Intro To Psychology Chapter 1

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Psychology

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Is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Prediction

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What will happen in the future

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Objective Introspection

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The process of objectively examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities

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Objectivity

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Expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as they really are without allowing the influence of personal feelings prejudices or interpretations

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Functionalism

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How the mind allows people to function in the real world how they work play and adapt to their surroundings

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In the definition of psychology mental processes means

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Internal covert processes

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Dr Baker designs an experiment for studying lab rats reaction to energy drinks in relation to problem solving Dr Baker is most interested in the goal of

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Explanation

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Results of the study by Cheryan et al. (2009) suggest that changes must occur to the perception of the computer science field. This illustrates the goal of

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Prediction

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Which of the following early psychologists would have been most likely to agree with the statement "The study of the mind should focus on how it functions in everyday life"?

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William James

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Who was the first woman to complete the course work for a doctorate at Harvard University?

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Mary Whiten Calkins

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Which early perspective tried to return to a focus on scientific inquiry by ignoring the study of consciousness

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Behaviorism

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Which of the following perspectives focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics

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Evolutionary

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Which perspective offers the best explanation for schizophrenia

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Biopsychological

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Wesley has learned that if he cries with his mother in public she will often get him a new toy or a piece of candy so as to quiet him which of the following perspective explains Wesley's behavior

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Behavioral

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Which perspective would a researcher be taking if she were studing a client early childhood experiences and his resulting development of self

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Psychodynamic

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Which of the following professionals in psychology has no medical training but has a doctoral degree

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Psychologist

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If Dr. Swasey is like most psychologists where does she probably work?

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University/College

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In the scientific method the final step is

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Reporting your results

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Which of the following is an example of observer bias

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You develop an opinion of what you expect to see in an experiment

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The greatest advantage to using a case study is that

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There is a tremendous amount of detail that can be gathered

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The main advantage of a survey is that

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A large amount of data can be gathered

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By using ____________researchers can maximize the likelihood of a representative sample

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Random selection from a larger group

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Which of the following would indicate the weakest relationship and thus be close to complete randomness

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+0.01

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In an experiment to examine the effects of sleep deprivation on completion of a puzzle one group is allowed to sleep 8 hours while another group is managed to stay awake in this experiment the control group is

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The group that gets to sleep

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In a _______________ study the participants do not know if they are part of the control group or the experimental group

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Single-blind

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In the "dumb jock" stereotype threat experiment what was the independent variable

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The degree of stereotype threat

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What is the first guideline for doing research with people

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The rights and well-being of the participants must come first

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What is the biggest reason why we use animals in research.

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We can do things to animals that we can't do to people

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In the definition of psychology the term behavior means

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Overt actions and reactions

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A psychologist is interested in finding out why married couple seemingly begin to look like each other after several years of marriage the psychologist is most interested in the goal of

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Explanation

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Who is considered to be the father of African American psychology

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Francis Cecil Sumner

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Sigmund Freud psychoanalysis focused on

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Early childhood experiences

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Which psychologist dared to ignore the whole consciousness issue and return to a study of scientific inquiry by focusing on observable behavior

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John Watson

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Which perspective is often referred to as the "third force" in psychology and focuses on a person's freedom of choice in determining their behaviour

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Humanism

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Which perspective best explains the bystander effect whereby individuals will be less likely to help someone in need because of the presence of others close by

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Sociocultural

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If Dr. Byers uses an eclectic approach in her clinical treatment of children what is it that she is doing

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She is using a combination of perspective to treat different clients

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Dr Colton identifies himself with the largest subfield of psycology what kind of psychologist is he?

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He is a clinical psychologist

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Micah has recently been diagnosed with a psychological disorder that is best addressed initially with medication. He would likely benefit the most by first seeing a

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Psychiatrist

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Which step in the scientific method is derived from the goal of description

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Perceiving a question

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Brianne wants to find an explanation for the behavior of her lab rats in her study which step in the scientific method is currently focusing on

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Testing a hypothesis

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The famous study of Phineas Gage who survived when a metal rod pierced his skull is an example of a

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Case study

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A researcher finds that as her subjects increased the number of hours they spent exercising the overall weight of her subjects decreased. This is an example of a ____________ correlation

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Negative

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A researcher wants to study the effects of texting on driving. Students in Group A drive a car in a computer game and see how many virtual accidents they have. Students in Group B are asked to drive the same virtual car but they must respond to and send at least three text messages. The number of virtual accidents is measured for each group. What is the independent variable?

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Texting

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A researcher asks an assistant to conduct a study on her behalf she specifically tells the assistant only to share the results anonymously and not include the names of the students along with their scores. Such an experiment would be considered a

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Double-blind experiment

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Double-blind studies control for

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The placebo effect and the experimenter effect

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In the stereotypes and athletes study who was the control group

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Those students who completed the survey prior to the intelligence test

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Dr. Calvin needs just one more participant to complete her experiment. Lisa, a student of Dr. Calvin has almost completed the experiment when she announces she wants to quit because the experiment is boring what options does dr. Calvin have?

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Dr Calvin must let Lisa go and find another participant

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A famous golfer advertising a new gold bracelet that helps minimize fatigue while playing. If Bethany decides to order the bracelet because she believes that such a well-known personality should know if it works or not she has made an error and which of the following

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Authority or expertise does not make the claims of the authority or expert true