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What is the most complete definition of psychology?

Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes.

The founder of behaviorism was:

Watson

Compared to Freud, neo-Freudians place less emphasis on:

Sexual and aggressive motives

A movement within modern psychology that applies principles from Darwin's theories is called:

Evolutionary Psychology

What is a limitation of early psychological research studies?

The samples are made up of white, middle class, male college students and findings may not generalize to other populations.

An eclectic psychologist is one who:

Employs the theories and principles of different psychological perspectives.

Positive psychology is distinctively different from much of the rest of psychology because of its emphasis on:

Understanding human strengths and assets.

Which perspective in psychology would suggest that depression is related to changes in brain chemistry?

Physiological

The Psy.D. degree is appropriate for those who wish to focus more on ______ skills than on ______ skills.

practitioner; research

The work of _____ psychologists often overlaps with the work of psychiatrists.

Clinical

An industrial/organizational psychologist would typically:

make suggestions to a manager regarding employee morale

A health psychologist might study the:

effectiveness of ads that use fear to get adolescents to stop smoking

Which type of psychologist is most likely to administer an intelligence test to a seven-year-old child who is begin evaluated for placement in a special education program?

School psychologist

How do psychologists evaluate the evidence they gather in their research studies?

They apply statistical methods to determine whether their results are unlikely to be due to chance.

Which of the following correlations represents two variables with the strongest relationship?

-0.95


+.80


-1.07


0.6



-0.95

A correlation of +1.00 means that:

knowing the value of one variable allows perfect prediction of the value of another

In an experiment, the factor that is expected to change is referred to as the:

dependent variable

A placebo effect would be most likely to account for changes in:

pain intensity

Latoya reads a news headline stating that eating blueberries prevents cancer. She reads further and finds this claim is based on a study that found a negative correlation between amount of blueberries people eat and the risk of developing cancer. She knows that the statement that blueberries prevents cancer is an overstated claim because:

correlation is not causation

Andrij has referenced some scientific journals in his research paper. He knows that they are trustworthy sources of information because:

They undergo peer review by other professionals prior to publication.