Question 1

Kerri wanted to study the effects of having the oldest child in a family go off to college.She decided to use her own family after her brother went off to a college in France.She took notes each day on her parents' behavior and kept a diary on her own reactions.Kerri was using the technique called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  participant observation
B)  family survey
C)  observer bias
D)  attribution effectE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

The magazine Desperate Wives publishes a survey of its female readers called "The Sex Life of the American Wife." It reports that 87 percent of all wives like to make love in rubber boots.The critical flaw in this research would be ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the fact that the sample is not representative of American wives
B)  the fact that a psychological test,rather than a survey,should have been given
C)  the fact that rubber boots are not equally available in all regions of the country
D)  the fact that making love has not been operationally definedE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

The general curiosity about why people think,feel,and behave the way they do

Accepted Answer

A)  primarily happened after World War II.
B)  is about a century old.
C)  is several centuries old.
D)  has always probably been with us.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 4

In 1879,in Leipzig,Germany,the first psychological laboratory was overseen by ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  William James
B)  William Tell
C)  Wilhelm Wundt
D)  Sigmund FreudE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Which pair of scientists shared the most similar views of behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  William James and Wilhelm Wundt
B)  B.F.Skinner and Max Wertheimer
C)  Ivan Pavlov and John B.Watson
D)  Carl Rogers and Edward TitchenerE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

A psychologist evaluated Tameka,an eight-year-old child who has experienced difficulty in school.The psychologist sent questionnaires to 100 teachers to determine if they had ever seen similar cases.Based on the teachers' responses,the psychologist hypothesized that a particular diet might cause the learning problem.Following her tabulation of the responses,she designed a study that would tell her if diet were the actual cause.Which of the following lists,in order from first to last,the research methods this psychologist used?

Accepted Answer

A)  experiment,case study,survey
B)  case study,survey,experiment
C)  correlation,case study,experiment
D)  naturalistic observation,survey,experimentE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

The first step in any scientific investigation is _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  forming the hypothesis
B)  perceiving the question
C)  coming to a conclusion
D)  developing an argumentE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

In preparation for his master's thesis,Tan spends some time in the local mall observing the behavior of shoppers.His notes reveal a tendency for people to smile when someone,even a stranger,smiles at them.Later in the semester,he designs a questionnaire that asks questions of participants concerning their typical reactions when someone smiles.He wonders if the face of a person who smiles has any influence on returned smiles,so he designs a study to answer this question.Which of the following lists in order,from first to last,the research methods Tan has used?

Accepted Answer

A)  experiment,case study,survey
B)  case study,survey,experiment
C)  correlation,case study,experiment
D)  naturalistic observation,survey,experimentE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Cognitive neuroscientists can examine the brain with _____________ and _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  electrolysis and PET
B)  PET and MRI Correct: Both are discussed in the book and used by cognitive neuroscientists.
C)  MRI and electrolysis
D)  Gama images and electrolysisE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Which of the following situations best illustrates the placebo effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  You sleep because you are tired.
B)  You throw up after eating bad meat.
C)  You have surgery to repair a defective heart valve.
D)  You drink a nonalcoholic drink and become "intoxicated" because you think it contains alcohol.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Which psychologist was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D.in educational psychology from the University of Chicago in 1925?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Henry Thompson
B)  Linus Pauling
C)  Albert Sidney Beckham
D)  Inez Beverly ProsserE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 12

Pick a goal of psychology and provide a clear example of how it works.

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Question 13

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Question 14

According to present research on psychologists,thirty-four percent are in the ________________ subfield of psychology.

Accepted Answer

A)  Counseling
B)  Industrial/Organizational
C)  Developmental
D)  ClinicalE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

The work of Freud was built around __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a theory of personality that emphasizes the awareness of one's own cognitive processes
B)  a theory of personality that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts
C)  a method of psychotherapy in which an observer carefully records and interprets behavior without interfering with the behavior
D)  a method of psychotherapy that emphasizes how maladaptive behaviors are learned through imitations of others and through cognitive expectationsE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Which of the following most accurately reflects the authors' views about the influence of philosophy and physiology on present day psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only philosophy continues to influence psychology.
B)  Philosophy continues to influence psychology more so than physiology.
C)  Physiology continues to influence psychology more so than philosophy.
D)  Both disciplines,philosophy and physiology,continue to influence psychology.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

A correlation coefficient shows that alcohol consumption and driving accidents are indeed related.As a result,a researcher could predict _____________ if the direction of the relationship is known.

Accepted Answer

A)  the number of arrests a person has will go up or down based on the type of car an individual drives
B)  the number of driving accidents a person has will go up or down based on the number of alcoholic drinks consumed
C)  the number of arrests will increase the fewer drinks an individual consumes
D)  the number of driving accidents a person has will contribute to the number of days spent in jailE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Why was the perspective followed by Wilhelm Wundt and his followers called structuralism?

Accepted Answer

A)  They wanted to identify the major brain structures.
B)  Their primary goal was to understand the physiology of the mind.
C)  They focused their efforts on analyzing the elements of the nervous system.
D)  Their primary focus was on describing the structure of conscious experience.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following questions could be answered best by using the survey method?

Accepted Answer

A)  What is the effect of ingesting alcohol on problem-solving ability?
B)  Does wall color affect the frequency of violence in prison populations?
C)  Do students prefer a grading system with or without pluses and minuses?
D)  What is the relationship between number of hours of study per week and grade point average?E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Researchers must report their results completely whether the hypothesis was supported or not.Complete reporting is necessary for the purpose of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  educational knowledge
B)  replication
C)  finding a better way to support the hypothesis
D)  publicationE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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