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Researchers studying human memory have participants memorize lists of words. These researchers then record how many of the words the participants accurately remember after the passage of time and exposure to new information. When an eyewitness to a crime identifies an attacker in court, lawyers might illustrate the limits of memory by using this type of research:

A) practical
B) basic
C) elementary
D) applied

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Dr. Jones and Dr. Adams are both psychologists who work in the area of bullying. Dr. Jones is interested in how often bullying happens and the factors involved in bullying. Dr. Adams on the other hand, is interested in developing an intervention in helping victims of school bullying, feel better about themselves. Which one of the following statement is true?

A) Dr. Jones' work is best described as insight research; Dr. Adams' work is best described as basic research
B) Dr. Jones' work is best described as applied research; Dr. Adams' work is best described as basic research
C) Dr. Jones' work is best described as basic research; Dr. Adams' work is best described as applied research
D) Dr. Jones' work is best described as interaction research; Dr. Adams' work is best described as insight research
E) Dr. Jones' work is best described as applied research; Dr. Adams' work is best described as interaction research

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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In psychology, both the psychodynamic and cognitive perspectives are considered to be operating at:

Some of the ideas from functionalism live on in what more modern approach to psychology?

Although psychology courses have been taught in Canada since the early 1900s, the earliest independent Psychology Department at a Canadian university was not created until 1924 at McGill University.

The three important guidelines for effective time management are using written schedules, prioritizing, and constantly monitoring your progress.

Charles Whitman was a mass murderer with no previous history of violence. After Whitman committed several murders and suicide, an autopsy revealed that he had a malignant tumour in an area of the brain associated with aggression. Psychologists who cite this fact in an attempt to explain his aggressive acts are focused on which level of analysis?

When examining the many recent examples of violence in different cultures and around the world, a psychologist explains this is due to human beings' innate aggressive impulses. In order to reduce or eliminate this problem, this psychologist believes that we need to teach people techniques that will allow them to more effectively manage or redirect this aggressive energy. This psychologist most likely adheres to which psychological perspective?

Systematic empiricism is a defining feature of:

Wilhelm Wundt is credited with which of the following?

Sigmund Freud first thought that his patients were creating fantasies about being sexually abused as children, but he later revised this view and stressed that he believed these reports to be real and accurate.

Research on whether or not the presence of others will influence if an individual will stop to help a bystander would be an example of research taking which perspective?

In the 1960s, psychologists conducted a study at a summer camp for 11-year old boys. Researchers in the Robbers Cave experiment altered the conditions so that they were able to both increase group hostility (with competition) and decrease group hostility (with cooperation) . Through altering these conditions, the psychologists were demonstrating this goal of psychology:

Professor Jonas is interested in the prevention of depression in children. She examines some of the factors that can lead to depression as a result of poverty. So far she has investigated poverty in 10 different cities. This research would best be describes as

Since he was a little boy, Niko wanted to help people be healthy and he always thought he would be a doctor when he grew up. Now in university, Niko is reluctant to commit to pre-medical studies because he has seen the overuse of medication, and he believes he Can help people without drugs. Which of the following career paths in psychology might Niko consider?

The following is an important technical advancement in the study of the relationship between the brain and behaviour:

Which of the following statements about basic and applied research is true?

The specialty area in psychology that focuses on how the presence of other people influences an individual's behaviour, thoughts, and feelings is called:

The psychological defence mechanism that protects people from anxiety by keeping anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, memories, and impulses in the unconscious is called:

The fields of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology are example of which psychological perspective?