psych quiz 1

If height and body weight are positively correlated, which of the following is true?

Knowing a person's height, one can predict his or her weight.

A negative correlation between people's work-related stress and their marital happiness would indicate that

higher levels of marital happiness are associated with lower levels of work-related stress.

A correlation of +0.70 between children's physical height and their popularity among their peers indicates that

higher levels of popularity among your peers is associated with greater physical height in children.

Which perspective is most relevant to understanding the impact of strokes and brain diseases on memory?

neuroscience

Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses?

behavioral

Which perspective is most concerned with how individuals interpret their experiences?

cognitive

The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how:

people encode, process, store, and retrieve information.

Dr. Matias has concluded that very few people in a small African country suffer from alcohol dependence because of the strong influence of their religion. This belief best illustrates a(n) ________ perspective.

social-cultural

Which psychological perspective is most likely to examine how group membership influences individual attitudes and behaviors?

social-cultural

According to the humanistic perspective, human behavior is determined by ________ causes.

voluntary

Which of the following is a statistical measure of the relationship between two variables?

a correlation coefficient

Professor Brody attempts to measure the relative contributions of inborn traits and social influences on homosexual behavior. Her research efforts best illustrate the interests of the ________ perspective.

behavior genetics

The psychological perspective that emerged in the 1950s that stressed free will and self-actualization was the __________ perspective.

Humanistic

During a dinner conversation, a friend says that the cognitive and behavioral perspectives are quite similar. You disagree and point out that the cognitive perspective emphasizes ________, whereas the behavioral perspective emphasizes ________.

conscious processes; observable responses

Mr. Brown has gathered evidence that the self-esteem of students is negatively correlated with their typical levels of anxiety. Before he uses this evidence to conclude that self-esteem reduces anxiety, Mr. Brown should first be reminded that:

correlation does not prove causation.

A researcher was interested in determining whether her students' test performance could be predicted from their proximity to the front of the classroom. So she matched her students' scores on a math test with their seating position. This study is an example of

correlational research.

Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference promoted the survival of our ancestors' genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the ________ perspective.

evolutionary

Which perspective would suggest that the facial expressions associated with the emotions of lust and rage are inherited?

evolutionary

The growth potential of healthy people was emphasized by

humanistic psychology.

The behavior genetics perspective would be most directly concerned with assessing the relative influences of

nature and nurture.

Professor Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry. Professor Lopez favors a ________ perspective on depression.

neuroscience

The high school counselor has suggested that Skylar's romantic feelings for her physics teacher reflect her unconscious longings for attention from her own father. The counselor's assessment most clearly reflects a(n) ________ perspective.

psychodynamic