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| 7292745538 | everyday behaviors and feelings | The vast majority of psychologists study... | 0 | |
| 7292748556 | basic science | The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is called... | 1 | |
| 7292753113 | theory | A complex explanation based on findings from many studies is a(n)... | 2 | |
| 7292770899 | Sigmund Freud | The concept of "unconscious determinants of behavior" is associated with... | 3 | |
| 7292778678 | free association | Which of the following is NOT associated with B.F. Skinner? | 4 | |
| 7292789603 | is an educated guess, has to be scientifically tested, and is part of the scientific method | A hypothesis... | 5 | |
| 7292794616 | Wilhelm Wundt | The first modern psychologist was... | 6 | |
| 7292796056 | personality test | Sir Francis Galton contributed to the development of the... | 7 | |
| 7292806217 | humanistic psychology | Which of the following is associated with Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers? | 8 | |
| 7292877706 | applied science | Psychologists who use psychological principles to solve immediate problems are practicing... | 9 | |
| 7292941399 | scientific study of behavior and mental processes | Psychology is defined by... | 10 | |
| 7292944731 | observe, describe, explain, predict, and control behavior | The main goals of psychology are to... | 11 | |
| 7292946182 | surveys and experiments | Two research methods widely used by psychologists are... | 12 | |
| 7292954197 | its concern with the biological functions of the brain, the way it conducts experiments, the way it conducts experiments, and the way it analyzes data and draws conclusions | The practice of psychology is closely related to the natural sciences by... | 13 | |
| 7292971572 | experiments in astrology often do not yield the same results twice | Many scientists do not believe in astrology because... | 14 | |
| 7292979869 | clinical psychologists | The majority of psychologists are... | 15 | |
| 7292996373 | changes that occur throughout the life span | Developmental psychologists are especially concerned with... | 16 | |
| 7293007189 | external rather than internal influences | Social psychologists differ from personality psychologists in their focus on... | 17 | |
| 7293015313 | clarify their goals, overcome adjustment problems, and meet challenges | Counseling psychologists encourage their clients to... | 18 | |
| 7293024005 | educational psychologists | Course planning and instructional methods for school districts are usually handled by... | 19 | |
| 7293028508 | 1800s, after the birth of modern science | Modern psychology, was born in the... | 20 | |
| 7293030293 | introspection | The method of learning that stresses examining one's own thought and feelings is... | 21 | |
| 7293036579 | how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment | William James rejected structuralism and focused on... | 22 | |
| 7293040313 | sudden insight | According to Gestalt psychologists, much learning is accomplished by... | 23 | |
| 7293046667 | unconscious motives and conflicts | In its early days, the school of psychoanalysis stressed that behavior was caused by... | 24 | |
| 7300285229 | conscious choice and self-direction | The contemporary psychoanalytic perspective stresses the influence of... | 25 | |
| 7300289887 | the scientific study of observable behavior | The school of behaviorism defined psychology... | 26 | |
| 7300292491 | the effects of biological factors on our behavior | The modern biological perspective of psychology studies... | 27 | |
| 7300297144 | the humanistic perspective | Human consciousness, experience, and self-awareness are the main concerns of... | 28 | |
| 7300300142 | in consultations with patients | In contrast to other early psychologists, Sigmund Freud gained his understanding of human behavior... | 29 | |
| 7300323842 | everyday experiences and common sense, other research studies, and folklore | Psychologists come up with research questions based on... | 30 | |
| 7300325073 | a survey | One method that helps researcher gather information from many people is... | 31 | |
| 7300331749 | people at random from the target population | To ensure that a sample represents a target population, researcher select... | 32 | |
| 7300335337 | older studies drew participants from the military and universities | Men have traditionally taken part in psychological studies more often than women because... | 33 | |
| 7300337466 | personality tests, aptitude test, and intelligence test | The testing method of observation investigates human behavior through... | 34 | |
| 7300339308 | Sigmund Freud | The case-study method of observation was practiced by... | 35 | |
| 7300342173 | case studies cannot always be replicated | Scientists are cautious about making generalizations from case studies because... | 36 | |
| 7300344492 | the ways in which people change over time | The longitudinal method is concerned with observing... | 37 | |
| 7300346218 | may drop out | The greatest drawback of the longitudinal method is that participant in the study... | 38 | |
| 7300349104 | comparing participants from different age groups | The cross-sectional method chart changed over time by... | 39 | |
| 7300350834 | naturalistic observation | Observing the way people eat in restaurants is an example of... | 40 | |
| 7300471739 | laboratory observation | "Skinner boxes" are examples of... | 41 | |
| 7300502663 | correlation | After making their observations, scientists study their data using... | 42 | |
| 7300505384 | show the effect of the treatment and no other factors | In an experiment, it is useful to have a control group to... | 43 | |
| 7300511049 | a person's expectations affect the results of a treatment | A placebo is often as effective as taking medication because... | 44 | |
| 7300636043 | may have expectations that affect their observations | A double-blind study is sometimes needed because researchers... | 45 | |
| 7300638629 | encourage participants to tell the truth | Psychologists keep the records of their research participants confidential to... | 46 | |
| 7300643519 | there was no control group, the experimental group was too small, and the sample did not remain constant over the course of the experiment | The 1927 study at the Hawthorne plant was flawed because... | 47 | |
| 7300651104 | if there will be no harmful effects from the study | According to the American Psychologist Association, psychologists can deceive participants in an experiment... | 48 | |
| 7300653988 | make sure the findings are true for different groups of people | Scientists sometimes replicate a study using different participants in order to... | 49 | |
| 7300655665 | experimental | Participants in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable make up the _____ group. | 50 | |
| 7300657710 | mean | The most commonly used measure of central tendency is the... | 51 | |
| 7300658822 | double-blind study | When neither the participants nor the experimenter knows which group of participants is the experimental one, the study is known as a... | 52 | |
| 7300672338 | 84 | What is the mode of the following distribution: 63, 75, 75, 79, 82, 82, 84, 84, 84, 84, 91, 99. | 53 | |
| 7300682864 | longitudinal | In _____ studies, psychologists study the same group of participants at regular intervals over a period of years. | 54 | |
| 7300683644 | independent | The variable that experimenters manipulate is called the _____ variable. | 55 | |
| 7300685153 | correlation | A measure of the degrees of relatedness between two variables is... | 56 | |
| 7300688169 | avoid disturbing the participants | The cardinal rule of naturalistic observation is to | 57 | |
| 7300690273 | self-fulfilling prophecy | When researchers unwittingly bring about the situation they expected to find, they have created a... | 58 | |
| 7300692025 | 81 | What is the median of the following distribution: 65, 78, 78, 81, 84, 92, 96. | 59 | |
| 7300696256 | frequency polygon | Which of the following uses rectangles to show frequency distribution? | 60 | |
| 7300698300 | mean | On a normal curve, the center of the range of scores is represented by the... | 61 | |
| 7300740809 | similar to storage facilities; similar to file names on computers, we need names to recall information | According to cognitive psychologists, how do people store and retrive information? | 62 | |
| 7300744664 | In case studies you interview and study 1-5 people while naturalistic observation does not involve you interviewing with the clients. Rather you watch them without disturbing them. | How does naturalistic observation differ from a case study? | 63 | |
| 7300751813 | A random sample is a sample in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected to represent the whole. A stratified sample has groups that are formed based on the percentage of shared traits in a population. | What is the difference between a random sample and a stratified sample? | 64 | |
| 7300760255 | True | Psychologists use everyday techniques to gather and analyze information in a systematic way. | 65 | |
| 7300762669 | False | A stratified is considered non-representative because it places the population into small groups. | 66 | |
| 7300890189 | True | The primary rule of naturalistic observation is to remain unseen or unnoticed by the subjects of your observation. | 67 | |
| 7300897818 | False | Psychologists regularly develop theories based on case studies. | 68 | |
| 7300899991 | False | A positive correlation indicated that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between two sets of data. | 69 | |
| 7300910685 | True | One difference between an interview and a questionnaire is that the researcher conducting an interview can clarify or rephrase a question. | 70 | |
| 7300916681 | True | Researchers use experiments when they have more than two variables to consider. | 71 | |
| 7300925182 | False | An ethical psychologist would not use an anonymous survey because the participants would be unaware of how the results of the survey would be used. | 72 | |
| 7300927752 | False | This graph shows a negative correlation between the hours spent playing a video game and the scores earned on the game. |  | 73 |
| 7300933073 | True | Some distributions have two modes, and are therefore known as bimodal distributions. | 74 | |
| 7300941142 | Kenneth B. Clark | Psychologist who studied the effect of segregation on children. | 75 | |
| 7300942484 | cognitive activity | Mental process, such as a dream or memory. | 76 | |
| 7300947991 | structuralism | School of psychology that looks at the basic elements of conscious experience. | 77 | |
| 7300950032 | sociocultural perspective | Contemporary psychological approach that emphasizes study of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status. | 78 | |
| 7300952112 | John B. Watson | Found of the school of behaviorism. | 79 | |
| 7300958479 | Socrates | Philosopher who stressed the importance of introspection. | 80 | |
| 7300959959 | Wilhelm Wundt | Founded structuralism. | 81 | |
| 7300963419 | Gestalt psychology | School of psychology that describes experience as a whole rather than broken down into parts. | 82 | |
| 7300969588 | behavior | Action that can be observed or measured. | 83 | |
| 7300972305 | William James | Wrote the first modern psychology textbook. | 84 | |
| 7300977879 | independent variable | Factor in an experiment that researchers manipulate so that they can determine its effect. | 85 | |
| 7300979388 | correlation | Measure of how closely one thing is related to another. | 86 | |
| 7300980046 | stratified sample | Sample in which subgroups of a population are represented proportionally. | 87 | |
| 7300982161 | hypothesis | Educated guess. | 88 | |
| 7300982162 | target population | Whole group that is the subject of a study. | 89 | |
| 7300993754 | single-blind study | Study in which participants do not know whether they are receiving the treament or not. | 90 | |
| 7300998483 | case study | In-depth investigation of an individual or small group. | 91 | |
| 7300999749 | placebo | Substance or treatment that has no effect apart from a person's belief in it. | 92 | |
| 7301002294 | population | The total group from which a sample is drawn. | 93 | |
| 7301004890 | frequency distribution | Arranging data so you know how often a score occurs. | 94 | |
| 7301006044 | scatter plot | Graph that demonstrates the direction of the relationship between the two variables. | 95 | |
| 7301011477 | stratified sample | Representative of various subgroups of the population. | 96 | |
| 7301013123 | correlation coefficient | A statistic that describes the direction and strength of the relationship between two sets of variables or data. | 97 | |
| 7301015277 | normal curve | A symmetrical bell-shaped curve. | 98 | |
| 7301017945 | descriptive statistics | The listing and summarizing of data in a practical way. | 99 |
