PSY 2: QUIZ 1

________ is most often regarded the "founding father" of modern psychology.

Wilhelm Wundt

According to the science of psychology, a behavior is a(n)

action that can be directly observed.

The ________ involves gaining knowledge by observing events, collecting data, and reasoning logically.

empirical method

Which of the following research methods allow(s) researchers to determine causality?

experimental studies

William James, a prominent American psychologist and philosopher, focused on human interactions with the outside world to understand the purpose of thoughts. His view is known as

functionalism.

According to evolutionary psychologists,

human behavior is traceable to problems early humans faced in adapting to their environments.

Independent variables are

manipulated by researchers.

Which of the following terms refers to Charles Darwin's principle of an evolutionary process; the process in which organisms that are best adapted to their environment will survive and, importantly, produce offspring?

natural selection

J. B. Watson and B. F. Skinner believed that

psychology should focus on an organism's visible interactions with the environment—that is, behaviors.

A correlation coefficient is a statistic that tells the

strength and direction of association between two variables.