Psych Questions and Correct Answers 2024

Perception - Correct Answer Process of organizing and interpreting our senses perceptual set - Correct Answer What we expect to see based on our past experiences imperfect memory - Correct Answer Distortion of data: use of imagination to fill in the blanks How is truth found - Correct Answer by discovery and careful study Repressed memory - Correct Answer Memory that is unconsciously blocked due to the memory being highly stressful or traumatic Assuming - Correct Answer taking something for granted, accepting something as true that has not been proven or can easily be disputed Guessing - Correct Answer offering a judgement on a hunch or taking a chance on an answer without any confidence that it is correct What makes an expert - Correct Answer Education and practice in the field Making reliable judgements Distinguishing truth from falsehood Credible expert testimony needs to be unbiased 4 sources of knowledge - Correct Answer Perception introspection memory reason Opinion - Correct Answer to tell others what we think about something Evidence - Correct Answer to show others what we think makes sense Faith - Correct Answer Believing in something in spite of, or even because of, the fact that we have insufficient evidence for it Socially responsible - Correct Answer changing your response to impress the person giving the survey Detached - Correct Answer observer does not interact with individuals being study Participant - Correct Answer observer is involved in activity being study