PSYC-101 Quiz 1

Statement about behavior or mental processes that is testable through research.

A hypothesis is a:

Informed consent.

A participant's agreement to participate in research after receiving information about the purpose of the study and the nature of the treatment is referred to as:

Health psycologist

Raoul is one of the best football players in Newborn Warriors. However, his stamina has been reducing and he has been unable to Sustain a whole game due to his habit of smoking cigarets. In order to improve his performance, Raoul was most likely to consult a:

False

True or False: According to structureless, maladaptated behavior patterns tend to dropped out, and only the fittest behavior patterns survive.

False

True or False: Correlation allows us to determine causality.

True

True or False: Many case studies are clinical, that is they are descriptions of a person's psychological problems and how a psychologist treated them.

True

True or False: Paulina is a kindergarten teacher. Every time one of her students answers correctly during her alphabet classes, she uses phrases like "well done" and "keep it up." Her behavior exemplifies reinforcement.

True

True or False: Psychoanalysis is the name of the theory of personality developed by Sigmund Freud.

False

True or False: Sexualist emphasized the tendency to organize perceptions into wholes and to integrate separate stimuli into meaningful patterns.

False

True or False: Socicultural psychologist study those things we refer to as the mind.

placebos

When a patient insists on having a medical cure but the physician does not believe the medicine is necessary, the physician may prescribe sugar pills. these fake pills are called:

They study the role of heredity in behavior and mental processes, such as psychological disorders, criminal behavior, and thinking.

Which of the following is a typical characteristic of a biologically-oriented psychologist?

Introspection

Wilhelm Wundt used ______ to try to discover the basic elements of experience.

Humanism

____ stresses people's capability for self-fufillment and the central roles of consciousness, self-awareness, and decision making.

Williams James

_____ was a founder of the school of functionalism.

True

True or False: As opposed to the dependent variable, an independent variable is manipulated by the experimenters so that its effects may be determined.

True

True or False: Gestalt Psychologist claimed that one cannot explain human perceptions, emotions, or thought processes in terms of basic units.

False

True or False: In a study conducted to test the effect of a medicine, one group of participants is given the medicine while the other group is not. The latter would be considered an experimental group.

Forensic psychologist

Which of the following psychologists may treat psychologically ill offenders, consult with attorneys on matters such as picking a jury, and analyze offenders' behavior and mental processes?

Clinical psychologists help clients resolve problems and change self-defeating behaviors.

Which of the following statements is true about the different types of psychologists?

The experimental method allows psychologists to control the experiences of participants and draw conclusions about cause-and-effect.

Which of the following statements is true of the experimental method of research?

It looks at how habits can help one cope with common situations.

Which of the following is true of functionalism?

correlation coefficient

A(n) _____ Expresses the strength and direction (positive or negative) of the relationship between two variables.

Stratified sample

Cents 15% of the University is comprised of Asian American students, a sample for a city of was chosen in such a way that it, too, consisted of 15% Asian Americans. This kind of sample would be an example of a _______.

Dependent variable

In every experiment, the ________ is what the researcher is trying to determine has changed or not.