Practice Exam - Psychology & Science - Leiden University

Practice Exam
Psychology & Science

Week 1

1.What is not a reason for the replication crisis?

A) The variability of humans as research subjects
B) Journals refusing to publish replication studies
C) The recurrent fraud in the field of psychology
D) The refusal to publish insignificant results

2. All dogs are cats. All cats are blue. Therefore, all dogs are blue. What is the major term
of this syllogism?

A) Dogs
B) Cats
C) Blue
D) ‘All’

3.
All dogs are blue.
Some cats are blue.
Therefore, some cats are dogs.

With which Venn Diagram do the premises match and is the conclusion of the syllogism
valid?

A) Invalid




B) Invalid

, C) Valid




D) Invalid




4. What does propositional logic use?

A) Induction and venn-diagrams
B) Induction and truth tables
C) Deduction and truth tables
D) Deduction and venn-diagrams

5. The idea that truth and ideas are relative to context is called …

A) Relativism
B) Moral subjectivism
C) Objectivism
D) Dogmatism

6.
All dogs are animals.
Some animals are cute.
Therefore, dogs are cute.

Due to which bias are we inclined to say this syllogism is valid?
A) The confirmation bias