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Question 101

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Which type of psychologist would be most likely to argue that a criminal engages in unlawful behaviour because he grew up around older boys who engaged in criminal activities?

A) Gestaltist
B) behaviouralist
C) psychodynamic
D) functionalist

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Question 102

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Roger conducted a naturalistic observation as a project for a psychology class.He observed the interactions of parents and children at a football game.Many of the people he observed seemed to have noticed him.Roger forgot about the observer effect.

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Wilhelm Wundt 's student James Mark Baldwin was hired by the University of Toronto in 1889,but the faculty of the time were in conflict with his ideology because they embraced what they called the "idealist philosophy."

The most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology today is that it is the science of behaviour.

A negative correlation means that high values of one variable are associated with low values of the other.

Adaris has always been drawn to the saying "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," and she decides to incorporate this saying into her research project.Adaris is trying to define absence in a way that can be empirically tested.She is attempting to find an appropriate:

The class is playing a game of Jeopardy! and it is your turn."I'll take Specialties in Psychology for $300." The revealed answer is "These psychological professionals work with situations in which environmental conditions may have an impact on mental health." Just before the buzzer sounds,what will you say?

Each of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the Canadian Psychological Association EXCEPT:

Which of the following professionals in psychology focuses more on the environmental conditions that affect mental disorders?

The goals of psychology are to:

The question "How can it be changed?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?

Observing behaviour as it happens in real-life natural settings without imposing laboratory controls is known as the:

What is one of the major reasons that psychologists use operational definitions?

In 1879,in Leipzig,Germany,the first psychological laboratory was developed by:

Which of the following situations best illustrates the placebo effect?

Which goal of psychology is most closely met through naturalistic observation?

Which of the following terms do NOT belong together?

The magazine Desperate Wives publishes a survey of its female readers called "The Sex Life of the Canadian Wife." It reports that 87 percent of all wives like to make love in rubber boots.A more accurate title for this survey would be:

Name which of the following early psychologists would have been most likely to agree with the statement "The study of the mind should focus on how it allows us to adapt to our surroundings."

In preparation for his master's thesis,Tan spends some time in the local mall observing the behaviour of shoppers.His notes reveal a tendency for people to smile when someone,even a stranger,smiles at them.Later in the semester,he designs a questionnaire that asks questions of participants concerning their typical reactions when someone smiles.He wonders if the face of a person who smiles has any influence on returned smiles,so he designs a study to answer this question.Which of the following lists in order,from first to last,were the research methods Tan used?