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In an experiment to assess the effects of a new hay fever drug, two groups are used. One group is given the drug while the second group is given a pill that contains no medication but looks and tastes exactly like the one containing the drug. The group getting the pill that contains the hay fever drug is called the ________ group.


A) control
B) experimental
C) dependent
D) independent

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Currently, with regard to research using animals, the APA ________.


A) only requires that animals may not be killed as a normal part of research
B) has no ethical guidelines
C) requires that researchers must ensure appropriate consideration of animals' comfort health, and humane treatment
D) forbids the use of animals except in research involving life-threatening disorders

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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A group of psychologists studies how people influence one another, exploring issues such as first impressions, interpersonal attraction, and how attitudes are formed and maintained. These psychologists are most likely to be ________ psychologists.


A) developmental
B) experimental
C) social
D) personality

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Identify and briefly explain the five enduring issues that draw psychologists together from the various subfields of psychology.

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A psychologist reads a lengthy story to a group of people and then observes the kinds of things they remember, the ways in which their recollections change over time, and the sorts of errors in their memories that occur. This psychologist is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.


A) behavioral
B) humanistic
C) cognitive
D) existential

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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A noted scientist argues that experience can be broken down into physical sensations (including sights and sounds) , affections or feelings (which are like sensations but less clear) , and images (such as memories or dreams) . This scientist is most likely a follower of ________.


A) Galton
B) Wundt
C) James
D) Titchener

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following is an example of correlational research?


A) A historian conducts an extensive study of the factors that led to the American defeat at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
B) A researcher tracks smokers and nonsmokers to see how many of them get lung cancer and if there are significant differences in lung cancer rates between the two groups.
C) A researcher interviews taxpayers to find out how strongly they would support a proposal for a "flat" tax.
D) A researcher randomly divides her participants into two groups, giving one group a powerful new medicine while the other group gets a placebo.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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James suggested that ________ allow us to benefit from previous experience.


A) atoms of experience
B) rewards and punishments
C) mental associations
D) dreams

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Wundt used the term ________ to describe his view of psychology.


A) voluntarism
B) cognitism
C) Gestaltism
D) mentalism

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Consider the following experiment. Children are drawn from high-, middle-, and low-income households. All the children are divided into two groups. One group watches "Sesame Street" on TV every day for a month while the other group watches cartoons. Both groups are then given a test that measures creativity. In this study, ________.


A) the independent variable is what the children watch on TV
B) the independent variable is the children's scores on the creativity test
C) the independent variable is the children's socioeconomic class
D) there is no independent variable; this is a correlational study

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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In recent years, several Japanese automobile companies have opened manufacturing plants in the United States, bringing Japanese management practices with them. For the most part, American workers at these plants have refused to unionize in the traditional American mold, preferring to work under the Japanese model. Of the following mental health professionals, ________ psychologists would probably be most interested in these events.


A) developmental
B) industrial/organizational
C) social
D) experimental

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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A sample in which everyone in a population has an equal chance of being selected to the sample is known as a ________ sample.


A) biased
B) representative
C) stratified
D) random

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Psychologists are interested in ________.


A) every aspect of human thoughts, feelings, and actions
B) aspects of human behavior, but not human thought
C) aspects of human thought, but not human behavior
D) only major aspects of human thought and behavior

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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A therapist has you lie on a couch and describe your dreams, and say whatever comes into your mind. This therapist is using a technique known as ________.


A) reflection
B) pole-shifting
C) the empty chair
D) free association

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Freud argued that human beings are rational and have free will.

A) True
B) False

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The basic units of experience and their combinations were the foundation of ________.


A) functionalism
B) Gestalt psychology
C) structuralism
D) behaviorism

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Physiological psychologists investigate the biological bases of behaviors, thoughts, and emotions.

A) True
B) False

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Positive psychologists are most similar in their beliefs to ________.


A) behaviorists
B) Gestalt theorists
C) humanists
D) psychodynamic theorists

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Explain the goals and interests of evolutionary psychology. Explain how evolutionary psychologists and cognitive psychologists differ in their views of the human brain.

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The idea that psychology should be based only on observable, measurable behavior is central to ________.


A) cognitive theory
B) psychodynamic theory
C) structuralism
D) behaviorism

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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