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A psychologist determines that children who are exposed to violent television are more likely to be physically aggressive in the future than children who are not exposed to violent television. This psychologist has met the goal of:

1. Description2. Explanation3. Prediction 4. Control 5. Introspection

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A psychologist determines that children who are exposed to violent television are more likely to be physically aggressive in the future than children who are not exposed to violent television. This psychologist has met the goal of:

1. Description2. Explanation3. Prediction (p. 5)4. Control 5. Introspection

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The goal of psychology that is most concerned with using

psychological knowledge to help bring about desirable

behavioral outcomes is:

1. Description

2. Explanation

3. Prediction

4. Control

5. Correction

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The goal of psychology that is most concerned with using

psychological knowledge to help bring about desirable

behavioral outcomes is:

1. Description

2. Explanation

3. Prediction

4. Control (p. 5)

5. Correction

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The first field of psychology that studied how people

adapt to the world and its surroundings was called:

1. Behaviorism

2. Structuralism

3. Psychoanalysis

4. Functionalism

5. Gestalt psychology

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The first field of psychology that studied how people

adapt to the world and its surroundings was called:

1. Behaviorism

2. Structuralism

3. Psychoanalysis

4. Functionalism (p. 8)

5. Gestalt psychology

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The field of psychology that believes that human

experience CANNOT be studied appropriately by breaking

down the experience into its smaller component parts is

called:

1. Gestalt

2. Structuralism

3. Psychoanalysis

4. Behaviorism

5. Introspection

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The field of psychology that believes that human

experience CANNOT be studied appropriately by breaking

down the experience into its smaller component parts is

called:

1. Gestalt (p. 9)

2. Structuralism

3. Psychoanalysis

4. Behaviorism

5. Introspection

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The idea that human behavior is influenced by unconscious

forces that are outside of a person’s awareness

(particularly sexual and aggressive forces) is advocated by

which area of psychology:

1. Behaviorism

2. Structuralism

3. Humanism

4. Cognitive psychology

5. Psychoanalysis

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The idea that human behavior is influenced by unconscious

forces that are outside of a person’s awareness

(particularly sexual and aggressive forces) is advocated by

which area of psychology:

1. Behaviorism

2. Structuralism

3. Humanism

4. Cognitive psychology

5. Psychoanalysis (p. 8-9)

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A researcher who believes that all humans are innatelygood and have free will is concerned with assessing thefactors that lead a person to develop to their fullestpotential. This researcher is most likely what type ofpsychologist?

1. Behaviorist2. Humanist 3. Psychoanalyst4. Biopsychologist5. Cognitive psychologist

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A researcher who believes that all humans are innatelygood and have free will is concerned with assessing thefactors that lead a person to develop to their fullestpotential. This researcher is most likely what type ofpsychologist?

1. Behaviorist2. Humanist (p. 13-14)3. Psychoanalyst4. Biopsychologist5. Cognitive psychologist

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When psychologists carry out research, they should do allof the following to ensure the integrity of their resultsEXCEPT:

1. Search for information in favor of their hypothesis 2. Search for information that disproves their hypothesis3. Replicate the results of previous studies4. Analyze data using statistical or mathematical methods5. Draw conclusions about their findings

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When psychologists carry out research, they should do allof the following to ensure the integrity of their resultsEXCEPT:

1. Search for information in favor of their hypothesis (p. 19)

2. Search for information that disproves their hypothesis3. Replicate the results of previous studies4. Analyze data using statistical or mathematical methods5. Draw conclusions about their findings

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One criticism of many research methods, such as experiments, is their artificiality in trying to capture behavior as it might occur in the real world. One method that can be used to overcome this by recording behavior as it occurs in real time is called:

1. Experiment2. Correlation3. Survey4. Naturalistic observation 5. Case study

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One criticism of many research methods, such as experiments, is their artificiality in trying to capture behavior as it might occur in the real world. One method that can be used to overcome this by recording behavior as it occurs in real time is called:

1. Experiment2. Correlation3. Survey4. Naturalistic observation (p. 21)5. Case study

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17

A researcher is interested in studying the effects of music

on academic performance in college students in the United

States. To make sure that the researcher gets a

representative sample of the population she wants to study,

she must:

1. randomly assign students to experimental and control groups.

2. control for observer bias.

3. engage in random sampling.

4. control for the observer effect.

5. use blind observers to collect data.

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A researcher is interested in studying the effects of music

on academic performance in college students in the United

States. To make sure that the researcher gets a

representative sample of the population she wants to study,

she must:

1. randomly assign students to experimental and control groups.

2. control for observer bias.

3. engage in random sampling. (p. 22)

4. control for the observer effect.

5. use blind observers to collect data.

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19

Which of the following correlation coefficients expresses

the strongest relationship between levels of stress and

likelihood of cancer?

1. -.79

2. .60

3. .32

4. .10

5. -.90

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Which of the following correlation coefficients expresses

the strongest relationship between levels of stress and

likelihood of cancer?

1. -.79

2. .60

3. .32

4. .10

5. -.90 (p. 25)

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21

The only research method that can be used to draw a

cause and effect relationship between two variables is:

1. Correlation

2. Case study

3. Experiment

4. Naturalistic observation

5. Survey

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The only research method that can be used to draw a

cause and effect relationship between two variables is:

1. Correlation

2. Case study

3. Experiment (p. 26)

4. Naturalistic observation

5. Survey

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A researcher examines the effects of marijuana on

cognitive functioning. He assigns adults who receive less

than 5 hours of sleep per night to the experimental

condition, and adults who receive 8 hours of sleep or more

per night to the control condition, and concludes that

marijuana does lower cognitive functioning. Sleep is:

1. An independent variable

2. A dependent variable

3. A confounding variable

4. The experimental group

5. The control group

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A researcher examines the effects of marijuana on

cognitive functioning. He assigns adults who receive less

than 5 hours of sleep per night to the experimental

condition, and adults who receive 8 hours of sleep or more

per night to the control condition, and concludes that

marijuana does lower cognitive functioning. Sleep is:

1. An independent variable

2. A dependent variable

3. A confounding variable (p. 27)

4. The experimental group

5. The control group

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Which provides a baseline measure of behavior for

comparing whether or not the independent variable

had an effect on the dependent variable?

1. An experimental group

2. A control group

3. A random sample

4. A randomly assigned group

5. A double-blind researcher

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Which provides a baseline measure of behavior for

comparing whether or not the independent variable

had an effect on the dependent variable?

1. An experimental group

2. A control group (p. 27)

3. A random sample

4. A randomly assigned group

5. A double-blind researcher

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A single blind study is one in which:

1. the subject does not know to which group he or she has been assigned.

2. the experimenter does not know to which group the subject has been assigned.

3. both the researcher and experimenter do not know to which group the subject has been assigned.

4. the researcher does not know the experimental hypothesis.

5. only one group of subjects does not know to which group they have been assigned.

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A single blind study is one in which:

1. the subject does not know to which group he or she has been assigned. (p. 29).

2. the experimenter does not know to which group the subject has been assigned.

3. both the researcher and experimenter do not know to which group the subject has been assigned.

4. the researcher does not know the experimental hypothesis.

5. only one group of subjects does not know to which group they have been assigned.

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29

All of the following are ethical guidelines set forth by the

American Psychological Association EXCEPT:

1. Informed consent about participation

2. Participant can withdraw from research at any time

3. Researcher must debrief participant about purpose of study

4. Data must remain confidential

5. The importance of research findings outweighs any potential harm to a handful of subjects

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All of the following are ethical guidelines set forth by the

American Psychological Association EXCEPT:

1. Informed consent about participation

2. Participant can withdraw from research at any time

3. Researcher must debrief participant about purpose of study

4. Data must remain confidential

5. The importance of research findings outweighs any potential harm to a handful of subjects (p. 35)

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