PSYC 110N WEEK 1 TO WEEK 8 COURSE
ASSIGNMENTS FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Scientific Theory. Answer: explanation for a large number of
findings in the natural world
◉ Hypothesis. Answer: specific prediction based on a theory, which
can then be tested
◉ Meta-physics. Answer: The existence of God, the soul, or the
afterlife
◉ Belief Perseverance. Answer: Stick to our initial beliefs even when
evidence contradicts them
◉ Hindsight Bias. Answer: "I knew it all along": After the fact we
tend to think we would have predicted it all along
◉ Confirmation Bias. Answer: a tendency to search for information
that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort
contradictory evidence (we often don't focus on evidence that could
disconfirm a hypothesis
, ◉ Pseudoscience. Answer: Claims that seem scientific but aren't.
Lacks the safeguards against confirmation bias and belief
perseverance.
◉ Ad Hoc Immunizing Hypothesis. Answer: no predictions that can
disconfirm. (escape hatch to protect against falsification, there is
always an excuse for failure)
◉ Falsifiability. Answer: Theory that generates hypothesis that could
be disproved. Not all possible outcomes confirm theory.
◉ Barnum Effect. Answer: tendency to accept certain information as
true even when it is so vague it is worthless (Ex. personality
profiles)
◉ Apophenia. Answer: Over-detect patterns and connections among
unrelated of random phenomena
◉ Bandwagon Fallacy. Answer: error of assuming that a claim is
correct just because many people believe it
◉ Ad Hominem or against the man fallacy. Answer: uses irrelevent
personal biases about opponents
ASSIGNMENTS FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Scientific Theory. Answer: explanation for a large number of
findings in the natural world
◉ Hypothesis. Answer: specific prediction based on a theory, which
can then be tested
◉ Meta-physics. Answer: The existence of God, the soul, or the
afterlife
◉ Belief Perseverance. Answer: Stick to our initial beliefs even when
evidence contradicts them
◉ Hindsight Bias. Answer: "I knew it all along": After the fact we
tend to think we would have predicted it all along
◉ Confirmation Bias. Answer: a tendency to search for information
that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort
contradictory evidence (we often don't focus on evidence that could
disconfirm a hypothesis
, ◉ Pseudoscience. Answer: Claims that seem scientific but aren't.
Lacks the safeguards against confirmation bias and belief
perseverance.
◉ Ad Hoc Immunizing Hypothesis. Answer: no predictions that can
disconfirm. (escape hatch to protect against falsification, there is
always an excuse for failure)
◉ Falsifiability. Answer: Theory that generates hypothesis that could
be disproved. Not all possible outcomes confirm theory.
◉ Barnum Effect. Answer: tendency to accept certain information as
true even when it is so vague it is worthless (Ex. personality
profiles)
◉ Apophenia. Answer: Over-detect patterns and connections among
unrelated of random phenomena
◉ Bandwagon Fallacy. Answer: error of assuming that a claim is
correct just because many people believe it
◉ Ad Hominem or against the man fallacy. Answer: uses irrelevent
personal biases about opponents
