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TB1sChapters01:sMultiplesChoice
1. Thestypesofsthinkingsthatsexaminessassumptions,sappraisessthessource,sdiscernsshiddensbiases,sevaluatessev
idence,sandsassessessconclusionssisscalled
a. criticalsthinking.
b. introspection.
c. speculation.
d. gut-levelsreasoning.
ANSWER:sa

2. Surveyssindicatesthatspeoplesaresmoreslikelystossupports“gunssafetyslaws”sthans“gunscontrolslaws.”sThesessur
veysresultssbestsillustratesthesimportancesof
a. randomssampling.
b. wordingseffects.
c. thesplaceboseffect.
d. naturalisticsobservation.
ANSWER:sb

3. Questioningswhethersconclusionssareswarrantedsbysthesexistingsevidencesbestsillustrates
a. criticalsthinking.
b. functionalism.
c. thesbiopsychosocialsapproach.
d. introspection.
ANSWER:sa

4. Instheirsresearchsonspeople’ssperceptionsofshowsprisonerssaccusedsofsterrorismsaresquestioned,sDr.sPedersensansDr.
sMacDonaldshavesfoundsthatspeoplesaresmoresapprovingsofs“enhanced sinterrogation”sthans“torture.”sThissfindsdemo

nstratesswhichsofsthesfollowing?
a. survey
b. naturalisticsobservation
c. wordingseffects
d. casesstudy
ANSWER:sc

5. Patriciasrecentlysreadsansonlinesarticlesaboutsthesmeaningsofshoroscopes,swhichsexplainedshowstheslocationssofst
hesstarssatsone’ssbirthsdeterminessone’sspersonalitysandslifescourse.sPatriciasissskepticalsofsthissinformation.sShesco
ncludessthatsthesassumptionssandsconclusionssofsthissarticlesaresfaulty,stheswritersissbiasedsandslacksscredibility,san
dsthesevidencestossupportsthissclaimsdoessnotsjustifysascause-effectsconclusion.sPatriciashassengagedsin
a. criticalsthinking.
b. introspection.
c. speculation.


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d. emergentsthinking.
ANSWER:sa

6. Peoplesoftensfailstosmakesaccuratesgeneralizationssbecausestheysaresundulysinfluencedsby cases.
a. randomlysselected
b. vivid
c. representative
d. operationallysdefined
ANSWER:sb

7. Checkingsonsthescredibilitysofsthessourcessofsinformationsyoususesinsasclasssreportsissmostsindicativesof
a. asbiopsychosocialsapproach.
b. criticalsthinking.
c. introspection.
d. functionalism.
ANSWER:sb

8. Sixteen-year-
oldsMarcswouldslikestoslearnstosdrive,sbutshissparentsswon’tsletshim.sWhenshesasksswhy,stheysremshimsaboutstwosfamil
ysmembersswhosweresinvolvedsinscollisionsswithsyoungersdrivers.s“Teenagerssaresalwayssgettingsintosaccidents,”shis
sfatherstellsshim.sMarc’ssparents’sreasoningsbestsillustratessthesdangersof


a. replication.
b. randomsassignment.
c. thesplaceboseffect.
d. generalizingsfromsvividscases.
ANSWER:sd

9. Reasoningsthatsdoessnotsblindlysacceptsavailablesargumentssandsconclusionssillustrates
a. introspection.
b. criticalsthinking.
c. thespsychodynamicsperspective.
d. ansempiricalsapproach.
ANSWER:sb

10. Whenspeoplesgeneralizesfromsasfewsvividsbutsunrepresentativescases,stheysaresfallingspreysto
a. operationalsdefinitions.
b. hypothesizing.
c. hindsightsbias.
d. samplingsbias.
ANSWER:sd
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TB1sChapters01:sMultiplesChoice
11. Criticalsthinkingsmostsclearlysinvolves
a. asbiopsychosocialsapproach.
b. introspection.
c. evaluatingsevidence.
d. thespsychodynamicsperspective.
ANSWER:sc

12. Asrepresentativessamplesissonesthatsaccuratelysreflectssaslarger
a. controlsgroup.
b. correlationscoefficient.
c. dependentsvariable.
d. population.
ANSWER:sd

13. Asquestioningsattitudesregardingspsychologists'sassumptionssandshiddensvaluessbestsillustrates
a. behaviorism.
b. criticalsthinking.
c. introspection.
d. Freudianspsychology.
ANSWER:sb

14. Allsthosesinsasgroupsbeingsstudiedsmakesupsthe
a. population.
b. sample.
c. casesstudy.
d. survey.
ANSWER:sa

15. Jenniferswassworriedsthatstheswordingsofsthesquestionssinsasdietsandsexercisessurveysmayshavesencouragedsres
pondentsstosexpresssunusuallyspositiveslevelssofshealth.sJennifer’ssconcernsbestsillustrates
a. behaviorsgenetics.
b. skepticism.
c. criticalsthinking.
d. thesneurosciencesperspective.
ANSWER:sc

16. ToslearnsaboutsthesgamingshabitssofsallstheschildrensattendingsEastchestersHighsSchool,sProfessorsMatteosrando
mlysselectedsandsintervieweds50sofsthesschool’ssstudents.sInsthissinstance,sallstheschildrensattendingsthesschsaresconsi
deredstosbesa(n)
a. population.
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