Exam 1: The Science of Psychology

Testing a hypothesis is the third step in a scientific investigation.This step is derived from which goal of psychology?

Marcy is trying to define anxiety in a way that can be empirically tested.She is attempting to find an appropriate __________________.

Direction and strength are important in understanding correlation coefficients.

Pavlov found that dogs would salivate to the sound of a bell before food was presented demonstrating the process of conditioning.

In a laboratory,smokers are asked to "drive" using a computerized driving simulator equipped with a stick shift and a gas pedal.The object is to maximize the distance covered by driving as fast as possible on a winding road while avoiding rear-end collisions.Some of the participants smoke a real cigarette immediately before climbing into the driver's seat.Others smoke a fake cigarette without nicotine.You are interested in comparing how many collisions the two groups have.In this study,the independent variable is _____________________.

Professor Wenches approaches questions about human behavior from a perspective that emphasizes unconscious processes within the individual,such as inner forces or conflicts.It is most likely that she accepts which of the following psychological approaches?

Experimenters can justify the use of deception because ___________.

Unintended changes in participants' behavior due to cues inadvertently given by the experimenter are called __________.

The laboratory experiment always involves watching behaviors as they occur without intervening or altering the behaviors in any way.

__________ is an experiment in which neither the participants nor the individuals running the experiment know if participants are in the experimental or the control group until after the results are tallied.

Jeff's car broke down and smoke started rising from the engine.He felt lucky to have broken down while parked in the center of town during lunch when many people were outside and could hel

Critical thinking requires making judgments that are well reasoned and well thought out.

As a project for a psychology course,a student correlated weight and intelligence scores for 250 students.The computed correlation coefficient was .00.What did the scatter plot look like?

In a laboratory,smokers are asked to "drive" using a computerized driving simulator equipped with a stick shift and a gas pedal.The object is to maximize the distance covered by driving as fast as possible on a winding road while avoiding rear-end collisions.Some of the participants smoke a real cigarette immediately before climbing into the driver's seat.Others smoke a fake cigarette without nicotine.You are interested in comparing how many collisions the two groups have.In this study,the dependent variable is ____________________.

Self-actualization was part of which of the following perspectives?

Which type of psychologist would be most likely to argue that a criminal engages in unlawful behavior because he grew up around older boys who engaged in criminal activities?

Darley and Latané (1968)believe that the presence of other people in a distressing situation actually increased the likelihood that they would receive hel

Cognitive neuroscience includes the use of tools such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)and positron emission tomography (PET).

The majority of psychologists work in ________________.

What is the difference between the control group and experimental group in a research study?