Theoretically, random assignment should eliminate
A. the need to use statistics.
B. concerns over validity.
C. many confounding variables.
Psychologists generally prefer the experimental method to other research methods because
A. experiments are more likely to support psychologists’ hypotheses.
B. experiments can show cause-effect relationships.
C. it is easier to obtain a random sample for an experiment.
D. double-blind designs are unnecessary in an experiment.
Dr. Marco explains to a client that his feelings of hostility toward a coworker are most likely caused by the way the client interprets the coworker’s actions and the way he thinks that people should behave at work. Dr. Marco is most likely working from what perspective?
A. behavioral
B. cognitive
C. psychoanalytic
D. humanist (more…)
In what way might a behaviorist disagree with a cognitive psychologist about the cause of aggression?
A. A behaviorist might state that aggression is caused by memories or ways we think about aggressive behavior, while a cognitive psychologist might say aggression is caused by a past repressed experience.
B. A behaviorist might state that aggression is a behavior encouraged by our genetic code, while a cognitive psychologist might state that aggression is caused by memories or ways we think about aggressive behavior.
C. A behaviorist might state that aggression is caused by past rewards for aggressive behavior, while a cognitive psychologist might believe aggression is caused by an expressed desire to fulfill certain life needs.
D. A behaviorist might state that aggression is caused by past rewards for aggressive behavior, while a cognitive psychologist might believe aggression is caused by memories or ways we think about aggressive behavior. (more…)
Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory has been criticized for being
A. appropriate for female patients, but not male patients.
B. only applicable to research settings, not therapy settings.
C. based on large groups, not individual cases.
D. unscientific and unverifiable. (more…)
John Watson relied on the pioneering work of __________ in establishing behaviorism as a paradigm of psychology
A. B. F. Skinner
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. William James
D. Ivan Pavlov (more…)
Which of the following concepts is most integral to Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory?
A. trephining
B. structuralism
C. the unconscious mind
D. the concept of Gestalt (more…)
Behaviorists explain human thought and behavior as a result of______
A. past conditioning.
B. unconscious behavioral impulses.
C. natural selections.
D. biological processes. (more…)
A therapist who says that she uses whatever psychological perspective “works best” for each patient might be best described as__________
A. social-cultural.
B. humanist.
C. eclectic.
D. psychoanalytic. (more…)
Symbolic dream analysis might be an important research technique to a psychologist from which of the following perspectives?
A. behaviorist
B. bio psychologist
C. psychoanalytic
D. evolutionary (more…)