Evidence-based Policy

Question 1

People with little education tend to _____ their intelligence, whereas people with higher education tend to _____ their intelligence

Answer 1

Overestimate; underestimate

Question 2

In terms of evidence-based policy, “seeing is believing”: true or false?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Policy & research-based questions are interchangeable. True or false?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

“Should we legalise cannabis use” is an example of a(n) ______ question:

Answer 4

Policy

Question 5

“How does alcohol consumption affect concentration” is an example of a(n) _____ question:

Answer 5

Research

Question 6

______ questions aim to gain knowledge about how events interact:

Answer 6

Research

Question 7

______ questions aim to use research questions to understand what should be legalised/criminalised/enforced, etc:

Answer 7

Policy

Question 8

Simon & Chabris (1999) found that the phenomenon of ____ _____ had an effect on whether or not people noticed the gorilla:

Answer 8

Inattentional blindness

Question 9

Simon & Chabris (1999) were able to demonstrate that people have misconceptions about how the brain works. True or false?

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The _____ ______ theory explains our tendency to focus on one thing and miss several other important details:

Answer 10

Inattentional blindness

Question 11

Getting into a car accident because I was too focused on the cars in front of me rather than the car swerving into my lane is an example of what phenomenon?

Answer 11

Inattentional blindness

Question 12

Non-policy-based evidence may be ____ or ______:

Answer 12

Pragmatic; ideological/political

Question 13

A policy maker who does not want to legalise abortion due to his religious beliefs is an example of which type of non-policy-based evidence?

Answer 13

Political/ideological

Question 14

One limitation identified by Gregersen (1999) after publishing his preliminary report on learner drivers was that it did not account for which factor?

Answer 14

Hours spent practicing driving

Question 15

Why can we not use Gregersen’s (1999) research to make policies about how many hours learner drivers should spend practicing?

Answer 15

His research was age-based, not hours-based; there are socioeconomic differences between groups that account for how often people drive/how fast they can get their license; it was a preliminary report, not an experiment