Psychology Practice Test 1 and 2

An adult is having difficulties adjusting to life after a divorce. Which subfield of psychology would be the best option to help him develop resources to cope?
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An adult is having difficulties adjusting to life after a divorce. Which subfield of psychology would be the best option to help him develop resources to cope?
Counseling psychology
A child in the concrete operational stage will not understand __________.
abstract thinking
Psychology today is defined as the science of behavior and __________.
mental processes
The first experimental psychologist is recognized to be __________.
Wundt
Harry Harlow showed that infant monkeys need __________.
touch
The Behaviorist view of psychology depends heavily on __________.
learning
Which approach to psychology emphasizes the unconscious part of the mind?
Psychoanalytic
Which of these was one of the early schools of psychology?
structuralism
The end of the sensorimotor period occurs when an infant develops an understanding of:
object permanence
Which school of psychology emphasizes the conscious mind and good qualities, such as self-actualization?
Humanism
The Strange Situation is a technique for measuring __________.attachmentResearch begins with a statement about variables known as a ____________.hypothesisWhich scientific approach would be best if one wanted to document an unusual condition in a person?case studyIf every member of a population has an equal chance of being selected into a sample, it is called _________________.randomIf two variables are negatively correlated, it means that if a score is high on one variable, it will be __________ on the other variable.lowIn a controlled experiment, the control group may get a treatment known as __________.placeboIf neither the subjects nor experimenters working with the subjects know which group they are in (experimental or control), it is called _________.double blindIf we find that rats remember better if given an injection of adrenalin before learning, then the independent variable is __________.adrenalinIf a study finds that IQ scores are influenced by how bright the lights are during the IQ test, then the dependent variable is __________.IQ scoresBefore doing an experiment, psychologists must get ethical approval from __________.an IRB