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Ch 1 Psychology Fill In The Blanks

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Question: In the definition of , mental processes means:Answer: , Covert processes
Question: A is interested in finding out why identical twins have different personalities. He is interested in the goal of:Answer: Explanation
Question: Psychologists who give potential employees tests that determine what kind of job employees might best fit are interested in the goal of:Answer:
Question: Which early theorist developed his perspective on psychology by it on Darwin's "survival of the fittest" doctrine?Answer: James
Question: "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" is a statement associated with the of:Answer: Gestalt
Question: ______ was (were) the focus of Watson's behaviorism.Answer: experiences
Question: Who is most associated with the of introspection?Answer: Wundt
Question: Who was denied a Ph.D. despite completing all the requirements for earning the ?Answer: Mary Calkins
Question: perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?Answer:
Question: Jenna suffers from a nervous tic of washing her hands repeatedly and being unable to resist washing them again and again... Which perspective would explain Jenna's hand-washing behavior as a of repressed conflicts?Answer: Psychodynamics
Question: Which looks at perception, learning and memory?Answer: Cognitive
Question: Which perspective that human behavior may have developed in certain directions because it served a useful function in preserving the species?Answer: Evolutionary
Question: Which of the following professionals in has the broadest area of interests and functions?Answer:
Question: A person who has suffered a major and is now experiencing severe personality problems because of the damage would best be advised to see a:Answer:
Question: Which of the following specialties in psychology provides diagnosis and treatment for less serious mental problems such as disorders?Answer: Counseling
Question: In the scientific method, forming an guess is called:Answer: a hypothesis
Question: In a laboratory , the main advantage of this method is:Answer: The degree of control it the observer
Question: Harlan wanted to realistically about street gangs, so he pretended to be a teenager and joined a real gang. This is most similar to the method of:Answer: Observation
Question: The main advantage of a case is:Answer: The of detail it provides about an individual
Question: The entire group that a is interested in is called a :Answer: Population
Question: Professor Jones surveyed her six classes and found that students who slept less than five the night before the exam received lower exam scores than those students who slept seven hours or more. What kind of correlation is this relationship between hAnswer:
Question: Drinking orange juice is negatively with lowered risk of cancer. Based on this information, which of the following statements is true:Answer: The more orange juice you drink, the lower your risk of
Question: A researcher designs an to test the effects of playing video games on memory. What would be the dependent variable? What would the experimental group do?Answer: Scores on a test... play the video games
Question: In Dr. Amabile's experiment on creativity and , what was the independent variable? (Collage experiment)Answer: The special instructions to each
Question: In a _______ study, only the experimenter knows who is in the control group and who is in the experimental group.Answer: -blind Study
Question: -blind studies control for:Answer: The placebo effect and the effect
Question: Dr. Silver conducted a study in which she tests infants for memory ability. Before she can her study, she must obtain:Answer: Informed consent from the
Question: Several years ago two scientists announced that they had achieved "cold fusion" in the laboratory, but studies failed to replicate their findings and later they found that the original scientists had used sloppy methods. This highlights what critiAnswer: All evidence is not in quality
Question: Which pseudopsychology to understand personality through a study of positions of heavenly bodies?Answer: Astrology
Question: Double-blind studies for:Answer: The placebo effect and the effect
Question: Dr. Silver conducted a study in which she tests infants for memory ability. Before she can her study, she must obtain:Answer: Informed from the parents
Question: Several years ago two announced that they had achieved "cold fusion" in the laboratory, but further studies failed to replicate their findings and later they found that the original scientists had used sloppy methods. This highlights what critiAnswer: All is not equal in quality
Question: Which pseudopsychology claims to understand personality through a study of positions of bodies?Answer:
 
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