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TB1 Chapter 01: Multiple Choice
1. Unconscious gut feelings, or ________, provide(s) a sharp contrast to explicit, conscious reasoning.
a. theory
b. chance-based explanation
c. common sense
d. naturalistic observation
ANSWER: c
2. Commonsense thinking has several flaws. Which of the following is NOT one of those flaws?
a. hindsight bias
b. overconfidence
c. scientific inquiry
d. perceiving patterns in random events
ANSWER: c
3. The hindsight bias refers to people's tendency to
a. dismiss the value of skepticism.
b. reject any ideas that can't be scientifically tested.
c. exaggerate their ability to have foreseen an outcome.
d. overestimate the extent to which others share their opinions.
ANSWER: c
4. Francis is talking to her husband about their son, Marcus, who is in the tenth grade. Marcus seems to have
changed dramatically. He has found a new group of friends, he stays out past curfew, and he has been caught
smoking marijuana. Also, his grades have dropped significantly. Francis' husband remarks, "Of course! Bad
associations spoil useful habits." This best demonstrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. overconfidence.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. perceiving patterns in random events.
ANSWER: a
5. A sense of humility regarding the accuracy of our commonsense thinking is most likely to be undermined by
a. hindsight bias.
b. correlational evidence.
c. random assignment.
d. operational definitions.
ANSWER: a
6. The perception that psychological research findings merely verify our commonsense understanding is most
clearly facilitated by
a. random assignment.
b. hindsight bias.
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TB1 Chapter 01: Multiple Choice
c. operational definitions.
d. the placebo effect.
ANSWER: b
7. Steven sees a group of teenagers walking down the street toward him. They are all wearing jeans with holes
in them, black T-shirts with band logos on the front, and have spiked, colorful hair. He thinks, "Birds of a
feather flock together." This demonstrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. overconfidence.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. perceiving patterns in random events.
ANSWER: a
8. Giving half the members of a group some purported psychological finding and the other half an opposite
finding is an easy way to demonstrate the impact of
a. the placebo effect.
b. confounding variables.
c. hindsight bias.
d. the double-blind procedure.
ANSWER: c
9. John Jacobs told one group of people that smoking marijuana has been found to increase sexual desire. He
informed another group that smoking marijuana has been found to reduce sexual appetite. The fact that neither
group was surprised by the information they received best illustrates the power of
a. cause-effect conclusions.
b. hindsight bias.
c. replication.
d. the placebo effect.
ANSWER: b
10. Several weeks after a political election, voters often exaggerate their ability to have predicted the election
outcome. This best illustrates
a. the placebo effect.
b. random assignment.
c. wording effects.
d. hindsight bias.
ANSWER: d
11. Irwin Moore's banker has informed him that his bank account is overdrawn. When Irwin tells his wife, she
angrily responds, "I could have told you that you shouldn't have put a down payment on a new car!" Her
comment best illustrates
a. hindsight bias.
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b. debriefing.
c. the placebo effect.
d. replication.
ANSWER: a
12. Formulating testable predictions before conducting research is most directly useful for restraining a thinking
error known as
a. random sampling.
b. hindsight bias.
c. the placebo effect.
d. random assignment.
ANSWER: b
13. ________ describes, after the fact, what has happened better than it predicts what will happen.
a. Theory
b. Chance-based explanation
c. Common sense
d. Naturalistic observation
ANSWER: c
14. Our tendency to believe we know more than we do best illustrates
a. naturalistic observation.
b. the placebo effect.
c. overconfidence.
d. random assignment.
ANSWER: c
15. American Shelly was certain that she would never marry someone from another country. However, when
she met Frenchman Pierre, she fell in love and decided to marry him. Shelly's experience best illustrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. random assignment.
c. the placebo effect.
d. overconfidence.
ANSWER: d
16. Research has shown that about two percent of people are able to accurately predict social behavior.
Psychologist Philip Tetlock (with Dan Gardner) has referred to these successful predictors as
a. overconfident.
b. victims of hindsight bias.
c. critical thinkers.
d. superforecasters.
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Name: Class: Date:
TB1 Chapter 01: Multiple Choice
1. Unconscious gut feelings, or ________, provide(s) a sharp contrast to explicit, conscious reasoning.
a. theory
b. chance-based explanation
c. common sense
d. naturalistic observation
ANSWER: c
2. Commonsense thinking has several flaws. Which of the following is NOT one of those flaws?
a. hindsight bias
b. overconfidence
c. scientific inquiry
d. perceiving patterns in random events
ANSWER: c
3. The hindsight bias refers to people's tendency to
a. dismiss the value of skepticism.
b. reject any ideas that can't be scientifically tested.
c. exaggerate their ability to have foreseen an outcome.
d. overestimate the extent to which others share their opinions.
ANSWER: c
4. Francis is talking to her husband about their son, Marcus, who is in the tenth grade. Marcus seems to have
changed dramatically. He has found a new group of friends, he stays out past curfew, and he has been caught
smoking marijuana. Also, his grades have dropped significantly. Francis' husband remarks, "Of course! Bad
associations spoil useful habits." This best demonstrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. overconfidence.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. perceiving patterns in random events.
ANSWER: a
5. A sense of humility regarding the accuracy of our commonsense thinking is most likely to be undermined by
a. hindsight bias.
b. correlational evidence.
c. random assignment.
d. operational definitions.
ANSWER: a
6. The perception that psychological research findings merely verify our commonsense understanding is most
clearly facilitated by
a. random assignment.
b. hindsight bias.
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c. operational definitions.
d. the placebo effect.
ANSWER: b
7. Steven sees a group of teenagers walking down the street toward him. They are all wearing jeans with holes
in them, black T-shirts with band logos on the front, and have spiked, colorful hair. He thinks, "Birds of a
feather flock together." This demonstrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. overconfidence.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. perceiving patterns in random events.
ANSWER: a
8. Giving half the members of a group some purported psychological finding and the other half an opposite
finding is an easy way to demonstrate the impact of
a. the placebo effect.
b. confounding variables.
c. hindsight bias.
d. the double-blind procedure.
ANSWER: c
9. John Jacobs told one group of people that smoking marijuana has been found to increase sexual desire. He
informed another group that smoking marijuana has been found to reduce sexual appetite. The fact that neither
group was surprised by the information they received best illustrates the power of
a. cause-effect conclusions.
b. hindsight bias.
c. replication.
d. the placebo effect.
ANSWER: b
10. Several weeks after a political election, voters often exaggerate their ability to have predicted the election
outcome. This best illustrates
a. the placebo effect.
b. random assignment.
c. wording effects.
d. hindsight bias.
ANSWER: d
11. Irwin Moore's banker has informed him that his bank account is overdrawn. When Irwin tells his wife, she
angrily responds, "I could have told you that you shouldn't have put a down payment on a new car!" Her
comment best illustrates
a. hindsight bias.
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b. debriefing.
c. the placebo effect.
d. replication.
ANSWER: a
12. Formulating testable predictions before conducting research is most directly useful for restraining a thinking
error known as
a. random sampling.
b. hindsight bias.
c. the placebo effect.
d. random assignment.
ANSWER: b
13. ________ describes, after the fact, what has happened better than it predicts what will happen.
a. Theory
b. Chance-based explanation
c. Common sense
d. Naturalistic observation
ANSWER: c
14. Our tendency to believe we know more than we do best illustrates
a. naturalistic observation.
b. the placebo effect.
c. overconfidence.
d. random assignment.
ANSWER: c
15. American Shelly was certain that she would never marry someone from another country. However, when
she met Frenchman Pierre, she fell in love and decided to marry him. Shelly's experience best illustrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. random assignment.
c. the placebo effect.
d. overconfidence.
ANSWER: d
16. Research has shown that about two percent of people are able to accurately predict social behavior.
Psychologist Philip Tetlock (with Dan Gardner) has referred to these successful predictors as
a. overconfident.
b. victims of hindsight bias.
c. critical thinkers.
d. superforecasters.
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