Psychology Chapter 1

1. Psychology is the scientific study of ____________________ and __________________ processes.

• Behavior and Facial expressions

• Language and Customs

• Behavior and Mental

• Movement and Environment

1. __________________ is what we are born with, ______________________ is what happens to us after we are born.

• Nurture, Experiences

• Nature, Nurture

• Nature, Events

• Personaltiy, Nurture

1. French Philosopher, Rene Descartes argued that sensations and behaviors are based on activity in ___________________ system.

• Cardiovascular

• Blood Stream

• Muscular

• Nervous

1. What are the 5 steps, in order, to conducting psychological research?

• Formulate a question, Form Hypothesis, Test hypothesis, Draw conclusions and Report your research

• Test Hypothesis, Form Hypothesis, Draw conclusions, Formulate questions and Report research

• Report Research, Draw conclusions, Test Hypothesis, Form Hypothesis and Formulate question

• Formulate question, Form Hypothesis, Test Hypothesis, Report research and Draw conclusion

What is one reason why a persons hypothesis might fail?

• The research was done in a lab

• The Research consisted of factors that were not under their control and therefore interfered with the study

• The people gave the wrong answers

• The monkeys did not behave in the manner they were supposed to.

What type of Observation consists of the Research observing animals or humans in their normal environment?

• Survey

• Case Study

• Laboratory Observation

• Naturalistic Observation

What is the advantage of a Laboratory Observation?

• Bad weather is not an issue

• The degree of control that it gives the observer

• People know that they are being observed

• Observers will always get the correct answers

Which is not a form of a Survey?

• Interview

• Questionnaire

• Card Game

• Telephone Interview

A correlation is a measure of the relationship between how many variables

• 1

• 1.5

• 0

• 2 or more

The main advantage of a survey is that

• Only a small number of subjects need to be accessed.

• A large amount of data can be gathered

• The chance of experimenter error is removed

• Subjects will not know if they are part of a control or experimental group.