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Psychology From Inquiry to Understanding DSM 5 Update Canadian 2nd
Edition Lilienfeld Test Bank
Chapter 1: PSYCHOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING
Multiple Choice Questions


1) The term refers to the use of everyday sources to understand and explain
human behaviour.
a. common sense
b. psychology
c. popular psychology
d. experimental psychology

Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-1
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4
Topic: Psychology and Scientific Thinking: A Framework for Everyday Life
Skill: Factual

2) According to the authors, much of the knowledge from popular psychology sources
a. is of no or very little interest to psychologists.
b. is contradicted by what psychological research has demonstrated.
c. is not able to be studied empirically.
d. is consistent with the results of psychological research.

Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-2
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4
Topic: Psychology and Scientific Thinking: A Framework for Everyday Life
Skill: Conceptual

3) When students begin to read through their introductory psychology textbook, they are
often surprised to learn that
a. commonsense explanations abound in the field of psychology.
b. many of their beliefs about the causes of thoughts and behaviours are incorrect.
c. psychology is a unique field of study separate from philosophy and biology.
d. psychologists do not study people's everyday behaviours.

Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-3
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4-5
Topic: What Is Psychology? Science Versus Intuition
Skill: Conceptual

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4) According to the authors, psychology is a method for
a. determining simple answers to complex questions.
b. restating commonsense findings in a more convoluted manner.
c. gaining deeper insight into how and why people think and act a certain way.
d. knowing how to turn people from maladaptive to adaptive actions, feelings, and
thoughts.

Answer: c
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-4
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Ref: 4-5
Topic: What Is Psychology? Science Versus Intuition
Skill: Conceptual

5) Evaluating personal relationships and the way we relate to other people involves the
level of analysis.
a. biological
b. social-cultural
c. psychological
d. interpersonal

Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-5
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5
Topic: Psychology and Levels of Analysis
Skill: Factual

6) A psychologist is often skeptical of claims suggesting
a. that a person's future behaviour is often difficult to predict accurately.
b. a particular behaviour is the result of a single causal factor.
c. a person's culture is a strong influence on his or her everyday thoughts and
behaviours.
d. people are influenced by others' thoughts and behaviours.

Answer: b
Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-6
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Ref: 5
Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating
Skill: Factual




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7) Trying to explain complex human behaviours, like violence, in terms of one causal
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factor, such as genes or video games, fails to acknowledge that
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a. biological roots to behaviour are more important than other causes
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PageRef:5-6
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Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating Skill:
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Conceptual
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8) Johanna is a researcher in Spain, and conducts research on how Spanish culture shapes
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body image in young Spanish teenage girls. Johanna is using a(n)
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Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-8 Diff: ik ik ik ik ik




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Type: MC ik




PageRef:5-6
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Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating Skill:
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d. Naïve realism ik




Answer:c ik




Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-9 Diff: ik ik ik ik ik




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Type: MC ik




PageRef:6
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Topic: What Makes Psychology Challenging—and Fascinating Skill:
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Factual
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10) We trust our common sense and may believe in popular psychology claims because we
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are prone to
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c. logical fallacies. ik




d. communalism.

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Diff: 2
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Type: MC ik




PageRef:6-7
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Topic: Why We Can’t Always Trust Our Common Sense
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Skill: Factual
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11) A major problem with common sense proverbs is that they often coexist with their
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complete opposite. This violates which principle of critical thinking?
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d. Falsifiability

Answer:d ik




Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-11 ik ik ik ik




Diff: 3
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Page Ref: 6-7, 23-25ik ik ik




Topic: Why We Can’t Always Trust Our Common Sense & A Basic Framework for
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Scientific Thinking
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Skill: Conceptual ik




12) You could tell one friend that ―haste makes waste,‖ and tell another friend that they
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should ―strike while the iron is hot.‖ That both claims sound reasonable would appear to
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violate the critical thinking principle of
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b. Extraordinaryclaims require extraordinaryevidence ik ik ik ik




c. Parsimony/Occam's razor ik




d. Falsifiability

Answer:d ik




Question ID: Lil 2ce 1.1-12 ik ik ik ik




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Page Ref: 6-7, 23-25ik ik ik




Topic: Why We Can’t Always Trust Our Common Sense & A Basic Framework for
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Scientific Thinking
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Skill: Conceptual ik




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