Scientific Foundations Review 20-21 Sem 2

The importance of unconscious motives and conflicts (from childhood?) in determining behavior

Two basic characteristics of the scientific attitude are

Statistics that allows one to form conclusions about data (IV effect on DV) and generalize

Innate ability is to learned skill as ___________ is to ______________

A hypothesis is a(n)

Which number represents the strongest correlation?

Which number represents the weakest correlation?

The first laboratory in the world for studying the mind was established by

If a teacher raises the grade for every score in a distribution by 20, what must change?

Which of the following is the range for the scores 5 7 2 9 12?

His work focused on salivating dogs

The case study is a research method

Our adaptive behaviors are learned and maintained because they help us be more effective (James)

Psychology is defined as the scientific study of

A result is likely to be statistically significant (lower likelihood of occurring by chance) if

First female to earn a Ph. D. in psychology

Procedure to eliminate preexisting differences between groups of participants in an experiment?

Which of the following methods is most helpful for reviewing cause-effect relationships?

Jeff assumes everybody enjoys listening to country music as much as he does. This is called

Correlation refers to the extent to which two variables

In perception, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" describes what psychological theory

Using "reinforcement" was an essential concept for which psychologist

Which of the following is a measure of the degree of variation among a set of events

Which measure of central tendency is used to calculate your grade point average?

Psychologists personal values and goals

The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution is the

The potentially causal factor manipulated by the investigator is called the _________variable

The self-reflective observation of one’s own sensations and feelings is called

The idea the mind functions by combining objective sensation and subjective feelings (Titchner)

This scatter plot displays a _________ correlation