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1. Hindsightcbiascleadscpeoplectocperceivecpsychologicalcresearchcoutcomescas
A) unpredictable.
B) inexplicable.
C) unlikely.
D) unsurprising.


2. JamiecandcLynncwerecsurecthatctheychadcansweredcmostcofcthecmultiple-
choicecquestionsccorrectlycbecausec“thecquestionscrequiredconlyccommoncsense.”cHoweve
r,ctheyceachcscoredclesscthanc60%concthecexam.cThiscbestcillustrates
A) acconfoundingcvariable.
B) randomcassignment.
C) hindsightcbias.
D) overconfidence.


3. Brandoncreadschiscpsychologyctextcregularlycandcattendscclasscmostcdays,csochecfeltcpr
eparedcwhenchectookcthecmidtermcexam.cHecjustcknewchecacedcthectest.cWhenchiscProf
essorcreturnedchiscexam,checfoundcthatchecearnedcacC.cWhatchappened?
A) Brandoncexperiencedchindsightcbias.
B) Brandoncwascoverconfident.
C) Brandoncengagedcincscientificcinquiry.
D) Brandoncperceivedcacpatterncincrandomcevents.


4. Ifcsomeonecwerectocflipcaccoincsixctimes,cwhichcofcthecfollowingcsequencescofcheadsc(H)can
dctailsc(T)cwouldcbecmostclikely?
A) HcHcHcTcTcT
B) HcTcTcHcTcH
C) TcTcHcHcTcH
D) Allcofcthesecsequencescwouldcbecequallyclikely.


5. Whichcofcthecfollowingccanchelpcuscsiftcrealitycfromcillusion?
A) intuition
B) scientificcinquiry
C) overconfidence
D) hindsightcbias




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6. WhichcofcthecfollowingciscNOTcaccharacteristiccofcacusefulctheory?
A) Itcorganizescobservations.
B) Itccannotcbecrefuted.
C) Itcimpliescpredictionscthatcanyoneccancusectoccheckcthectheorycorctocderivecpracticalcap
plications.
D) Itcstimulatescfurthercresearchcthatcmaycleadctocacrevisedctheorycthatcbettercorganizesca
ndcpredicts.


7. SigmundcFreud,cAbrahamcMaslow,cErikcErikson,candcCarlcRogerscallcdevelopedcwaysctoce
xplaincbehaviorscorceventscbycofferingcideascthatcorganizecobservations.cTheircideascareccal
led
A) theories.
B) patternscincrandomcevents.
C) thecscientificcmethod.
D) scientificcinquiry.


8. Psychologicalctheorieschelpcto
A) organizecscientificcobservations.
B) explaincobservedcfacts.
C) generatechypotheses.
D) docallcofcthesecthings.


9. Whichcresearchcmethodcrunscthecgreatestcriskcofccollectingcevidencecthatcmaycbecu
nrepresentativecofcwhatciscgenerallyctrue?
A) naturalisticcobservation
B) theccasecstudy
C) experimentation
D) thecsurvey


10. Everyctwenty-
fifthcpersoncwhocsubscribedctocacweeklycnewscmagazinecwasccontactedcbycmarketcresearch
ersctoccompletecacsurveycofcopinionscregardingcthecmagazine'sccontents.cThecresearcherscw
erecapplyingcthectechniquecknowncas
A) naturalisticcobservation.
B) thecdouble-blindcprocedure.
C) randomcsampling.
D) replication.




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11. Incstudyingcthecrelationshipcbetweencbodycweightcandcpopularity,cProfessorcVesciociscat
temptingctocdeterminectheccorrelationcbetweenctwo
A) replications.
B) variables.
C) randomcsamples.
D) placebos.


12. Accorrelationcofc+0.70cbetweencchildren'scphysicalcheightcandctheircpopularitycamongct
heircpeerscindicatescthat
A) higherclevelscofcpopularitycamongcpeerscarecassociatedcwithcgreatercphysicalcheightci
ncchildren.
B) thereciscnocrelationshipcbetweencchildren'scheightcandctheircpopularity.
C) beingcunusuallycshortcorctallchascacnegativecimpactconcchildren'scpopularity.
D) children'scheightchascnoccausalcimpactconctheircpopularity.


13. Toctestcthecpotentialceffectcofchungerconctastecsensitivity,cgroupscofcresearchcparticipantscar
ecdeprivedcofcfoodcforcdifferingclengthscofctimecbeforectheycengagecinca
taste-sensitivityctest.cThiscresearchciscancexamplecof
A) correlationalcresearch.
B) ancexperiment.
C) surveycresearch.
D) naturalisticcobservation.


14. Incacstudycofcfactorscthatcmightcaffectcmemory,cresearchcparticipantscwerecassignedctocdri
nkceithercancalcoholiccorcacnonalcoholiccbeveragecpriorctoccompletingcacmemoryctest.cTho
secwhocdrankcthecnonalcoholiccbeveragecwerecassignedctocthec group.
A) survey
B) control
C) experimental
D) correlational


15. Researchersccontrolcfactorscthatcmightcinfluencecacdependentcvariablecbycmeanscof
A) randomcassignment.
B) replication.
C) naturalisticcobservation.
D) operationalcdefinitions.




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16. Incancexperimentalcstudycofctheceffectscofcdietingconcweightcloss,cdietingcwouldcbecthe
A) controlccondition.
B) independentcvariable.
C) dependentcvariable.
D) placebo.


17. Incacwell-controlledcexperiment,cresearcherscseekctocminimize
A) confoundingcvariables.
B) informedcconsent.
C) replication.
D) randomcassignment.


18. Whichcofcthecfollowingcprocessesctypicallyctakescplacecshortlycaftercpeopleccompletect
heircparticipationcincacresearchcstudy?
A) randomcassignment
B) informedcconsent
C) thecdouble-blindcprocedure
D) debriefing




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