Chapter 1 and 2 quiz
In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the________ include food, water, and shelter.
Basic survival needs
The_ ___group that does not get the experimental treatment
Control
A major advantage of case study is
Detailed information
In a_______ study, both the researchers and the participants are unaware of the group assignments
Double-blind
What kind of psychologists would be consulted in jury selection and witness protection
Forensic
Reviews research that is conducted on human participants
IRB Institutional Review Board
The belief that strange behavior is linked to the occurrence of a full moon is an example of an
Illusory correlation
Is/are often conducted with large numbers of participants and can even be conducted by phone, email, or mail
Surveys
Many studies that cannot ethically be conducted as experiments with typical human participants ________.
are possible to test with animal studies
Lucy wants to study changes in cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the lifespan. Lucy should specialize in ________ psychology.
developmental
Introspection refers to a process by which someone examines ________ as objectively as possible.
her own conscious experience
Controlled by experimenter
independent variable
Behaviorist study
learned behavior
A group of preschool-age children are enrolled in a study that plans to follow them over time in order to assess behaviors and other characteristics that may predict later development of schizophrenia. This is an example of a(n) ________ design.
longitudinal
Psychology is a social science discipline. Psychologists scientifically study
mind and behavior
Patwardhan et al. report data from a study where they hired experimental confederates to attend speed dating events, posing as daters, and carefully take notes on the behaviors of the daters. What type of research design did they use?
naturalistic observation
Susan wants to study prejudice, attraction, how we explain our own behavior versus how we explain the behavior of others, and how we resolve interpersonal conflicts. Susan should conduct research in the area of ________.
social psychology
Trephination is the
procedure where a large hole is created in the forehead so that evil spirits can escape
Stan and Jenny are in a psychology course that requires them to repeat an experiment that researchers have conducted in the past, in order to determine whether they produce the same results. This is called ________.
replication
scientific knowledge is advanced through a process known as
scientific method