Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of
Behavior and Mental process
Wilhelm Wundt's laboratory work involved experimental studies of
Reactions to sensory stimulation
Humanistic Psychology
Healthy growth potential
Arguments as to whether psychological differences between men and women result from biological or social influences most clearly involve a debate over the issue of
nature versus nurture
the biopsychosocial approach is integrated with a larger framework of
multiple level analysis
What is most concerned with assessing the relative impact of nature and nurture on our psychological traits
behavior genetics
Dr. Winkle conducts basic research on the systematic changes in intelligence associated with aging. It is most likely that Dr. Winkle is a(n) ________ psychologist.
developmental
Dr. Caleigh conducts basic research on the relationship between adults' language skills and their capacity to solve mathematical problems. Dr. Caleigh is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.
cognitive
Which professional specialty focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders?
clinical psychology
one technique of the SQ3R method emphasizes the importance of
reviewing material
The hindsight bias refers to peoples tendency to
exaggerate their ability to have foreseen the outcome of past events
Thinking that she had outperformed most of her classmates, Glenda was surprised to receive just an average grade on her psychology test. Glenda's experience best illustrates
overconfidence
Critical thinkers can best be described as
questioning
the scientific attitude of skepticism is based on the belief that
ideas need to be tested against observable evidence
which research method runs the greatest risk of collecting evidence that may be unrepresentative of whats generally true
the case study
Hypothesis are best described as
predictions
To ensure that other researchers can repeat their work, psychologists use:
operational definitions
Your roomate is conducting a survey to learn how many hours the typical college student studies each day. She plans to pass our her questionnaire to the members of her sorority. You point our her findings will be flawed because
the sample will probably not be representative of the population of interest
which research technique is most directly useful for avoiding the thinking error known as the false consensus effect?
random sampling
The complete set of cases from which samples may be drawn is called a(n)
population
Which procedure helps to ensure that the participants in a survey are representative of a larger population?
random sampling
Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle are using a research method known as
naturalistic observation
A correlation coefficient is a measure of the
direction and strength of the relationship between two variables
Mr. Brown has gathered evidence that the self-esteem of students is negatively correlated with their typical levels of anxiety. Before he uses this evidence to conclude that self-esteem reduces anxiety, Mr. Brown should first be reminded that:
correlation doesn't prove causation
If college graduates typically earn more money than high school graduates, this would indicate that level of education and income are
positively correlated
the belief that weather conditions signal the onset of arthritis pain best illustrates
an illusory correlation
in order to exercise maximum control over factors they're studying, researches engage in
experiments
in an experimental study of the extent to which mental alertness is inhibited by sleep deprivation, alertness would be the
dependent variable
Both the researchers and the participants in a memory study are ignorant about which participants have actually received a potentially memory-enhancing drug and which have received a placebo. This investigation involves the use of
the double blind procedure
In order to study the effects of lighting on mood, Dr cooper had students fill out questionnaires in brightly lit or dimly lit rooms. In this study the independent variable would be
the room lighting
What statement about ethics of experimentation with people and animals is false
animals are used in psychological research more often than they are killed in humane animal shelters
In a study of factors that might affect memory, research participants were assigned to drink either an alcoholic or a nonalcoholic beverage prior to completing a memory test. Those who drank the nonalcoholic beverage were assigned to the ________ group.
control
When you read a bar graph, it is most important for you to
note the range and size of the scale values
When Mr. Adams calculated his students' algebra test scores, he noticed that two students had extremely low scores. Which measure of central tendency is affected most by the scores of these two students?
mean
the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution is the
range
Professor Woo noticed that the distribution of students' scores on her last biology test had an extremely small standard deviation. This indicates that the
students scores tended to be similar towards eachother
psychological differences between the genders are
far outweighed by gender similarities
The American Psychological Association and British Psychological Society have developed ethical principles urging investigators to
explain the research to the participants after the study has been completed