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1. Unconscious gut feelings, or ________, provide(s) a sharp contrast to explicit, conscious
reasoning.
a. theory
b. chance-based explanation
c. common sense
d. naturalistic observation
ANSWER: c
2. Commonsense thinking has several flaws. Which of the following is NOT one of those
flaws?
a. hindsight bias
b. overconfidence
c. scientific inquiry
d. perceiving patterns in random events
ANSWER: c
3. The hindsight bias refers to people's tendency to
a. dismiss the value of skepticism.
b. reject any ideas that can't be scientifically tested.
,c. exaggerate their ability to have foreseen an outcome.
d. overestimate the extent to which others share their opinions.
ANSWER: c
4. Francis is talking to her husband about their son, Marcus, who is in the tenth grade.
Marcus seems to have
changed dramatically. He has found a new group of friends, he stays out past curfew, and he
has been caught
smoking marijuana. Also, his grades have dropped significantly. Francis' husband remarks,
"Of course! Bad
associations spoil useful habits." This best demonstrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. overconfidence.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. perceiving patterns in random events.
ANSWER: a
5. A sense of humility regarding the accuracy of our commonsense thinking is most likely to
be undermined by
a. hindsight bias.
b. correlational evidence.
c. random assignment.
d. operational definitions.
ANSWER: a
6. The perception that psychological research findings merely verify our commonsense
understanding is most
clearly facilitated by
a. random assignment.
,b. hindsight bias.
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c. operational definitions.
d. the placebo effect.
ANSWER: b
7. Steven sees a group of teenagers walking down the street toward him. They are all
wearing jeans with holes
in them, black T-shirts with band logos on the front, and have spiked, colorful hair. He
thinks, "Birds of a
feather flock together." This demonstrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. overconfidence.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. perceiving patterns in random events.
ANSWER: a
8. Giving half the members of a group some purported psychological finding and the other
half an opposite
finding is an easy way to demonstrate the impact of
, a. the placebo effect.
b. confounding variables.
c. hindsight bias.
d. the double-blind procedure.
ANSWER: c
9. John Jacobs told one group of people that smoking marijuana has been found to increase
sexual desire. He
informed another group that smoking marijuana has been found to reduce sexual appetite.
The fact that neither
group was surprised by the information they received best illustrates the power of
a. cause-effect conclusions.
b. hindsight bias.
c. replication.
d. the placebo effect.
ANSWER: b
10. Several weeks after a political election, voters often exaggerate their ability to have
predicted the election
outcome. This best illustrates
a. the placebo effect.
b. random assignment.
c. wording effects.
d. hindsight bias.
ANSWER: d
11. Irwin Moore's banker has informed him that his bank account is overdrawn. When Irwin
tells his wife, she
angrily responds, "I could have told you that you shouldn't have put a down payment on a
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TB1 Chapter 01: Multiple Choice
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1. Unconscious gut feelings, or ________, provide(s) a sharp contrast to explicit, conscious
reasoning.
a. theory
b. chance-based explanation
c. common sense
d. naturalistic observation
ANSWER: c
2. Commonsense thinking has several flaws. Which of the following is NOT one of those
flaws?
a. hindsight bias
b. overconfidence
c. scientific inquiry
d. perceiving patterns in random events
ANSWER: c
3. The hindsight bias refers to people's tendency to
a. dismiss the value of skepticism.
b. reject any ideas that can't be scientifically tested.
,c. exaggerate their ability to have foreseen an outcome.
d. overestimate the extent to which others share their opinions.
ANSWER: c
4. Francis is talking to her husband about their son, Marcus, who is in the tenth grade.
Marcus seems to have
changed dramatically. He has found a new group of friends, he stays out past curfew, and he
has been caught
smoking marijuana. Also, his grades have dropped significantly. Francis' husband remarks,
"Of course! Bad
associations spoil useful habits." This best demonstrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. overconfidence.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. perceiving patterns in random events.
ANSWER: a
5. A sense of humility regarding the accuracy of our commonsense thinking is most likely to
be undermined by
a. hindsight bias.
b. correlational evidence.
c. random assignment.
d. operational definitions.
ANSWER: a
6. The perception that psychological research findings merely verify our commonsense
understanding is most
clearly facilitated by
a. random assignment.
,b. hindsight bias.
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c. operational definitions.
d. the placebo effect.
ANSWER: b
7. Steven sees a group of teenagers walking down the street toward him. They are all
wearing jeans with holes
in them, black T-shirts with band logos on the front, and have spiked, colorful hair. He
thinks, "Birds of a
feather flock together." This demonstrates
a. hindsight bias.
b. overconfidence.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. perceiving patterns in random events.
ANSWER: a
8. Giving half the members of a group some purported psychological finding and the other
half an opposite
finding is an easy way to demonstrate the impact of
, a. the placebo effect.
b. confounding variables.
c. hindsight bias.
d. the double-blind procedure.
ANSWER: c
9. John Jacobs told one group of people that smoking marijuana has been found to increase
sexual desire. He
informed another group that smoking marijuana has been found to reduce sexual appetite.
The fact that neither
group was surprised by the information they received best illustrates the power of
a. cause-effect conclusions.
b. hindsight bias.
c. replication.
d. the placebo effect.
ANSWER: b
10. Several weeks after a political election, voters often exaggerate their ability to have
predicted the election
outcome. This best illustrates
a. the placebo effect.
b. random assignment.
c. wording effects.
d. hindsight bias.
ANSWER: d
11. Irwin Moore's banker has informed him that his bank account is overdrawn. When Irwin
tells his wife, she
angrily responds, "I could have told you that you shouldn't have put a down payment on a
