Exam 1: Introduction to Psychology

Because they have no control over the situation, researchers doing naturalistic observation cannot reach conclusions about _____ relationships.

Today, minorities in America are _____ among professional psychologists.

In the experimental method, the _____ is sometimes referred to as the treatment.

Researcher Lesley Lambright (2003)studied Vietnamese individuals and examined how their multicultural background played a role in their survival of centuries of warfare. Lambright was approaching this study from the _____ school of thought.

A psychologist who teaches a corporation how to keep employees motivated would most likely be a(n)_____ psychologist, according to your textbook.

Any condition or factor that can be manipulated, controlled, or measured, is a _____

Animal research is critically important for the study of variables that can't be _____ ethically in human subjects.

Marinella was raised in a strict, traditional Italian family that had close ties with the tight-knit Italian community in which she lived. Years later, when she was studying to become a psychologist, she realized just how much of an influence her upbringing and ethnicity had in molding her views and personality. This particular insight led Marinella to realize just how important _____ can be in an individual's psychological development.

An experiment is designed to test a prediction about a cause-effect relationship between two or more variables. This prediction is called a _____.

Which of the following psychological perspectives emphasizes the role of mental processes such as perception, thinking and memory?

The scientific method starts with _____

One problem with survey results is that respondents may try to present themselves in a good light. This is known as the _____ _____ response.

Which of the following represents the strongest correlation?

The entire group of interest to researchers and the group to which they want to generalize their findings is called the _____

In the Lang study, aggression was measured by the intensity and duration of "shocks" the participants chose to deliver to the researcher's accomplice. This was the _____ definition of aggression for this experiment.

The ONLY research method that can identify cause-and-effect relationships between variables is _____

The number of animals needed for research is _____

How might the development of depression be explained from the different viewpoints of the behavioral, psychoanalytic and biological perspectives in psychology?

A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is called _____

A sample that does not represent the entire group of interest is called a _____ sample.