Psychology Makeup Challenge Exam

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Hypothesis

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A tentative explanation

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According to William James, what was the true purpose of psychology?

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Studying the function of behavior in the world

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Which perspective within psychology emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans?

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Humanism

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What did the psychology class forget to do in their experiment on racial prejudice involving likeability ratings of faces?

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Debrief participants to resolve deception.

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In a ______ study, both the researchers and the participants are unaware of the group assignments.

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double-blind

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A group of preschool-age children are enrolled in a study that plans to follow them over time to assess behaviors and characteristics predicting schizophrenia development. This is an example of a(n) ______ design.

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longitudinal

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Cocaine is considered a ______ drug because it tends to increase overall levels of neural activity.

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stimulant

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Tariq depends on cigarettes to relieve his stress, though he smokes so frequently that he experiences no significant, noticeable physical symptoms when he is not smoking. What does this exemplify?

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psychological dependence

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Which school of thinking in psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure?

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Gestalt

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Which Gestalt principle is demonstrated when a child perceives a completed picture in a 'connect the dots' puzzle before finishing all the dots?

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closure