Chapter 1 Psych

Schizophrenia

Bio psychology has found mounting evidence of a biological cause for...

Explanation

Consider the following statement "Women avoid computer science because it is stereo typically dominated by males. This, in turn, leads many women to feel that this field is not accessible to them." This is an example of a(n)

Unconcious

Freud proposed that there is a(n) __________ mind into which we repress all of our threatening urges and desires.

The way in which the question is worded can affect the answer

One draw back to the survey method is...

Conditioning

Pavlov's work with learning in dogs focused on the concept of...

Must be licensed to practice in their states

Psychologist in the counseling specialization...

Researchers studying the same things will gain from what has already been learned

Scientists report their results even if an experiment failed because...

Naturalistic Observation

Studying children's interactions by watching them play on the school playground is an example of...

Behavior

Talking, facial expressions, and movement are elements of...

Explaining

Testing the hypothesis is all about the goal of ______ a behavior.

Experiment

The best method to use to determine the cause of a behavior is the...

A case study

The case of Phineas Gage is often cited as an example of...

Perceiving the question

The first step in the scientific method is...

Clinical

The largest sub field of psychology is...

Philosopher

The textbook defines a _______ as someone who seeks wisdom and knowledge through thinking and discussion

B.F. Skinner

The theory of operant conditioning was developed by...

Independent Variable

The variable that is manipulated in an experiment is the...

Objective Introspection

Wilhelm Wundt described the process of objectively examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities as...

Functionalism

William James was responsible for developing the theory of...

All internal, covert activity of our minds

Within the field of psychology, mental process refers to...

Cognitive Neuroscience

____________ is the study of the physical workings of the brain and nervous system during thinking and other cognitive processes.

Biases

_____________ are personal judgments based on beliefs rather than facts.

Observer Bias

_____________ refers to the tendency of observers to see what they expect to see.

Psychologist

A professional who holds a doctoral degree (but has not attended medical school) and may work in a wide number of vocational settings would be a(n)

Institutional Review Board

A(n) _______ reviews a proposed study and judges it according to safety and consideration for it's participants.

Operational Definition

A(n) _______ specifically names the steps that the experimenter must use to control or measure the variables in the experiment.

Observing

Description involves __________ a persons behavior and everything about it.

Description

Dr.Mason observes that the students in her class who read both the text and the visual aid presentation tend to perform better on her exams than the students who simply read the text or visual aids alone. Dr.Mason's observation best depict which goal of psychology?

Structuralism

Edward Titchener believed that every expedience can be broken down into it's individual and emotional sensations which he called...

Negative

If it is shown that students' grades go down the more hours they spend watching TV, then grades and hours spent watching TV have a _________ correlation.

It still does not prove causation

If researches find a relationship between students' grades and the number of hours they spend watching TV...

Both the researcher(s) and the participants

In a double blind experiment, ________ do not know which participants are in the controlled group(s) and which participants are in the experimental groups

There are seven modern perspectives that are used to explain the human behavior and mental process

In psychology in the 21st century....

Empirical Questions

In psychology, researchers try to find the answers to...

Phobias can be learned through the process of conditioning

Watson's work with "Little Albert" supported the idea that...

Self actualization

When Rashid graduated from college, he believed he had finally reached his full potential. Abraham Maslow called this type of achievement....

You drink a non alcoholic beverage that tastes like beer and you begin to feel intoxicated

Which of the following examples best illustrates the placebo effect?

It focused on the perception of whole patterns figures and events

Which of the following is true about Gestalt psychology?

Sometime people react in unexpected ways to the manipulations in an experiment

Which of the following is true of doing research with people

Criteria

While the word "critical" of often viewed as meaning "negative", the use of this term in critical thinking is more related to the word _______.