A psychologist determines that children who are exposed

1. 0 LO 1.1 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: • Description • Explanation • Prediction • Control • Introspection

2. 0 LO 1.1 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: • Description • Explanation • Prediction (p. 5) • Control • Introspection

3. 0 LO 1.1 The goal of psychology that is most concerned with using psychological knowledge to help bring about desirable behavioral outcomes is: • Description • Explanation • Prediction • Control • Correction

4. 0 LO 1.1 The goal of psychology that is most concerned with using psychological knowledge to help bring about desirable behavioral outcomes is: • Description • Explanation • Prediction • Control (p. 5) • Correction

5. 0 LO 1.2 The first field of psychology that studied how people adapt to the world and its surroundings was called: • Behaviorism • Structuralism • Psychoanalysis • Functionalism • Gestalt psychology

6. 0 LO 1.2 The first field of psychology that studied how people adapt to the world and its surroundings was called: • Behaviorism • Structuralism • Psychoanalysis • Functionalism (p. 8) • Gestalt psychology

7. 0 LO 1.3 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: • Gestalt • Structuralism • Psychoanalysis • Behaviorism • Introspection

8. 0 LO 1.3 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: • Gestalt (p. 9) • Structuralism • Psychoanalysis • Behaviorism • Introspection

9. 0 LO 1.3 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: • Behaviorism • Structuralism • Humanism • Cognitive psychology • Psychoanalysis

10. 0 LO 1.3 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: • Behaviorism • Structuralism • Humanism • Cognitive psychology • Psychoanalysis (p. 8-9)

11. 0 LO 1.4 A researcher who believes that all humans are innately good and have free will is concerned with assessing the factors that lead a person to develop to their fullest potential. This researcher is most likely what type of psychologist? • Behaviorist • Humanist • Psychoanalyst • Biopsychologist • Cognitive psychologist

12. 0 LO 1.4 A researcher who believes that all humans are innately good and have free will is concerned with assessing the factors that lead a person to develop to their fullest potential. This researcher is most likely what type of psychologist? • Behaviorist • Humanist (p. 13-14) • Psychoanalyst • Biopsychologist • Cognitive psychologist

13. 0 LO 1.7 When psychologists carry out research, they should do all of the following to ensure the integrity of their results EXCEPT: • Search for information in favor of their hypothesis • Search for information that disproves their hypothesis • Replicate the results of previous studies • Analyze data using statistical or mathematical methods • Draw conclusions about their findings

14. 0 LO 1.7 When psychologists carry out research, they should do all of the following to ensure the integrity of their results EXCEPT: • Search for information in favor of their hypothesis (p. 19) • Search for information that disproves their hypothesis • Replicate the results of previous studies • Analyze data using statistical or mathematical methods • Draw conclusions about their findings

15. 0 LO 1.8 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: • Experiment • Correlation • Survey • Naturalistic observation • Case study

16. 0 LO 1.8 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: • Experiment • Correlation • Survey • Naturalistic observation (p. 21) • Case study

17. 0 LO 1.9 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: • randomly assign students to experimental and control groups. • control for observer bias. • engage in random sampling. • control for the observer effect. • use blind observers to collect data.

18. 0 LO 1.9 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: • randomly assign students to experimental and control groups. • control for observer bias. • engage in random sampling. (p. 22) • control for the observer effect. • use blind observers to collect data.

19. 0 LO 1.10 Which of the following correlation coefficients expresses the strongest relationship between levels of stress and likelihood of cancer? • -.79 • .60 • .32 • .10 • -.90

20. 0 LO 1.10 Which of the following correlation coefficients expresses the strongest relationship between levels of stress and likelihood of cancer? • -.79 • .60 • .32 • .10 • -.90 (p. 25)

21. 0 LO 1.11 The only research method that can be used to draw a cause and effect relationship between two variables is: • Correlation • Case study • Experiment • Naturalistic observation • Survey

22. 0 LO 1.11 The only research method that can be used to draw a cause and effect relationship between two variables is: • Correlation • Case study • Experiment (p. 26) • Naturalistic observation • Survey

23. 0 LO 1.11 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: • An independent variable • A dependent variable • A confounding variable • The experimental group • The control group

24. 0 LO 1.11 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: • An independent variable • A dependent variable • A confounding variable (p. 27) • The experimental group • The control group

25. 0 LO 1.11 Which provides a baseline measure of behavior for comparing whether or not the independent variable had an effect on the dependent variable? • An experimental group • A control group • A random sample • A randomly assigned group • A double-blind researcher

26. 0 LO 1.11 Which provides a baseline measure of behavior for comparing whether or not the independent variable had an effect on the dependent variable? • An experimental group • A control group (p. 27) • A random sample • A randomly assigned group • A double-blind researcher

27. 0 LO 1.12 A single blind study is one in which: • the subject does not know to which group he or she has been assigned. • the experimenter does not know to which group the subject has been assigned. • both the researcher and experimenter do not know to which group the subject has been assigned. • the researcher does not know the experimental hypothesis. • only one group of subjects does not know to which group they have been assigned.

28. 0 LO 1.12 A single blind study is one in which: • the subject does not know to which group he or she has been assigned. (p. 29). • the experimenter does not know to which group the subject has been assigned. • both the researcher and experimenter do not know to which group the subject has been assigned. • the researcher does not know the experimental hypothesis. • only one group of subjects does not know to which group they have been assigned.

29. 0 LO 1.14 All of the following are ethical guidelines set forth by the American Psychological Association EXCEPT: • Informed consent about participation • Participant can withdraw from research at any time • Researcher must debrief participant about purpose of study • Data must remain confidential • The importance of research findings outweighs any potential harm to a handful of subjects

30. 0 LO 1.14 All of the following are ethical guidelines set forth by the American Psychological Association EXCEPT: • Informed consent about participation • Participant can withdraw from research at any time • Researcher must debrief participant about purpose of study • Data must remain confidential • The importance of research findings outweighs any potential harm to a handful of subjects (p. 35)