J. Merrill

Psy 100

Chpt 1 Muddies

1. Please match the following items:

_____biological psych A. brain and behavior

_____cognitive psych B. medical doctor

_____social psych C. environmental influences

_____IO psych D. memory, intelligence

_____clinical psych E. workplace issues

_____psychiatrist F. therapy

2. When you know you’re being observed it’s called ________; when you don’t know you’re being observed it’s called_____.

A. case study; naturalistic observation

B. unobtrusive measures; a correlation

C. survey; an experiment

D. naturalistic observation; unobtrusive measures

3. _____ is important to the field of psychology because he established the first psychology laboratory.

A. Freud

B. Skinner

C. Wundt

D. Pavlov

4. Define the term correlation. What does correlational research allow us to do? What is the great disadvantage to correlational research?

5. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

True False

6. Samantha and Bob are both participants in an experiment studying the effect that noise has on learning. It is hypothesized that the ability to learn decreases when a person is subjected to any type of loud noise. Samantha sits in a room and tries to learn a list of 20 words while listening to music at a high volume. Bob tries to learn the same list of words, but is not exposed to the noise.

a. Identify the IV and DV in the hypothesis.

b. Identify who is in the experimental group and who is in the control group.