PSYC 2101 Chapter 2 well answered
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Pavlina believes that people in red cars are much more likely to speed than people in cars of
other colors. She is probably the victim of what tendency?
a. the present/present bias
b. cherry-picking evidence
c. the bias blind spot
d. the availability heuristic - correct answer ✔✔a. the present/present bias
The idea that things that easily come to mind tend to guide our thinking is known as which of
the following?
a. the availability heuristic
b. representativeness heuristic
c. the present/present bias
d. the confirmation bias - correct answer ✔✔a. the availability heuristic
A school district decides to compare a new math textbook to the textbook that has been in use
for the past few years. Each of the fourth graders in one school is assigned to be in one of two
classes, one in which a teacher continues using the old book and another in which a new
teacher uses the new book. The school administrators compare the average scores of the two
classes on a mathematics standardized test at the end of the year to determine which book is
better. Which of the following is a potential confound in this study?
a. Both classes have children who report that they do not like math.
, b. The teachers have different amounts of experience using the books.
c. The standardized test is graded incorrectly.
d. There are different children in fourth grade this year than there were last year. - correct
answer ✔✔b. The teachers have different amounts of experience using the books.
In research, a confound is ____________.
a. when the outcome of a study contradicts the researcher's hypothesis.
b. the difficulty we experience in thinking of counter-examples to our beliefs.
c. an alternative explanation for an outcome that comes about because more than one thing
changed at the same time.
d. an instance when the actual outcome is contrary to the probabilistic prediction. - correct
answer ✔✔c. an alternative explanation for an outcome that comes about because more than
one thing changed at the same time.
Dr. Friedman suspects that women who work outside of the home might be frustrated with the
balance of responsibilities in their household. She devises a survey to give to married women
employed outside the home that includes the question Does your spouse bother to help you
around the house? What is the problem with Dr. Friedman's approach?
a. It reflects the present/present bias.
b. It is an example of faulty thinking.
c. It is an example of confirmatory hypothesis testing.
d. It is cherry-picking the evidence. - correct answer ✔✔c. It is an example of confirmatory
hypothesis testing.
Which of the following is NOT an example of faulty thinking that might occur when relying on
intuition?
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Pavlina believes that people in red cars are much more likely to speed than people in cars of
other colors. She is probably the victim of what tendency?
a. the present/present bias
b. cherry-picking evidence
c. the bias blind spot
d. the availability heuristic - correct answer ✔✔a. the present/present bias
The idea that things that easily come to mind tend to guide our thinking is known as which of
the following?
a. the availability heuristic
b. representativeness heuristic
c. the present/present bias
d. the confirmation bias - correct answer ✔✔a. the availability heuristic
A school district decides to compare a new math textbook to the textbook that has been in use
for the past few years. Each of the fourth graders in one school is assigned to be in one of two
classes, one in which a teacher continues using the old book and another in which a new
teacher uses the new book. The school administrators compare the average scores of the two
classes on a mathematics standardized test at the end of the year to determine which book is
better. Which of the following is a potential confound in this study?
a. Both classes have children who report that they do not like math.
, b. The teachers have different amounts of experience using the books.
c. The standardized test is graded incorrectly.
d. There are different children in fourth grade this year than there were last year. - correct
answer ✔✔b. The teachers have different amounts of experience using the books.
In research, a confound is ____________.
a. when the outcome of a study contradicts the researcher's hypothesis.
b. the difficulty we experience in thinking of counter-examples to our beliefs.
c. an alternative explanation for an outcome that comes about because more than one thing
changed at the same time.
d. an instance when the actual outcome is contrary to the probabilistic prediction. - correct
answer ✔✔c. an alternative explanation for an outcome that comes about because more than
one thing changed at the same time.
Dr. Friedman suspects that women who work outside of the home might be frustrated with the
balance of responsibilities in their household. She devises a survey to give to married women
employed outside the home that includes the question Does your spouse bother to help you
around the house? What is the problem with Dr. Friedman's approach?
a. It reflects the present/present bias.
b. It is an example of faulty thinking.
c. It is an example of confirmatory hypothesis testing.
d. It is cherry-picking the evidence. - correct answer ✔✔c. It is an example of confirmatory
hypothesis testing.
Which of the following is NOT an example of faulty thinking that might occur when relying on
intuition?
