PSY 110 Midterm Exam Questions With
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Reasons offered in support of a claim are referred to as - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-evidence.
Personal experiences, research studies, and statements by experts or
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authorities are all examples of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-information that
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can be used as evidence
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Haley said, "Lots of studies support the dual process theory of thinking."
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Dana replied, "Thinking is thinking. I don't believe there is more than
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one type of thinking. Anyway, dual process theory is just a theory." Dana
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does NOT realize that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-some theories are
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better than others because they are supported by more studies.
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The idea of critical thinking as reflectively thinking about one's own
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thinking is MOST related to - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-metacognition
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Open-mindedness, fair-mindedness, and a skeptical attitude are | | | | | | |
examples of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-critical thinking dispositions.
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,Lola said, "Scientists have not been able to prove that intelligence
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design theory is not true, so it is probably correct." Lola is showing the
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thinking error of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-arguing from ignorance or
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possibility.
Consider this statement: "Charles Darwin hypothesized that humans
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and dogs have evolved similar emotional expressions on the face, as in
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human and canine displays of anger. He based this hypothesis on
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observations that anger expressions in humans involve a pulling back of
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the lips to reveal the teeth, similar to the way dogs show their canine
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teeth in aggressive displays." The presentation of _____ make(s) this a
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basic argument. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-observations as evidence
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supporting the hypothesis | |
8. Kei was talking to her parents about her decision of what to do after
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college. She said, "I have decided to go to graduate school in counseling
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psychology because it is the occupation that interests me the most and
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is prestigious." Did Kei make a basic argument? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Yes, she provided a conclusion with evidence related to interest and
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prestige.
"In 1963, the psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an important
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experiment showing that participants were willing to administer high
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voltage shocks to other people in the study. This could explain why
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people such as the Nazis in World War II were willing to hurt other
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people in obedience to authority." Has a basic argument been made? -
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, CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Yes, because an experiment is offered as
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evidence to support a claim.
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Sharise said: "Research shows that a nerve cell can fire up to about
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1,000 times per second. Consequently, the brain has an upper limit on
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its speed of processing." Sharise presented a basic argument because
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she included: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a claim with evidence.
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The general term in the text that refers to mistakes in judgment and
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reasoning is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-thinking errors
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Anise usually has a good appetite, but she now eats less and sometimes
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skips breakfast. Her roommate draws the conclusion that Anise is
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probably on a diet. This is an example of a(n): - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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inference.
When reasoning proceeds from a general rule or principle to a specific
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case, it is BEST described as: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-deductive
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reasoning
Deductive reasoning is commonly used in science to: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-make predictions from theories. | | |
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Reasons offered in support of a claim are referred to as - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-evidence.
Personal experiences, research studies, and statements by experts or
| | | | | | | | |
authorities are all examples of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-information that
| | | | | | | |
can be used as evidence
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Haley said, "Lots of studies support the dual process theory of thinking."
| | | | | | | | | | |
Dana replied, "Thinking is thinking. I don't believe there is more than
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
one type of thinking. Anyway, dual process theory is just a theory." Dana
| | | | | | | | | | | |
does NOT realize that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-some theories are
| | | | | | | | | |
better than others because they are supported by more studies.
| | | | | | | | |
The idea of critical thinking as reflectively thinking about one's own
| | | | | | | | | | |
thinking is MOST related to - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-metacognition
| | | | | | |
Open-mindedness, fair-mindedness, and a skeptical attitude are | | | | | | |
examples of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-critical thinking dispositions.
| | | | | |
,Lola said, "Scientists have not been able to prove that intelligence
| | | | | | | | | | |
design theory is not true, so it is probably correct." Lola is showing the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
thinking error of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-arguing from ignorance or
| | | | | | | | |
possibility.
Consider this statement: "Charles Darwin hypothesized that humans
| | | | | | | |
and dogs have evolved similar emotional expressions on the face, as in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
human and canine displays of anger. He based this hypothesis on
| | | | | | | | | | |
observations that anger expressions in humans involve a pulling back of
| | | | | | | | | | |
the lips to reveal the teeth, similar to the way dogs show their canine
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
teeth in aggressive displays." The presentation of _____ make(s) this a
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basic argument. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-observations as evidence
| | | | | | |
supporting the hypothesis | |
8. Kei was talking to her parents about her decision of what to do after
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
college. She said, "I have decided to go to graduate school in counseling
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
psychology because it is the occupation that interests me the most and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
is prestigious." Did Kei make a basic argument? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Yes, she provided a conclusion with evidence related to interest and
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prestige.
"In 1963, the psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an important
| | | | | | | | |
experiment showing that participants were willing to administer high
| | | | | | | | |
voltage shocks to other people in the study. This could explain why
| | | | | | | | | | | |
people such as the Nazis in World War II were willing to hurt other
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
people in obedience to authority." Has a basic argument been made? -
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, CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Yes, because an experiment is offered as
| | | | | | | |
evidence to support a claim.
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Sharise said: "Research shows that a nerve cell can fire up to about
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
1,000 times per second. Consequently, the brain has an upper limit on
| | | | | | | | | | | |
its speed of processing." Sharise presented a basic argument because
| | | | | | | | | |
she included: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a claim with evidence.
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The general term in the text that refers to mistakes in judgment and
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
reasoning is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-thinking errors
| | | | |
Anise usually has a good appetite, but she now eats less and sometimes
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
skips breakfast. Her roommate draws the conclusion that Anise is
| | | | | | | | | |
probably on a diet. This is an example of a(n): - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
inference.
When reasoning proceeds from a general rule or principle to a specific
| | | | | | | | | | | |
case, it is BEST described as: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-deductive
| | | | | | | | |
reasoning
Deductive reasoning is commonly used in science to: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-make predictions from theories. | | |
