Psych Chapter 1 quiz

SQ4R stands for ____________.

Survey, question, read, recite, review, write

The father of psychology is ______________.

Wilhelm Wundt

Someone interested in studying the effects of text-messaging rather than talking on the phone on the quality of friendships would perform ____________as the first step in order to follow the scientific method.

a literature review

Which scientific method of research would be used if a college student running for student body president was trying to determine whether to emphasize campus security, improved parking facilities, or increased health services in their campaign?

a survey

Behaviorists have been most successful in treating people with problems such as ____________.

alcoholism

What type of research would study ways to enhance athletic performance?

applied

If you wanted to study someone with a rare disorder such as photophobia (the fear of light), your BEST research option would be a(n) ________.

case study

The largest specialty area in the field of psychology is ________________.

clinical psychology

The psychological perspective that studies how we gather, encode, and store information is the __________perspective.

cognitive

Because research in the United States has demonstrated that adolescents are not very respectful to the elderly, Sara concludes that all adolescents everywhere in the world are disrespectful to the elderly. This is an example of ________________

ethnocentrism

If a researcher is interested in studying the effects of administering different dosages of cocaine on rats, then he is MOST likely going to be concerned with __________during his research.

guidelines for the ethical care of animals

In an experiment to determine if listening to music affects how well students perform on a test, the independent variable of this study is ____________.

music

In a naturalistic observation, a researcher would be most likely to do which of the following?

observe and systematically record behavior in a participant's natural state or habitat

The control group in an experiment is the group in which participants ______________.

receive no treatment

Before you attempt to change your time management skills, you should ________.

record current activities

The first step in the scientific method is _________.

reviewing the literature of existing theories

Psychology is defined as the ___________.

scientific study of behavior and mental processes

A hypothesis is a ________.

specific prediction about how one variable is related to another

Which one of the following parts of Freudian theory is still accepted by many psychotherapists today?

the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior

Which of the following is a mental process?

thinking & feeling

What does APA stand for?

American Psychological Association

_________is information acquired by direct observation and measurement using systematic scientific methods.

Empirical evidence

________are manipulated; _________are measured.

Independent variables; dependent variables