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The first woman to be recognized is psychology was |
Mary Calkins |
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A participant's agreement to take part in a study after being told what to expect is known as |
Informed Consent |
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In an experiment studying whether eating sugar influences children's ability to focus their attention on a problem-solving task, the group of children given sugar is referred to as the |
Experimental Group |
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The main advantage of naturalistic observation is that it |
Allows researchers to obtain data about natural behavior |
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A survey is a(n) |
Research technique for assessing the behaviors and attitudes of a wide selection of people. |
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What stage of the scientific method will someone be at if they make a prediction that drinking alcohol will make people more violent during a sporting event? |
Forming a testable hypothesis |
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One way to ensure less sample bias is to select a _______ sample. |
Representative/Random |
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Which of the following psychological theorists is most associated with the school of thought called structuralism? |
Edward Titchener |
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While conducting research, you unintentionally provide subtle cues to the study's participants about the purpose of the research, which influences your results in the direction you expected. This is a demonstration of _______. |
Experimenter Bias |
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One of the BEST ways to deal with ethnocentrism in scientific research is to _______. |
Use cross-cultural sampling |
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In a procedure called ______, participants are placed in experimental conditions on the basis of chance, thus minimizing biases or preexisting differences in the groups. |
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