Academic Psychology Exam Review 2023

Who was nicknamed the "Father of Psychology"?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Edward Titchener

• William James

• G. Stanley Hall

The _____ began studying human behavior in the fifth & sixth centuries B.C. and decided that humans were rational beings.

• Greeks
• Chinese
• Americans
• Romans

Case study

• Study of one individual in great detail

• Observation of human or animal behavior in its natural setting

• An inexpensive and quick method of gaining information about people's opinions, attitudes, and perceptions.

• Experiment using a variety of different hypotheses

Survey

• Study of one individual in great detail

• An inexpensive and quick method of gaining information about people's opinions, attitudes, and perceptions.

• Observation of human or animal behavior in its natural setting.

• Experiment using a variety of different hypothesis

The variable whose effect is being studied...

• experimental condition

• control condition

• independent variable

• dependent variable

Group that does receive the treatment

• experimental group

• control group

Group that does not receive the treatment

• experimental group

• control group

Professor Schrute carefully monitors and records that behaviors of children on school playgrounds to track the development of their physical skills. Professor Schrute is engaged in:

• experimentation

• survey research

• replication

• naturalistic observation

Researchers who study single individuals in depth in order to uncover general principles of thinking and behavior are using which research method?

• experimentation

• naturalistic observation

• correlational study

• case study

What is one disadvantage of a survey?

• People don't tell the truth

• Yields a lot of information

• Provides a good way to generate hypotheses

• Can provide information about many people since it's cheap and easy to do