Psychology Test 2

Question 1

What does it mean to say that Psychology is a “crossroads” discipline

Answer 1

its a bit of soft science (social science)

and a bit of hard science (natural science)

Question 2

Psychology can be considered a science because it uses the ___________ to answer questions

Answer 2

scientific method

Question 3

Psychology is the study of _________ and ___________

Answer 3

behavior and mental processes

Question 4

Why do we need the scientific method in psychology?

Answer 4

Intuitions are sometimes wrong because what we think is true is often not/things are not always as they seem
forces us to pay attention to the facts

Question 5

What does it mean to have a scientific attidude

Answer 5

curiosity, skepticism, humility

Question 6

tendency to rely to heavily on ‘gut instinct”

Answer 6

overconfidence

Question 7

type of overconfidence, looking back and thinking that was obvious

Answer 7

hindsight bias

Question 8

the urge for knowledge

Answer 8

curiosity

Question 9

willingness to question; to be inquisitive to want proof

Answer 9

skepticism

Question 10

willingness to admit being wrong

Answer 10

humility

Question 11

Is it ethical to use animals in psychology experiments

Answer 11

The APA establishes guidelines of how animals can be used in experiments of how animals can be used in experiments
there must be general concern of the welfare of animals used in the experiments regardless of cuteness

Question 12

Is it ethical to use people in psychology experiments?

Answer 12

Yes but it depends,

1. full consent
2. protected from harm- both psychological and physical
3. identities protected
4. experiment must be fully explained to participants at the end

Question 13

How can the study of psychology be considered dangerous?

Answer 13

psychology knowledge can be used to manipulate

experiments could go wrong