Chapter 1
Psychology is the study of:
The mind and behavior.
Correlation does NOT equate to:
Causation
Genes control or partially control a number of physical characteristics, or:
Traits
_________ describes our awareness of internal and external stimuli
Consciousness
The ________ is controlled by the experimenter.
Independent Variable
Psychology is a(n) _________ science
Integrated
True or False:
Research is important
True
Which TWO is the nervous system comprised of:
Brain
Spinal Cord
Muscles
Bones
Brain & Spinal Cord
In which stage of sleep does dreaming occur?
REM Sleep
_______ occurs when a drug user requires more and more of a given drug in order to experience the same effects of the drug.
Tolerance
Which of the following is a skill that psychology students would be exposed?
Critical thinking
Use of the scientific method
critical evaluation of sources of information
All of the above
All of the above
A confirmed hypothesis becomes a ______
Theory
What hormone is considered the "love hormone"?
Oxytocin
What is the clinical name for snoring?
Sleep apnea
The correlation coefficient indicates the weakest relationship when:
It is closes to 0
Who created the hierarchy of needs?
Abraham Maslow
Which of the following is NOT considered an approach to research?
Reading
Surveys
Case Study
Naturalistic Observation
Reading
Which lobe of the brain consists of the visual cortex?
Occipital Lobe
Hypnosis is a state of extreme focus on the:
Self
Using existing records to try and answer a research question is known as:
Archival research
A researcher interested in what factors make an employee best suited for a given job identify as a(n) __________ psychologist.
Industrial-organizational
Longitudinal research consists of:
Data-gathering repeatedly over an extended period of time.
The __________ regulates a number of homeostatic processes, such as appetite, body temperature, and blood pressure.
Hypothalamus.
Which of the following is NOT a structure of the forebrain?
Substantia nigra
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Amygdala
Substantia nigra
Height and weight are positively correlated meaning:
As height increases, typically weight increases.