INP - Chapter 1 The Science of Psychology

In the definition of psychology, mental processes means

• internal, covert processes

• unconscious processes

• outward or overt actions and reactions

• only human behavior

Dr. Baker designs an experiment for studying lab rats’

reaction

to energy drinks in relation to problem solving.

Dr. Baker is most interested in the goal of

• Description

• Explanation

• Prediction

• Control

Which perspective would a researcher be taking if she were

studying a client’s early childhood experiences and his resulting

development of self?

• Psychoanalysis

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Evolutionary

Wesley has learned that if he cries with his mother in public,

she will often get him a new toy or a piece of candy so as

to quiet him. Which of the following perspectives explains

Wesley’s behavior?

• Psychodynamic

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biopsychological

Which of the following professionals in psychology has no

medical training but has a doctoral degree?

• Psychiatristt

• Psychiatric Nurse

• Psychometrician

• Psychologist

In the scientific method, the final step is

• Reporting your results

• perceiving a question

• drawing conclusions

• testing the hypothesis

Which of the following is an example of observer bias?

• You ask your fellow students to be participants in a

  study of adult memory.

• You ask people from your church to participate in a

  study of family values.

• You develop an opinion of what you expect to see in an

  experiment.

• You allow a student to quit an experiment simply because

  he or she is bored.

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

In a __________ study, the participants do not know if they

are part of the control group or the experimental group.

Only the experimenter knows who is in each group.

• placebo

• single-blind

• double-blind

• triple-blind

Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis focused on

• observable behavior

• Gestalt perceptions

• introspection

• early childhood experiences.