In psychology, the correct conception of motivation was first described in terms of instinctive behavior. On whose theory was this concept largely based?

A. Hume
B. Descartes
C. Darwin
D. James

A researcher wishes to un an experiment, but is concerned that variations in the subjects’ intelligence quotients (Iq) might confound the results. All of the following are possible solutions to this problem except for ___________?

A. Using a matched-subjects design
B. Higher iq level relatively constant
C. Running a double-blind experiment
D. Randomly assigning subjects to groups

If we want to test our prediction that students who underline chapters as they read retain the information better than those who do not, we would first have to state this prediction that is ___________?

A. An experiment
B. A theory
C. A hypothesis
D. A hunch

The first step in any research project is generating a ____________?

A. Theory
B. Experiment
C. Hypothesis
D. Proposition

The school of psychology that argue that nearly all behavior is a result of conditioning and the environment shapes behaviors is labeled __________?

A. Gestalt, wertheimer
B. Psychoanalytic, freud
C. Behaviorism, titchener
D. Behaviorism, watson

Psychologists who typically apply psychological principles to diagnose and treat emotional problems, including mental illness and martial and family conflict, are in the subfield called ____________?

A. Biological
B. Clinical and counseling
C. Social and personality
D. School and educational

A researcher sits besides a playground, carefully observing a small group of children. The method being utilized is ___________?

A. Field study
B. Case history
C. Survey
D. Life history

An experimenter who has been carefully trained in the techniques of self-observation uses himself as his object. He attempts to analyze his own immediate experience into its elements. This study would most likely occur in the laboratory of ____________?

A. John watson
B. Max wertheimer
C. Hermann von helmholtz
D. Edward titchener

_____________ criticized the stimulus-response mode of thought?

A. William mcdougall
B. Thorndike
C. Watson
D. None of these

Any procedural variable which can cause a subset of the population to be non-representative of the population is a _____________?

A. Sample error
B. Sample bias
C. Population error
D. Population bias