Psychology Assessment 1

Which subfield of psychology combines biopsychology and clinical psychology to understand psychological disorders?

Clinical neuropsychology

T or F Deception is psychological research is not acceptable

False

Which of the following is true of the neuroscience perspective?

It emphasizes that the brain is central to understanding behavior, thought, and emotion

The origins of the psychodynamic perspective are linked to

Sigmund Freud

What does it mean that hours spent watching TV and total number of discipline problems in school are correlated +.45?

The more hours a child spends watching TV, the more likely that child will get into trouble at school

A psychologist taking the psychodynamic perspective to study how people change during college would be most interested in which of the following?

The unconscious motives that led the student to attend college in the first place

To help in identifying the subfields of psychology, which of the following would be the best question to ask?

What type of behavior does it address?

what is a placebo?

a fake treatment that doesn't, in theory, actually do anything

scores in bowling go up as ability goes up. this is an example of

a positive correlation

which of the following are types of descriptive research?

archival research, survey research, naturalistic observation, and case studies

A focus on external behavior rather than the internal workings of the mind is favored by the _____ perspective

behavioral

Which perspective is being practiced when a psychologist focuses on the activities a person is engaging in, and not the thoughts or feelings the person has?

behavioral

focuses on observable behavior

behavioral

What subfield of psychology focuses on how the brain and the nervous system determine behavior?

behavioral neuroscience

Select the five major perspectives in the field psychology today

behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic, humanistic, and neuroscience

Behavioral neuroscientists study the _____ basis of behavior

biological

the results of a ____ study may be based on studying one individual and cannot be easily generalizable to the general population

case

Experiments involve ___ one variable and observing the effect on another variable.

changing

The subfield of psychology that deals with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders is called ____ psychology

clinical

the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables can be represented by a mathematical statistic known as a ______ which can range from +1.0 to -1.-

correlation

In an experiment, the ___ variable is expected to change as a result of the experimental manipulation.

dependent

in an experiment, which variable is measured by the experimenter

dependent

_____ research is designed to systematically investigate a person, group, or patterns of behavior

descriptive

______ research is designed to systematically investigate a person, group, or patterns of behavior

descriptive

experimental manipulation is used to

detect relationships between different variables

the nurture side of the nature versus nurture debate is associated with which of the following?

environment

Unlike experimental research, correlational research cannot ______.

establish cause and effect

which type of research involves manipulating one variable in order to see how it affects another variable?

experiment

any group participating in an experiment that receives a treatment is referred to as the ________ group

experimental

experimenter and participant expectations are two types of ______ bias?

experimental

Dr. Langley unintentionally transmits his expectations to his participants in an experiment. Which of the following best describes what type of bias is occurring?

experimental bias

which of the following describes the change that experimenters deliberately produce in one variable

experimental manipulation

which of these research methods allows the researcher to determine cause and effect?

experimental research

in an experiment examining the effect of leptin on the hunger of rats, rats in the ______ group are given leptin shots and rats in the ________ group are given a shot of an inactive substance such as saline

experimental, control

in an experiment, the _____ group is manipulated, while the _______ group is not

experimental; control

T or F correlation implies causation

false

T or F deception in psychological research is not acceptable

false

T or F: Naturalistic observation utilizes existing data, such as written records

false

The cognitive perspective

focuses on how people think, understand and know about the world

Compared to structuralist, a _____ would be most interested in the function of the emotion of fear in preparing us to deal with emergency situations.

functionalist

Someone taking the nature side of the nature versus nurture debate is arguing for the importance of

genetic inheritance

Contends that people can control their behavior and that they naturally try to reach their full potential

humanistic

in an experiment, the __________ variable is manipulated by the experimenter

independent

in an experiment, which variable is manipulated by the experimenter?

independent

random assignment reduces the odds that something other than the ______ is responsible for difference between the treatment and control groups

independent variable

A psychologist designed an experiment to determine the effect of positive and negative emotion on health. In this experiment, emotion is a(n) _________ variable, and health is a(n) _______ variable

independent, dependent

why is random so important for determining cause and effect?

it allows the researcher to be more confident that the outcomes are due to the independent variable not other participant characteristics

which of these is a drawback to using case studies in psychological research?

it is often difficult to generalize from one person or a few people to the population at large

in an experiment, the independent variable is ________ whereas the dependent variable is

manipulated, measured

The cognitive approach to the study of psychology focuses on

mental processes

Which of the following is a behavior?

movement

What type of research methodology involves watching and documenting people's behavior, without changing the situation?

naturalistic observation

A psychologist who is studying how heredity influences behavior most likely will be using the ____ perspective

neuroscience

Alan is studying heart rate variability in response to anxiety. He is using the ______ perspective to study a psychological phenomenon.

neuroscience

Views behavior from the perspective of biological functioning

neuroscience

random assignment is a procedure in which ______ are assigned to either the treatment or control group of the basis of chance

participants

The control group in a study looking at the effects of a drug on behavior would probably be administered a _________ to make them think they were getting the drug

placebo

Believes behavior is motivated by inner, unconscious forces over which a person has little control

psychodynamic

a procedure in which participants are assigned to different experimental groups on the basis of chance is called ______ assignment

random

If someone is using theories to develop hypotheses and then testing those hypotheses, that person is using the _____.

scientific method

The process of systematically acquiring knowledge and understanding through the use of theories and testing hypotheses is called the

scientific method

_______ research involves having people answer questions about their thoughts, feelings, and/or behavior

survey

in _____ research, a sample of people complete questionnaires about their thoughts, feelings, and or behavior

survey

the manipulation implemented by the experimenter is called

the treatment

If treating someone for depression, a humanist might focus on

their goals and aspirations

recent research has found a relationship between body fat and colon cancer in women. this means that

there is a correlation between these variables

what is the purpose of using deception in psychological research?

to prevent participants from being influenced by what they think the purpose of the study is

psychological experimental research compares the responses of one group that receives a _____ (the manipulation implemented by an experimenter) to the responses of another group that does not receive it

treatment

correlational research involves gathering data on

two sets of variables

In trying to help someone deal with a mental illness, the psychodynamic perspective suggests that we should explore

unconscious processes

The subfields of psychology are related to each other because they share a common goal, which is

understanding behavior

Behaviors, events, or characteristics that can change are referred to as

variables

Behaviors, events, or other characteristics that can change or vary in a study are called

variables

Psychology is the study of behavior and mental processes. Which of the following is an outward observable behavior?

A vocal tic

Which of the following are associated with the humanistic perspective?

Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers