Psychology: Quiz 1

Question 1

According to the authors, much of the knowledge from popular psychology sources

Answer 1

is consistent with the results of psychological research.

Question 2

According to your authors, the discipline of psychology is best thought of as

Answer 2

the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior.

Question 3

Modern psychology is best considered to be a

Answer 3

science.

Question 4

Professor Clark gives her students an assignment to develop hypotheses on global warming. To be consistent with a scientific method, students should develop their hypotheses based on

Answer 4

a well-supported scientific theory.

Question 5

According to your authors, ________ is the “mother of all biases.”

Answer 5

the confirmation bias

Question 6

The major difference between pseudoscience and science is that

Answer 6

pseudoscience lacks the safeguards against cognitive biases that characterize science.

Question 7

According to Occam’s Razor, evaluation of psychological phenomena demands the most ________ explanation to account for the available data.

Answer 7

Simple

Question 8

What individual is often credited with establishing the first psychological laboratory, thus establishing psychology as an experimental science?

Answer 8

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 9

The lasting contribution of the psychological school of thought known as structuralism is

Answer 9

the importance it placed on systematic observation in studying consciousness.

Question 10

The key to understanding human behavior, according to Sigmund Freud, was to focus on ________ and the ________ level of the human mind.

Answer 10

internal psychological processes; unconscious