You are growing venus fly traps in your fall garden and wonder which type of food will make your fly traps grow the biggest.  As a good general psychology student, you decide to perform an experiment.  You decide to test whether ants (the normal food for fly traps, despite their name) or crickets cause the fly traps to grow taller.  Using this information: What is the independent variable for your experiment? 2 points       What is the dependent variable for your experiment? 2 points       Describe your experimental group. 2 points         Describe your control group. 2 points         If you do not design your experiment well, what could be a potential confounding variable? 2 points

Who is associated with the development of operant conditioning, which involves the use of reinforcement and punishment? Sigmund Freud B.F. Skinner Carl Rogers Abraham Maslow

True or False: A good hypothesis must be falsifiable and testable. 1 point

Select all of the following from the list below that are true about reviewing the literature. 3 points Reviewing the literature is the first step in the scientific method. Reviewing the literature involves finding, reading, and summarizing published research relevant to your topic of interest. Reviewing the literature helps you determine whether your research question has already been answered and whether it is worth asking. Reviewing the literature helps you publish your research findings. Reviewing the literature can give you ideas about how to answer your research question. Reviewing the literature is an optional step in the scientific method.

Which type of research design is the only one that allows you to determine causation, that one variable causes another? Correlational research Longitudinal studies Qualitative studies Experimental research

Jairus is a psychologist who focuses on the role of thoughts and mental processes in his clients’ behavior.  What type of psychology does Jairus use? Cognitive psychology Biological psychology or biopsychology Humanistic psychology Personality psychology

A patient goes to see a therapist for help with her low self-esteem.  Her therapist emphasizes free will, personal control, a predisposition for good, and self-actualization.  To which school of thought does this therapist belong? Psychoanalysis Behaviorism Humanism or humanistic psychology Cognitive psychology

_______ is associated with the development of functionalism, while _____ is associated with the development of structuralism. Wilhelm Wundt…Sigmund Freud William James…Wilhelm Wundt Wilhelm Wundt…William James B.F. Skinner…William James

According to Piaget, children in the preoperational stage: understand logic and abstract reasoning think with their senses struggle with conservation and logical thinking fully understand object permanence

Which of the following represents the correct order of the types of memory? Short-term memory  sensory memory  long-term memory Long-term memory  short-term memory  sensory memory Sensory memory  short-term memory  long-term memory Short-term memory  long-term memory  sensory memory Sensory memory  long-term memory  short-term memory