Unit 1 Psych Review

This man was shown to be a fraud when he could not bend spoons under scientific experimental conditions.

Researchers studied development in the same group of children over a five year period. This research design is called:

Using an experimental research design, researchers manipulate the ________ variable and measure the ________ variable.

Students who study for 7 hours/week will do better than students who cram for 7 hours. What is the independent variable?

This is important to obtain before starting research to ensure people know they are involved in the study

The most accurate research method of determining whether caffeine supplements improve memory performance is:

When ice cream sales and murder rates go up at the same time, this is known to be

What is one example of why researchers must take into consideration the benefits of their research?

While a _______ is a group of closely related phenomena or observations, _______ is a logical idea that can be tested.

When participants behave in a way that they think the experimenter/researcher WANTS them to

Why is Helmholtz considered important to the development of psychology as a discipline?

Researchers find a correlation of +1.20 between coffee consumption and mental alertness. This indicates that:

Which of the following is an example of a question that could be tested using observation?

One reason for using random assignment is:

This woman was studied at Harvard University but was denied her doctoral degree bc she was a woman. First pres of APA

The belief that knowledge is best acquired as a direct result of experience is called ________.

Ethical guideline researchers use, ensuring THIS, or agreeing that an individual’s data should not be shared w/o consent

Which of the following best describes the difference between structuralism and functionalism?

Why is Wilhelm Wundt often credited as being responsible for the initial development of modern psychology?

He invented the self-report questionnaire & did studies on twins to see how they were influenced by their environment

Psychology has roots in what other study?

What is one of the cornerstones of Scientific Study

Policy of selective breeding based on the belief that society can improve by promoting reproduction by the intellegent

To study the effects of gender on math achievement, you cannot have random assignment. What research method is this?

This applied version of psychology focuses on interventions to increase productivity

Which cliché most fully encompasses the beliefs of early Gestalt psychologists?

Research method where personal accounts/testimonies are analyzed

These people apply clinical psychology to the legal arena. They help determine the reliability of witness testimony.

For researchers to be able to say that Variable A causes Variable B, they must eliminate the possible influence of ____.