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______ Will tell reserachers all of the following except if there is ________ between variables.

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-Correlation -Causation

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Researchers use the ________ for reducing bias and error in the esasurement of data.

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Scientific Method

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Experimenters control the effects of extraneous or confounding variables upon memebers of experimental and control groups by using ________.

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Random Assignment

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In a negative correlation:

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The two variables have an inverse relationship.

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If there is a placebo effect in a medical experiment the control goup will show changes in the ________ even if they are given a harmless substitute rather than the real drug.

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Dependent Variable

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Researchers who allow their expectation about what they will see affect the results of their observation students are suffering from:

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Observer Bias

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Which of the following is a guideline for doing research with people?

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Participants much be allowed to make an informed decision about participation.

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An ________________ reviews a study's safety and considration for the research participants.

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Institutional Board

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By making loud noise when Little Albert was presented with a rat John Watson taught the baby to fear rats this proved that phobias could be learned from ___________.

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Conditioning

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The psychological perspective in psychology associated with William James focused on how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play:

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Functionalism

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Which early perspective in psychology associated with WIlliam James is:

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Functionalism

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Gestalts ideas are part of which branch of psychology?

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Cognitive Psychology

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Mary is a psychologist who focuses on the role of the conscious mind and unconscious minds to which perspective does mary ascribe?

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Psychodynamic

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The idea that sexual orientation may be related to birth order of male children was posited by researchers in the field of__________.

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Biopsychology.

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Because psychologists want to be precise and measure as carefull as they can they use the ____________ to study psychology.

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Scientific Method

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A reseracher wants to describe childrens normal behavior on the playground the best method for this research is to use a _____________.

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Naturalistic Observation

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Anna is a 45 year old and is suffering from hot flashes and extreme moodiness from a ____________ analysis symptoms can be attributed to menopause.

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Biopsychological Perspective

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Sasha sat in the preschool classroom and watched the children play writing down how well they interacted with each other. The children culd see that Sasha was watching them and so they made an attempt to be extra well behaved for her. Sasha's research was impacted by the:

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Observer Affect

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Dr Jonas wanted to determine what would happen if rats were given food every time they competed a maze. He believed they would learn to complete the maze faster. This belief is called a:

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Prediction

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According to the _______ a child who cries and is rewarded by getting his mothers attention will cry again in the future.

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Behavioral Perspective

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If a reseracher finds that peoples shoe sizes increase as their height increases then shoe size and height have a ___________.

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Positive Correlation.

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Dr Edwards wants to show a causal relationship relationship between tobacco smoking and cancer Dr. Edwards should conduct an experiment using _____________.

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Animal Participants

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Which psychological professionals must always have a medical degree?

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Psychiatrists

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The belief that every experience can be broken down into its individual emotions and sensations is known as:

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Structuralism

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____________is known as the father of psychology

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Freud proposed that there is an ___________ into which we repress all of our threatening urges and desires

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Unconscious Mind

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After investigating the effects of caffeine on learning Dr. Drake found that the more caffeine an individual consumed the less information he/she was able to retain according to the scientific method which of the following steps should Dr. Drake perform next?

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Draw the Conclusion

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Alejandro wanted to examine people's reactions to various situation in public places as part of his study played different scenarios with cameras rolling and the spotlight shining brightly on the actors alejandros attempt to capture specific reactions by random bystanders was unsuccessful which of the following might best explain alejandros failed resarch attempt?

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Observer Effect

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The___________ is the rule of thumb stating that if there are two explanations for a phenomenon the simplest explanation is more often the best one

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Law of Parsimony

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The theory of operant conditioning was developed by:

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B. F. Skinner

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Biopsychology has found mounting evidence of a biological cause for ____________.

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Schizophrenia

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When Rashid graduated from college he believed he had finally achieved his full potential Abraham Maslow called this type of achievement:

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Self Actualization

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In psychology in the 21st century there are _____ major perspectives that are used to explain human behavior and mental processes.

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Seven

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If deception is necessary participants must then be _______after the study.

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Debriefed

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Which of the following is true of doing research with people:

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Sometimes people react in unexpected ways to the manipulations in an experiments.

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A doctor informs the parents of a 14 year old that without hospitalization her anorexia will worsen and cause grave medical conditions the doctor is making a:

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Prediction

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Consider the following statement women avoid computer science because it is stereotypically dominated by males this in turn leads many women to feel that the field is not accessible to them this is an example of:

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Explanation

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Within the field of psychology mental processes refer to all ______________ activity of our minds

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Internal Covert

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The four goals of psychology are accomplished through the:

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Scientific Method

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Scientists report their results even if an an experiment failed because:

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researchers studying the same things will gain from what has already been learned.

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One drawback to the_______ is the way in which a question is worded can affect the answer

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Survey Method

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The largest subfield of psychology is:

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Clinical

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Psychologists in the counseling specialization must be _________ to practice in their states

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