Psychology Chapter 1 & 2.1 Quiz

In milgram's study on obedience, nearly ____ of the participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks to another person because they were told to do so by an authority figure

2/3

Which degree would be the minimum required to teach psychology courses in high school?

Bachelors degree

A researcher interested in how changes in the cells of the hippocampus are related to memory formation would most likely to identify as a ______ psychologist

Biological

Scientific knowledge is

Empirical

_______ are defined as observable realities

Facts

A researcher interested in what factors make an employee best suited for a given job would most likely identify as a(n) _________ psychologist

I-O

________ involves following a group of research participants for an extended period of time

Longitudinal research

One would need at least a _______ degree to serve as a school psychologist

Masters

Which theorist would have been most likely to agree with this statement: perceptual phenomena are best understood as a combination of their components

Max Wertheimer

_____ involves observing behavior in individuals in their natural environments

Naturalistic observation

An individual's consistent pattern of thought and behavior is known as a

Personality

If someone wanted to become a psychology professor at a 4-year college, then s/he would probably need a ______ degree in psychology

PhD

Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in

Philosophy

In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a

Proposed explanation

The ______ places less emphasis on research and more emphasis on application of therapeutic skills

PsyD

Another name for the operant conditioning chamber used to study the principles of operant conditioning

Skinner box

Psyche is the Greek word meaning

Soul

A(n) ______ is a list of questions developed by a researcher that can be administered in paper form

Survey

Who is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs?

Abraham Maslow

Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed? Critical thinking Use of the scientific method Critical evaluation of sources of information All of the above

All of the above

Using existing records to try answer a research question is known as

Archival research

Longitudinal research is complicated by high rates of

Attrition

Sigmund Freud developed his theory of human personality by conducting in-depth interviews over an extended period of time with a few clients. This type of research approach is known as a

Case study

Scientific hypotheses are _________ and falsifiable

Testable

The benefit of naturalistic observation studies is ________

The honesty of the data that is collected in a realistic setting

The major limitation of case studies is _________

The inability to generalize the findings from this approach to the larger population

Rogers believed that providing genuineness, empathy, and _______ in the therapeutic environment for his clients was critical to their being able to deal with their problems

Unconditional positive regard

A major criticism of freud's early theories involves the fact that his theories

We're not testable