Psychologists study animals because _______________?

A. Animal behavior is just as complex as human behavior
B. Experiments on people are generally considered to be unethical
C. The ethical treatment of animals is not mandated by professional guidelines
D. Similar processes often underline animal and human behavior

Which psychological perspective would be most likely to emphasize that people can learn to discontinue bad habits such as smoking?

A. Biological
B. Social-cultural
C. Behavioral
D. Cognitive

The first task in psychology is to carefully observe and to objectively describe ___________?

A. Animals
B. Behavior
C. Social institution
D. Symptoms of abnormality

An independent variable is _____________?

A. The only variable of interest
B. A variable that is independently verified
C. A variable whose value depends on that of the dependent variable
D. The variable that is manipulated by experimenter

A scholarly summary of a body of research on some topic is called ____________?

A. Case history
B. Literature review
C. Meta-analysis
D. Theory

Which is not an authentic specialty of American Psychiatric Association?

A. Industrial and organizational psychology
B. Mental retardation
C. Astrological psychology
D. Test and measurement

Psychological theories ____________?

A. Explain observed facts
B. Organize scientific observation
C. Generate hypothesis
D. Do all the above

The most helpful for revealing cause-and-effect relationship is __________?

A. The survey
B. The experiment
C. Correlations
D. Naturalistic observation

Which perspective is most concerned with identifying the limits of human reasoning?

A. Behavioral
B. Cognitive
C. Biological
D. Social-cultural

Which philosophical movement claimed that the human mind consists of elementary ideas that originate from sensory experiences?

A. Nativism
B. Empiricism
C. Dualism
D. Interactionism