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| Which of these is the most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology? |
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| The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. |
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| The goals of psychology are to____? |
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| Description, Explanation, Prediction, Control |
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| Mei was sent to the school psychologist to be tested. Based on her IQ scores it was decided that she would do well in the gifted child program. This is an example of which goal of psychology? |
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| The question "What is happening?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology? |
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| Description and Explanation |
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| The question "How can it be changed?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology? |
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| The school of psychology called structuralism used a technique called ____, which involved reporting the contents of consciousness to study a person's experiences. |
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| If a functionalist from the 1870s were alive today, where would we mist likely find him? |
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| School working towards improving teaching. |
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| "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" is a statement associated with the perspective of ______. |
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| 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? |
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| The belief that the unconscious mind has an influence on one's behavior is part of what early field of psychology? |
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| The early perspective called Gestalt psychology has evolved into the current perspective called _____. |
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| The class is playing a game of Jeopardy! and it is your turn. "I'll take Pioneers in Psychology for $50." The revealed answer is "Focused on unconscious factors and relied on the case study method." Just before the buzzer sounds, what will you say? |
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| Which treatment approach did Sigmund Frued develop for treating his patients? |
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| Frued stressed the importance of _______. |
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| Early childhood experiences. Personality formed in the first 6 years. |
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| John B. Watson believed that psychology should involve the study of _____. |
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| What advice might John B. Watson have offered to psychologists of his time? |
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| Focus on observable behavior |
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| Freud said phobias were _______ whereas Watson said phobias were ______. |
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| Which pair of scientists shard the most similar views of behavior? |
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| Self-actualization was part of which of the following perspectives? |
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| Psychodynamic Perspective |
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| Professor Beverly approaches questions about human behavior from a perspective that emphasizes bodily events and chemicals, such as hormones, associated with behavior. It is most likely that she accepts which of the following psychological approaches? |
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| Biopsychological Perspective |
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| Dr. Mosher is a psychologist who tries to understand how people select their mates. She must be an ______. |
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| Evolutionary perspective seeking mental strategy. |
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| Dr. Braunz has been treating a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She decides to write a prescription for Ritalin. Given this information,it is most likely that Dr, Braunz is a ________. |
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| Sandi is a single mother living in a project in a poor section of the city. She has addiction issues and just lost custody if her three children. What type of psychologist is most likely to get involved in Sandi's situation? |
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| Psychiatric Social Worker |
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| ________ is a system used for reducing bias and error in the measurement of data. |
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| Forming a hypothesis is the second step in a scientific investigation. This step is derived from which goal of psychology? |
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| What is one of the major reasons that psychologist report results publicly? |
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| So others can learn from work |
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| Jane Goodall's research with chimpanzees and gorillas can best be described as ______. |
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| A researcher stops people at the mall and asks them questions about their attitudes toward gun control. Which research technique is being used? |
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| All of the following variables, except for _____ show a positive correlation. |
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| Marcy is trying to define anxiety in a way that can be empirically tested. She is attempting to find an appropriate ________. |
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| A researcher is investigating the effects f exercise on weight. What are the independent and dependent variables in this experiment? |
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Independent: Exercise
Dependent: Weight |
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| Sandy Sue was participating in an experiment in which she was given a pill that was supposed to cause her to get drowsy. Five minutes after taking the pill, Sandy Sue reported that she felt drowsy and wanted to lie down. The pill was actually made of sugar and had no ingredients to cause drowsiness. How do you explain Sandy Sue's drowsy feeling? |
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| Assumed the drug affected her |
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| _______ is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the control group but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group. |
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| Each of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association EXCEPT _____. |
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People - first
Research - second |
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| Experimenters can justify the use of deception because ________. |
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| Sometimes the study wouldn't work but later are told why they were deceived. |
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| In the statement "Critical thinking requires reasoned judgments," the word reasoned means _____. |
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| Logical and well thought out. |
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