Unit 1 Test Ap Psychology Jeopardy

To determine whether a cause-effect relationship exists between two variables, a researcher must use

An experimental approach

Research finds that, in general, the higher an incoming college student scores on a given test, the higher the student's college grade point average (GPA). Which of the following best describes this relationship?

A positive correlation

John B. Watson is best known as the founder of

Behaviorism

Russell has been diagnosed with alcohol use disorder. His therapist believes this is largely due to his lack of problem-solving skills and his inability to think through the consequences of his drinking. His therapist analyzing his behavior the lens of the __________perspective

Cognitive

Which procedure can reduce problems associated with the use of deception by a researcher?

Debriefing

I am a female in psychology. I am a reformer. I am also a teacher and an author. I served as superintendent of Army Nurses. I worked on reforming prisons. I was an advocate for the mentally ill. I successfully lobbied state governments to build and pay for mental asylums. I created the first mental hospitals across the US and Europe. I reformed how mentally ill patients are treated. Who am I, with the initials D.D.?

Dorothea Dix

In a research study, informed consent is a concern of

Ethics

Implementing a research design in which participants don't know whether they are in the experimental group or control group eliminates

Experimenter Bias

I am used by scientists. I am replicated. I am a scientific procedure. I have a part of me that is manipulated. I have an independent variable. I am used to test a hypothesis. I have a controlled group. I can be used to determine cause and effect. I am used by Philip Zambardo to test social constructs. What am I, with the initial E?

Experiments

Name this experiment: Study with Monkeys. This observation contradicted the theory that attachment stems from the need for nourishment. It also concluded the implication that neglected mothers could not properly love or bond with their babies.

Harry Harlow's Monkey Experiment

Which approach to the study of psychological phenomena is most closely associated with the idea that people are individually responsible for their own behavior and potential as a person?

Humanistic Perspective

In an experimental study of the effects of listening to music on learning, listening to music would be the _____ variable?

Independent

I came up with an important theory. I was born in 1839. I first studied physiology. I attended Saint Petersburg University. I won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1904. I was an important figure in behavioral psychology. I was born in Ryazan, Russian Empire. My best work was with dogs. I created the idea of classical conditioning. Who am I, my initials are I. P.?

Ivan Pavlov

Which of the following psychologists would have been likely to say "I do not care about the unconscious or hidden motives - I want to study behavior directly"?

John Watson

Dr. Grayson is interested in studying the relationship between weight loss and mood. To conduct the study, Dr. Grayson analyzes the results of several previous studies on weight loss and emotional state. Which research strategy is Dr. Grayson using?

Meta-Analysis

Forrest left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home, there were two masked men. Who were they?

The catcher and the umpire

I'm a theory. I am found in nature. I was discovered in 1859. I relate to traits. I am deeply linked with evolution. I cause the extinction and birth of new species. I was founded by Charles Darwin. I'm a process that occurs over generations. I am often known as "survival of the fittest", What am I, with the initials N.S.?

Natural Selection

What enables researchers to replicate studies by precisely describing the variables and how they are used?

Operational Definitions

Gestalt Psychology is concerned primarily with understanding....?

Perception

In a drug treatment study, participants given a pill containing no actual drug are receiving a(n)

Placebo

Correlational research is most useful for the purposes of

Prediction

Which psychological approach is most concerned with the importance of the unconscious mind?

Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic

The correlation between two measures obtained on a group of individuals is graphically represented as a

Scatterplot

Introspection, a research tool used by early psychologists, is a technique which involves...

Self-examination of mental processes

In 2001, Andrea Yates, a Houston housewife, drowned her five children in the bathtub. Some who studied her case concluded that her psychotic break was in part due to her being isolated from extended family and that her husband was unsupportive with childcare and household duties. This conclusion best illustrates a _____ perspective.

Social-cultural

What is the correct chronological order of the following psychology perspectives from past to present: Behaviorism, Psychoanalysis, Structuralism, Humanism

Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, Humanism

What unethical experiment famously demonstrated showing how people will obey authority figures even when they disagree?

The Milgram Experiment

The results of a correlational study involving student volunteers in a psychology laboratory might not apply to the general population because

The sample is not randomly chosen and therefore may not be a representative sample.

What is the formal/full definition of psychology?

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes in both humans and animals

I graduated from University of Heidelberg. I established my laboratory in Leipzig in 1879. I was born in 1832. I specialized in experimental psychology. I died in 1920. I was born in Germany. I wrote a book titled Principle of Psychological Psychology. I founded structuralism. I am the father of psychology. Who am I?

Wilhelm Wundt