MACE FINAL PAPER SOLUTIONS 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
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>> psychology
Answer: The scientific study of the brain and behaviour
>> emic perspective
Answer: - Perspective of someone in culture
>> etic perspective
Answer: - Study Behaviour from outsider perspective
>> 5 challenges of psychology
Answer: 1. Human Behaviour - Hard to predict
>> Theory vs. Hypothesis
Answer: Theorys have supporting evidences whereas hypothesis is an educated guess.
>> Naive realism
Answer: seeing the world exactly how it is when evaluating ourselves and others is problematic
>> meta physical claims
Answer: assertions about the world we cant test
>> Confirmation Bias
Answer: a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort
contradictory evidence
>> psudoscience
Answer: A set of claims that seem scientific but are not
>> Adhoc Immunizing hypothesis
Answer: an unproven escape hatch or loophole (fortune tellers when interrogated that the "vibes are
off")
>> Overreliance on anecdotes
Answer: - I know someone who.....
>> Bandwagon fallacy
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
>> psychology
Answer: The scientific study of the brain and behaviour
>> emic perspective
Answer: - Perspective of someone in culture
>> etic perspective
Answer: - Study Behaviour from outsider perspective
>> 5 challenges of psychology
Answer: 1. Human Behaviour - Hard to predict
>> Theory vs. Hypothesis
Answer: Theorys have supporting evidences whereas hypothesis is an educated guess.
>> Naive realism
Answer: seeing the world exactly how it is when evaluating ourselves and others is problematic
>> meta physical claims
Answer: assertions about the world we cant test
>> Confirmation Bias
Answer: a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort
contradictory evidence
>> psudoscience
Answer: A set of claims that seem scientific but are not
>> Adhoc Immunizing hypothesis
Answer: an unproven escape hatch or loophole (fortune tellers when interrogated that the "vibes are
off")
>> Overreliance on anecdotes
Answer: - I know someone who.....
>> Bandwagon fallacy