TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY FROM INQUIRY TO UNDERSTANDING EDITION BY
LILIENFELD 1
Chapter 1: PSYCHOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING
Multiple Choice Questions
1) The term ________ refers to the use of everyday sources to understand and explain
human behaviour.
a. common sense
b. psychology
c. popular psychology
d. experimental psychology
Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-1
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4
Topic: Psychology and Scientific Thinking: A Framework for Everyday Life
Skill: Factual
2) According to the authors, much of the knowledge from popular psychology sources
a. is of no or very little interest to psychologists.
b. is contradicted by what psychological research has demonstrated.
c. is not able to be studied empirically.
d. is consistent with the results of psychological research.
Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-2
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4
Topic: Psychology and Scientific Thinking: A Framework for Everyday Life
Skill: Conceptual
3) When students begin to read through their introductory psychology textbook, they are
often surprised to learn that
a. commonsense explanations abound in the field of psychology.
b. many of their beliefs about the causes of thoughts and behaviours are incorrect.
c. psychology is a unique field of study separate from philosophy and biology.
d. psychologists do not study people's everyday behaviours.
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-3
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4-5
Topic: What Is Psychology? Science Versus Intuition
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Skill: Conceptual
4) According to the authors, psychology is a method for
a. determining simple answers to complex questions.
b. restating commonsense findings in a more convoluted manner.
c. gaining deeper insight into how and why people think and act a certain way.
d. knowing how to turn people from maladaptive to adaptive actions, feelings, and
thoughts.
Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-4
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4-5
Topic: What Is Psychology? Science Versus Intuition
Skill: Conceptual
5) Evaluating personal relationships and the way we relate to other people involves the
__________ level of analysis.
a. biological
b. social-cultural
c. psychological
d. interpersonal
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-5
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5
Topic: Psychology and Levels of Analysis
Skill: Factual
6) A psychologist is often skeptical of claims suggesting
a. that a person's future behaviour is often difficult to predict accurately.
b. a particular behaviour is the result of a single causal factor.
c. a person's culture is a strong influence on his or her everyday thoughts and
behaviours.
d. people are influenced by others' thoughts and behaviours.
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-6
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5
Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating
Skill: Factual
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7) Trying to explain complex human behaviours, like violence, in terms of one causal
factor, such as genes or video games, fails to acknowledge that ______________.
a. biological roots to behaviour are more important than other causes
b. actions are multiply determined
c. individual differences prevent us from making any conclusions
d. behaviour is always reciprocally determined
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-7
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5-6
Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating
Skill: Conceptual
8) Johanna is a researcher in Spain, and conducts research on how Spanish culture shapes
body image in young Spanish teenage girls. Johanna is using a(n) _________ approach
to cross-cultural psychology.
a. etic
b. emic
c. apophenic
d. pareidolic
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-8
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5-6
Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating
Skill: Applied
9) __________________ refers to the fact that we mutually influence each other’s
behaviour.
a. Mutual exclusion
b. Kin selection
c. Reciprocal determinism
d. Naïve realism
Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-9
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 6
Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating
Skill: Factual
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10) We trust our common sense and may believe in popular psychology claims because
we are prone to
a. the confirmation bias.
b. naïve realism.
c. logical fallacies.
d. communalism.
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-10
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 6-7
Topic: Why We Can’t Always Trust Our Common Sense
Skill: Factual
11) A major problem with common sense proverbs is that they often coexist with their
complete opposite. This violates which principle of critical thinking?
a. Replicability
b. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
c. Parsimony/Occam's razor
d. Falsifiability
Answer: d
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-11
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 6-7, 23-25
Topic: Why We Can’t Always Trust Our Common Sense & A Basic Framework for
Scientific Thinking
Skill: Conceptual
12) You could tell one friend that “haste makes waste,” and tell another friend that they
should “strike while the iron is hot.” That both claims sound reasonable would appear
to violate the critical thinking principle of
a. Replicability
b. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
c. Parsimony/Occam's razor
d. Falsifiability
Answer: d
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-12
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 6-7, 23-25
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LILIENFELD 1
Chapter 1: PSYCHOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING
Multiple Choice Questions
1) The term ________ refers to the use of everyday sources to understand and explain
human behaviour.
a. common sense
b. psychology
c. popular psychology
d. experimental psychology
Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-1
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4
Topic: Psychology and Scientific Thinking: A Framework for Everyday Life
Skill: Factual
2) According to the authors, much of the knowledge from popular psychology sources
a. is of no or very little interest to psychologists.
b. is contradicted by what psychological research has demonstrated.
c. is not able to be studied empirically.
d. is consistent with the results of psychological research.
Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-2
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4
Topic: Psychology and Scientific Thinking: A Framework for Everyday Life
Skill: Conceptual
3) When students begin to read through their introductory psychology textbook, they are
often surprised to learn that
a. commonsense explanations abound in the field of psychology.
b. many of their beliefs about the causes of thoughts and behaviours are incorrect.
c. psychology is a unique field of study separate from philosophy and biology.
d. psychologists do not study people's everyday behaviours.
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-3
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4-5
Topic: What Is Psychology? Science Versus Intuition
Test Bank for Lilienfeld et al, Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding, 2ce
, 2
Skill: Conceptual
4) According to the authors, psychology is a method for
a. determining simple answers to complex questions.
b. restating commonsense findings in a more convoluted manner.
c. gaining deeper insight into how and why people think and act a certain way.
d. knowing how to turn people from maladaptive to adaptive actions, feelings, and
thoughts.
Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-4
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4-5
Topic: What Is Psychology? Science Versus Intuition
Skill: Conceptual
5) Evaluating personal relationships and the way we relate to other people involves the
__________ level of analysis.
a. biological
b. social-cultural
c. psychological
d. interpersonal
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-5
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5
Topic: Psychology and Levels of Analysis
Skill: Factual
6) A psychologist is often skeptical of claims suggesting
a. that a person's future behaviour is often difficult to predict accurately.
b. a particular behaviour is the result of a single causal factor.
c. a person's culture is a strong influence on his or her everyday thoughts and
behaviours.
d. people are influenced by others' thoughts and behaviours.
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-6
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5
Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating
Skill: Factual
Test Bank for Lilienfeld et al, Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding, 2ce
, 3
7) Trying to explain complex human behaviours, like violence, in terms of one causal
factor, such as genes or video games, fails to acknowledge that ______________.
a. biological roots to behaviour are more important than other causes
b. actions are multiply determined
c. individual differences prevent us from making any conclusions
d. behaviour is always reciprocally determined
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-7
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5-6
Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating
Skill: Conceptual
8) Johanna is a researcher in Spain, and conducts research on how Spanish culture shapes
body image in young Spanish teenage girls. Johanna is using a(n) _________ approach
to cross-cultural psychology.
a. etic
b. emic
c. apophenic
d. pareidolic
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-8
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5-6
Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating
Skill: Applied
9) __________________ refers to the fact that we mutually influence each other’s
behaviour.
a. Mutual exclusion
b. Kin selection
c. Reciprocal determinism
d. Naïve realism
Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-9
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Ref: 6
Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating
Skill: Factual
Test Bank for Lilienfeld et al, Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding, 2ce
, 4
10) We trust our common sense and may believe in popular psychology claims because
we are prone to
a. the confirmation bias.
b. naïve realism.
c. logical fallacies.
d. communalism.
Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-10
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 6-7
Topic: Why We Can’t Always Trust Our Common Sense
Skill: Factual
11) A major problem with common sense proverbs is that they often coexist with their
complete opposite. This violates which principle of critical thinking?
a. Replicability
b. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
c. Parsimony/Occam's razor
d. Falsifiability
Answer: d
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-11
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 6-7, 23-25
Topic: Why We Can’t Always Trust Our Common Sense & A Basic Framework for
Scientific Thinking
Skill: Conceptual
12) You could tell one friend that “haste makes waste,” and tell another friend that they
should “strike while the iron is hot.” That both claims sound reasonable would appear
to violate the critical thinking principle of
a. Replicability
b. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
c. Parsimony/Occam's razor
d. Falsifiability
Answer: d
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-12
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 6-7, 23-25
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