Intro and Methods

Which perspective highlights the reproductive advantages of inherited human traits?

• evolutionary
• cognitive
• behavioral
• social-cultural

The most notable feature of the psychodynamic perspective is its emphasis on

• natural selection.
• brain chemistry.
• unconscious conflicts.
• learned behaviors.

Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses?

• evolutionary
• neuroscience
• behavioral
• behavior genetics

The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how

• feelings are influenced by blood chemistry.
• people try to understand their own unconscious drives.
• behavior is influenced by environmental conditions.
• people encode, process, store, and retrieve information.

The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how

• feelings are influenced by blood chemistry.
• people try to understand their own unconscious drives.
• behavior is influenced by environmental conditions.
• people encode, process, store, and retrieve information.

Dr. Straub is investigating the psychological, biological, and behavioral factors that create heart disease. He is most likely a

• personality psychologist.
• cognitive psychologist.
• clinical psychologist.
• health psychologist.

Clinical psychologists specialize in

• constructing surveys.
• animal research.
• providing therapy to troubled people.
• providing drugs to treat behavioral disorders.

The specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a

• clinical psychologist.
• personality psychologist.
• developmental psychologist.
• psychiatrist.

Studies conducted for the sake of building psychology's base of knowledge are most clearly examples of

• the testing effect.
• replication.
• basic research.
• positive psychology.

In an experiment to determine the effects of attention on memory, memory is the 

• A. control condition 
• B. intervening variable 
• C. independent variable
• D. dependent variable