Psychology Quiz 1

In an experiment, the presence of dependent variables does not depend on the independent variables.

• True

• False

Carl is conducting a study to determine the effects of the new technology- assisted learning methods among students. As part of this study, he has selected a group of university students, male and female, in the age group of 18 to 24 years. These students have been using the new methods of learning. In terms of research methodology, this group best describes a ______.

• control group

• population

• placebo group

• sample

Personality psychologists are concerned with the nature and causes of individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behavior in social situations.

• True

• False

Which of the following statements is true of the experimental method of research?

• In the experimental method of research, participants in control groups obtain the treatment being tested.

• The experimental method fails to answer questions about cause and effect.

• In the experimental method of research, participants in experimental groups do not obtain the treatment being tested.

• The experimental method allows psychologists to control the experiences of participants and draw conclusions about cause and effect.

Structuralists tended to ask. "How do behavior and mental processes help people adapt to the requirements of their lives?"

• True

• False

Brandon is a psychologist who is studying the relationship between heredity and mood disorders. He strongly believes that behavior and mental processes have a connection with the brain, hormones, heredity, and evolution. Brandon's beliefs are most consistent with the ______ perspective.

• psychodynamic

• cognitive

• biological

• humanistic-existential

Which of the following statements is true about the different types of psychologists?

• Counseling psychologists deal exclusively with clients who suffer from serious psychological disorders.

• Clinical psychologists help clients resolve problems and change self-defeating behavior.

• School psychologists focus on planning instructional methods for a school system rather than on individual children.

• Health psychologists apply psychology to the criminal justice system.

Many case studies are clinical; that is, they are descriptions of a person's psychological problems and how a psychologist treated them.

• True

• False

____ was a founder of the school of functionalism.

• B. F. Skinner

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

• Kurt Koffka

According to the ethical guidelines of the American Psychological Association, animals cannot be harmed under any circumstances while conducting research.

• True

• False