Psychology Ch.1

What is the best definition of the discipline of psychology

What is the major problem in relying on folk wisdom or proverbs to explain behavior

Which of these is likely to be characteristic of biased scientific investigation

Which guideline for the psychological detective is concerned with the question of cause and effect

You are required to write a paper on the usefulness of folk wisdom and proverbs in explaining human behavior. which of these would be a good title

You are designing a new course on "how to be a good psychological detective". in order to understand any event, you tell your students that they first must be able to answer which question

A television station is developing a program on arthur doyle and his belief. which is the best title

Steve is a fan of the dallas mavericks basketball team and is engaging in a debate to convince you they are the best

A study of communication patterns in dolphins yields results that probably did not occur by chance. the researchers are likely to describe their results as

Which research method focuses on gathering detailed info about one individual

Which aspect of a correlation coefficient tells you the direction of the relation between the variables. why

Which goal of psychology is most closely met through naturalistic observation

Which variable does an experimenter manipulate in order to determine its effects in an experiment

What kind of statistical procedure is used to analyze data after an experiment is conducted to determine whether the independent variable had a significant effect

Correlation does not imply causality. what does this mean