Chapter 1&2 Quiz

Which of the following represents the unconditional positive regard component of client-centered therapy?

Abby tells her therapist that she tripped a small child who got in her way and her therapist accepts this information without judgement

When studying personality traits someone who is hardworking, dependable, and organized will score high on the __________

Conscientiousness

Which of the following demonstrates the empirical method?

Dr. Sarkeensian observes and records how watching cartoons influences heart rates

Who was the first African American to receive a Ph.D in psychology in the United States

Francis Cecil Sumner

In developmental psychology there is an increasing interest in researching cognitive changes that occur later in life. Why?

Populations of developed nations are living longer

A(n) __________, aslo known as operant chamber, is an instrument that isolate an animal from the external environment and allows a researcher to control that animals rewards and punishments

Skinner box

Researchers shows that people who smokes cigarettes are more likely to get lung cancer that those who do not smoke . This research alone demonstrates that

There is relationship between smoking and lung cancer

Dr.Mattar is interested in knowing more about brain injury to the occipital cortex and he studies patients individually in order to gain in depth knowledge about their behaviors. These studies would best be described as _______________.

case studies

Sandra strongly believes that attending daycare is detrimental to children's development so she decides to write her psychology term paper on this topic. She does a literature search and finds several sources supporting her opinion, but she finds that the majority of research indicates that children attending daycare experience healthy development. She writes a paper using the sources that find negative associations with daycare attendance. This is an example of ________.

confirmation bias

Lucy wants to study changes in physical attributes, cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the lifespan. Lucy should specialize in ________ psychology.

developmental

which of the following is not part of obtaining informed consent

explaining the hypothesis to the participants

That belief that strange behavior is linked to the occurrence of a full moon is an example of a(n)

illusory correlation

A group of researchers investigated the effects of two vocabulary learning strategies on word retention two weeks later. In the example, learning strategy is the _______ variable and word retention is the ______ variable

independent ; dependent

Guillermo spends some time each day applying the principles of structuralism to examine his own conscious experience as carefully as possible. Guillermo is engaged in ________.

introspection

which choice is an accurate definition of a hypothesis?

tentative explanation

The cognitive revolution created the drive for psychologists to focus their attention on better understanding

the mind and mental processes that underlie behavior

Psychology refers to the

the scientific study of mind and behavior

A(n) _________ is a description of how the researchers will measure the variable of interest

operational definition

Edmund wants to identify relatively consistent patterns of thought and behavior, measure these traits, and determine how these traits interact in a particular context to determine how a person will behave in any given situation. Edmund wants to conduct research in the area of ________.

personality