereas the latter group holds ____ values.

To understand why a problem child behaves as she does,Dr.Saldeen maps out the details of how rewards and punishments shape,maintain,and change the child's behavior.Dr.Saldeen is performing a(n)_____ of behavior.

Jack believes that his success in math is based on hard work,but he believes his difficulties in history are based on an unfair professor.Jack is likely from a(n)____ culture.