Exam 1: What Is Psychology

__________ procedures allow participants to review the demands of a research project before they participate and give them an opportunity to choose not to participate.

Joseph wanted to know the drug habits of his senior high school class. He sent out surveys to 300 of his fellow students. He got 130 surveys back, all claiming significant drug use. Why should Joseph be careful about concluding that drug use is rampant on his campus?

Which of the following is a not goal of critical thinking?

Dr. Nielsen asked one half of his class to study for 30 minutes a night before their weekly test and the other half to study just the night before. She then compared the groups' scores on tests to see which study method was better. In this experiment, study style was the ________ variable and test scores were the ________ variable.

Psychoanalysis differs from structuralism, functionalism, and behaviorism in that it is also a method of

Blind and double-blind procedures are one way to control for the effects of __________ in experimental research.

Well-designed experiments control for the effects of expectations by creating conditions under which participants are unaware of, or __________, the treatment.

All of the following statements are true regarding women in psychology except

Deception can only be used in experiments with children.

Which of the following is the best definition of psychology?

The purpose of a(n) __________ is to review research studies and help researchers consider the areas of potential harm in their proposed studies.

The early roots of psychology can be traced to

Which of the following psychologists is most likely to conduct pure research?

The idea that we are free to choose what direction we go is a central idea of which of the following perspectives?

Carla has been called in to consult with a teacher who has a first-grader recently diagnosed with autism. Carla is most likely which type of psychologist?

"People who smoke marijuana will have short-term memory deficits." That statement in a scientific context would be the

Until recently, most psychological research was conducted by ________.

Psychologists have consistently found that the results of research conducted on men generalize to women and ethnic minorities.

Using the scientific method, design a study to test the effects of marijuana on memory. Specify a hypothesis, independent variables, and dependent variables.

In reviewing the contents of several psychology journals, a graduate student noted a marked increase in the number of articles on memory and thinking over the past dozen years. He concluded that there was increased interest in the __________ perspective.