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What is the most complete definition of psychology? |
Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes. |
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The founder of behaviorism was: |
Watson |
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Compared to Freud, neo-Freudians place less emphasis on: |
Sexual and aggressive motives |
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A movement within modern psychology that applies principles from Darwin's theories is called: |
Evolutionary Psychology |
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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. |
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An eclectic psychologist is one who: |
Employs the theories and principles of different psychological perspectives. |
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Positive psychology is distinctively different from much of the rest of psychology because of its emphasis on: |
Understanding human strengths and assets. |
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Which perspective in psychology would suggest that depression is related to changes in brain chemistry? |
Physiological |
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The Psy.D. degree is appropriate for those who wish to focus more on ______ skills than on ______ skills. |
practitioner; research |
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The work of _____ psychologists often overlaps with the work of psychiatrists. |
Clinical |
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An industrial/organizational psychologist would typically: |
make suggestions to a manager regarding employee morale |
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A health psychologist might study the: |
effectiveness of ads that use fear to get adolescents to stop smoking |
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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 |
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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. |
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Which of the following correlations represents two variables with the strongest relationship? |
-0.95 +.80 -1.07 0.6
-0.95 |
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A correlation of +1.00 means that: |
knowing the value of one variable allows perfect prediction of the value of another |
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In an experiment, the factor that is expected to change is referred to as the: |
dependent variable |
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A placebo effect would be most likely to account for changes in: |
pain intensity |
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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 |
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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. |