Psychology Chpt.1

The most frequently occurring score in a distribution of scores is the:

The perception that psychological research findings merely verify our common-sense understanding is most clearly facilitated by:

Approximately 95 percent of the cases represented by the normal curve fall within _______ standard deviation(s) from the mean.

If IQ scores are normally distributed, having a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, approximately what percentage of people have IQ scores somewhere between 70 and 130?

The mean of a distribution of scores is the:

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

Who suggested that the mind at birth is a blank slate upon which experience writes?

Psychologists' personal values and goals:

Which psychological perspective is most likely to be concerned with identifying the powers and the limits of human reasoning?

Who was a student of William James and the first female president of the American Psychological Association?

The biggest danger of relying on case-study evidence is that it:

Mrs. Alfieri believes that her husband's irritability toward her results from his unconscious feelings of hostility toward his own mother. Mrs. Alfieri is interpreting her husband's behavior from a(n) _________ perspective.

The hindsight bias refers to people's tendency to:

The specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a(n):

Which psychological specialists are most likely to be involved in applied research?

Professor Smith told one class that alcohol consumption has been found to increase sexual desire. He informed another class that alcohol consumption has been found to reduce sexual appetite. The fact that neither class was surprised by the information they received best illustrates the power of:

A researcher would be most likely to discover a positive correlation between:

Clinical psychologists are most likely to be involved in:

Psychologists select a random sample of research participants in order to ensure that:

A correlation between physical attractiveness and dating frequency of +.60 would indicate that:

A hypothesis is a(n):

Overconfidence is best described as:

Government experts who are convinced of the correctness of their own mistaken political predictions most clearly demonstrate:

Behaviorists dismissed the value of:

An extensive survey revealed that children with relatively high self-esteem tend to picture God as kind and loving, whereas those with lower self-esteem tend to perceive God as angry. The researchers concluded that the children's self-esteem had apparently influenced their views of God. This conclusion best illustrates the danger of:

Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of:

The study of psychology is potentially dangerous because:

The cognitive perspective in psychology emphasizes how:

Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses?

Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference enhanced the reproductive survival of our ancestors' genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the _______ perspective.

Both the researchers and the participants in a drug-evaluation study are ignorant about which participants have actually received an experimental drug and which have received a placebo. This investigation involves the use of:

The scientific attitude requires an open-minded humility because it involves a willingness to:

Professor Delano suggests that because people are especially attracted to those who are good-looking, handsome men will be more successful than average-looking men in securing employment. The professor's prediction regarding employment success exemplifies:

Psychological differences between the genders are:

The self-reflective observation of one's own sensations and feeling is called:

If psychologists discovered that intelligent parents have smarter children than unintelligent parents, this would demonstrate that:

Dr. Lipka is involved in an applied research study of customer satisfaction with a newly developed line of facial cosmetics and other beauty aids. Dr. Lipka is most likely a(n) _________ psychologist.

Which technique involves repeating the essence of an earlier research study with different participants and in different circumstances?

In an effort to prevent participants in an experiment from trying to confirm the researchers' predictions, psychologists sometimes:

Efforts to discover whether the intelligence go children is more heavily influenced by their genetic dispositions or by their home environment are most directly relevant to the debate regarding: