contemporary perspective that was developed in direct opposition to Freud's psychoanalytic theory
What is behaviorism?
100
Medical professionals who treat people with disturbed behaviors
What are psychiatrists?
100
methods of conduct, or standards, for proper and responsible behavior regarding the collection, storage, and use of psychological data
What are ethics?
100
the use of experimental and mathematical techniques to formulate and test hypotheses
What is the scientific method?
100
social science that concerns itself, primarily, with the mental processes and behaviors of individuals
What is psychology?
200
first contemporary perspective in psychology
What is psychoanalytic?
200
specialists in this subfield of psychology study changes that occur throughout life
What is developmental psychology?
200
world's largest society of psychologists and educators
What is the American Psychological Association?
200
an educated guess
What is a hypothesis?
200
pursuit of knowledge for its own sake
What is basic science?
300
This perspective focuses on how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences to occur as well as how one's genetic background combines with the environment to influence individual differences.
What is biological?
300
What branch of psychology would a psychologist help police by developing personality profiles of criminal offenders?
What is forensic psychology?
300
What does APA stand for?
What is American Psychological Association?
300
a complex explanation based on findings from a large number of experimental studies
What is theory?
300
the correct order in which to conduct the scientific method is question, hypothesis, experiment, results, conclusions, __________
What is theory?
400
Credited with pioneering the psychoanalytic approach to psychology
Who is Sigmund Freud?
400
A bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in management would best prepare a graduate for what type of job?
What is a human resource director?
400
Once the researcher has concluded his surveys, he published his findings in a psychological journal. To help readers understand his findings, he included the names and crimes of each of his participants and their answers to each of the survey questions. He also explained that he sat down with each prisoner and gave them a phone number to contact him should they have any issues following their participation.
According to the APA Code of Ethics, which of the prisoners’ rights were violated in this step of the process?
What is anonymity?
400
most commonly used measure of central tendency
What is the mean?
400
A psychologist who uses the result of sleep to solve a patient's sleep problem is practicing __________ science.
What is applied?
500
Which approach to psychology concerns itself with methods to reduce discrimination against immigrants?
What is sociocultural?
500
investigates how depression leads to physical ailments such as ulcers and cancer
What is health psychologist?
500
A psychologist has approached a prison warden about doing psychological research with violent criminals. He would like to have the prisoners complete a survey about the crime for they were incarcerated. The warden has agreed to require all of his prisoners to participate in this research. Once the psychologist has collected all of the data, he sits down with each prisoner to discuss the outcome of his research.
According to the APA Code of Ethics, which of the prisoners’ rights was violated?
What is voluntary participation?
500
What is the mode of the following distribution: 63, 75, 75, 79, 82, 82, 84, 84, 84, 84, 91, 99.
What is 84?
500
TRUE or FALSE: Humanism differs from behaviorism and psychoanalysis in that it does not view humans as being controlled by external events or unconscious forces.