Psychology Exam #1, Module 2: Research
Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and
Answer Questions.
same
Despite some gender differences, the underlying processes of human behavior are the
_.
biology, experience
Nature is to nurture as _ to _.
biology
The environment (nurture_) has an affect on us, but that influence is constrained by our
_ (nature).
John Watson
In the early 20th century, _ _ redefined psychology as "the science of observable
behavior."
functionalist, structuralists
William James would be considered a _. Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would
be considered _.
Wilhelm Wundt
In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, _ _ and his students measured the time lag
between hearing a ball hit a platform and pressing a key.
evidence, claims, credible, research, agenda
How can critical thinking help you evaluate claims in media?
Look for empirical _.
What are the _ based on?
Are there _ sources?
Have they done _?
Is there an _?
introspection
To study inner sensations, images, and feelings, Edward Titchener used a research
technique known as _.
behaviorism, humanistic
Watson is to _ as Rogers is to _.
physiologist
Wilhelm Wundt was both a _and a philosopher.
scientific
The suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas
BEST highlights the _ character of psychology.
wrong
Dr. Jenkins is a psychologist who places a high value on humility. Which question is she
MOST likely to ask herself?
Could I be _?
neuroscience
, Dr. Williamson is working with the National Institutes of Mental Health to determine if
omega-3 fatty acids have beneficial effects on mood and anxiety disorders. Which
perspective in contemporary psychology does Dr. Williamson's research BEST reflect?
Wilhelm Wundt
Professor Costa is studying the amount of time it takes to press the buttons. This is
similar to experiments conducted by which early psychologist?
positive
Talia has just finished reading an article discussing the traits—such as courage—that
allow firefighters to remain strikingly calm even when faced with overwhelming stress.
This article was MOST likely published in which journal?
_ psychology
Locke, blank
Regarding human traits, which individual would MOST likely agree with Aristotle?
The mind is a _ slate on which experience writes.
interest
How did the cognitive revolution affect the field of psychology?
It recaptured the field's early _ and made them legitimate topics for scientific study.
familiar
Easy-to-remember misconceptions ("Vitamin C prevents the common cold") can
therefore overwhelm hard truths. This power of _, hard-to-erase falsehoods is a lesson
well known to political manipulators, and kept in mind by critical thinkers.
hindsight bias
The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.
"I knew it all along."
inaccurate, fools
“The naked intellect is an extraordinarily _ instrument.”
“Those who trust in their own wits are _.”
will
Common sense describes, after the fact, what has happened better than it predicts
what _ happen.
overconfidence
The tendency to be more confident than correct—to overestimate the accuracy of our
beliefs and judgments.
hindsight, overconfidence, patterns
Our commonsense thinking is flawed due to three powerful tendencies: _ bias, _, and
our tendency to perceive _ in random events.
evidence
President Barack Obama (2017) warned that without a "common baseline of facts,"
democracy is threatened: "We become so secure in our bubbles that we start accepting
only information, whether it's true or not, that fits our opinions, instead of basing our
opinions on the _ that is out there."
fake, repetition, powerful, group
So why do post-truth era people so often, in the words of psychologist Tom Gilovich
(1991), "know what isn't so?"
_ news,
_,
Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and
Answer Questions.
same
Despite some gender differences, the underlying processes of human behavior are the
_.
biology, experience
Nature is to nurture as _ to _.
biology
The environment (nurture_) has an affect on us, but that influence is constrained by our
_ (nature).
John Watson
In the early 20th century, _ _ redefined psychology as "the science of observable
behavior."
functionalist, structuralists
William James would be considered a _. Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener would
be considered _.
Wilhelm Wundt
In 1879, in psychology's first experiment, _ _ and his students measured the time lag
between hearing a ball hit a platform and pressing a key.
evidence, claims, credible, research, agenda
How can critical thinking help you evaluate claims in media?
Look for empirical _.
What are the _ based on?
Are there _ sources?
Have they done _?
Is there an _?
introspection
To study inner sensations, images, and feelings, Edward Titchener used a research
technique known as _.
behaviorism, humanistic
Watson is to _ as Rogers is to _.
physiologist
Wilhelm Wundt was both a _and a philosopher.
scientific
The suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas
BEST highlights the _ character of psychology.
wrong
Dr. Jenkins is a psychologist who places a high value on humility. Which question is she
MOST likely to ask herself?
Could I be _?
neuroscience
, Dr. Williamson is working with the National Institutes of Mental Health to determine if
omega-3 fatty acids have beneficial effects on mood and anxiety disorders. Which
perspective in contemporary psychology does Dr. Williamson's research BEST reflect?
Wilhelm Wundt
Professor Costa is studying the amount of time it takes to press the buttons. This is
similar to experiments conducted by which early psychologist?
positive
Talia has just finished reading an article discussing the traits—such as courage—that
allow firefighters to remain strikingly calm even when faced with overwhelming stress.
This article was MOST likely published in which journal?
_ psychology
Locke, blank
Regarding human traits, which individual would MOST likely agree with Aristotle?
The mind is a _ slate on which experience writes.
interest
How did the cognitive revolution affect the field of psychology?
It recaptured the field's early _ and made them legitimate topics for scientific study.
familiar
Easy-to-remember misconceptions ("Vitamin C prevents the common cold") can
therefore overwhelm hard truths. This power of _, hard-to-erase falsehoods is a lesson
well known to political manipulators, and kept in mind by critical thinkers.
hindsight bias
The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.
"I knew it all along."
inaccurate, fools
“The naked intellect is an extraordinarily _ instrument.”
“Those who trust in their own wits are _.”
will
Common sense describes, after the fact, what has happened better than it predicts
what _ happen.
overconfidence
The tendency to be more confident than correct—to overestimate the accuracy of our
beliefs and judgments.
hindsight, overconfidence, patterns
Our commonsense thinking is flawed due to three powerful tendencies: _ bias, _, and
our tendency to perceive _ in random events.
evidence
President Barack Obama (2017) warned that without a "common baseline of facts,"
democracy is threatened: "We become so secure in our bubbles that we start accepting
only information, whether it's true or not, that fits our opinions, instead of basing our
opinions on the _ that is out there."
fake, repetition, powerful, group
So why do post-truth era people so often, in the words of psychologist Tom Gilovich
(1991), "know what isn't so?"
_ news,
_,
