Exam I (50 points) I* - Plol gsr"HlY
1. Psychology is defined as:
a. the scientific investigation of thought processes
b. the understanding of abnormal behavior
c. the scientific study of behavior and mind
d. the study of mental illness and inner feelings
2. Psychologists use the term "behavior" to refer:
a. only to obvious actions, such as moving about ortalking
b. only to physiological processes, such as the activity of the brain cells
c. to anything that can be observed and measured in a systematic way
d. to anything people or animals do or experience
3. Rueben is a clinical psychologist. While he is at work Rueben probably spends time:
a. using scientific principles to solve practical, everyday problems
b. delivering human services such as psychotherapy or counseling
c. conducting experiments or collecting and analyzin g data
d. working with students in primary and secondary schools
4. A psychologist who extends the principles of psycholory to practical, everyday problems in the real world would be:
a clinical psychologist
a research psychologist
a psychiatrist
an applied psychologist
5. Anne is a psychologist who is currently collecting data in an attempt to understand how people influence and relate to
each other. Anne would most likelv be classified as:
a clinical psychologist
a research psychologist
an applied psychologist
a psychiatrist
6. A researcher who observes a behavior, detects regularities in the behavior, generates a hypothesis about the behavior,
and checks the accuracy ofhis or her predictions through additional observation is utilizing:
a. the scientific method
b. naturalistic observation
c. statisticalreasoning
d. good experimental control
7. Dr. Cakmak predicts that if the level of lighting on an assembly line is reduced, then worker productivity will
increase. Dr. Cakmak's prediction is an example of:
a. an independentvariable
b. a hypothesis
c. an operational definition
d. a dependent variable
8. Defining intelligence in terms of performance on a psychological test would:
a. represent an operational delinition of intelligence
b. be a testable hypothesis about intelligence
c. provide empirical verification of intelligence
d. violate general research ethics
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b.
c.
d.
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