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1. Whichloflthelfollowinglislanlevidence-basedlmethodlthatldrawslonlobservationlandlexperimentation?
a. criticallthinking
b. structuralism
c. empiricallapproach
d. humanisticlpsychology
ANSWER:lc

2. Thelempiricallapproachldrawslon
a. observation.
b. experimentation.
c. bothlobservationlandlexperimentation.
d. neitherlobservationlnorlexperimentation.
ANSWER:lc

3. ProfessorlThomasluseslscientificlproceduresltoltestlwhetherlwatchinglviolentlvideoslincreaseslthelfrequencylofla
ggressivelbehaviorlamonglparticipants.lThislbestlillustrates
a. functionalism.
b. Freudianlpsychology.
c. anlempiricallapproach.
d. positivelpsychology.
ANSWER:lc

4. Ceylanlislpregnant.lHerlfriendlclaimsltolbelableltolpredictlthelbaby’slsexlandlbirthldate.lToltestlthislclaim,
Ceylanlcanluse
a. introspection.
b. criticallthinking.
c. thelempiricallapproach.
d. thelbiopsychosociallapproach.
ANSWER:lc

5. Whichloflthelfollowinglisltruelregardinglthelfieldloflpsychology?
a. Itlislalpseudoscience.
b. Itlislalscience,lsimilarltolbiologylandlchemistry.
c. Itlislalfieldlthatlisloftenlconfusedlwithlscience.
d. Itlislnotlbasedlonlscientificlmethods.
ANSWER:lb

6. Puttinglalscientificlattitudelintolpracticelrequireslhumilitylaslwelllas
a. enhancedlcriticallthinking.

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b. albiopsychosociallapproach.
c. curiositylandlskepticism.
d. functionalism.
ANSWER:ld

7. Lesslhelpfulnesslandlunrealisticlacademiclconfidencelhavelbeenlassociatedlwith
a. enhancedlcriticallthinking.
b. allackloflcuriosity.
c. increasedlskepticism.
d. allackloflhumility.
ANSWER:l d

8. ProfessorlKimmonslrealizeslthatlresearcherslmaylerrlaslalresultloflpersonallbias.lThelprofessorlislexpressing
a. enhancedlcriticallthinking.
b. allackloflcuriosity.
c. increasedlskepticism.
d. anlattitudeloflhumility.
ANSWER:ld

9. Oneloflpsychology'slearlylmottoslwasl“thelratlislalwayslright.”lWhichlaspectloflthelscientificlattitudeldidlthislrepre
sent?
a. humility
b. respectlforlanimals
c. curiosity
d. skepticism
ANSWER:la

10. Inlalresearchlstudylthatlaskedl40,000lteensltolidentifylmathlconceptsltheylknew,lmaleslfromladvantagedlback
groundsloften
a. claimedltolknowlnonexistentlconcepts.
b. recalledlfewerltermslthanlfemaleslfromladvantagedlbackgrounds.
c. recalledlmoreltermslthanlfemaleslfromladvantagedlbackgrounds.
d. couldlnotlrememberlanything.
ANSWER:la

11. PsychologistlFathalilMoghaddamlnotedlthatlintellectuallhumilitylislnecessarylfor
a. anlempiricallapproach.
b. curiositylandlskepticism.
c. evaluatinglothers’lagendas.

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d. democraticlcitizenship.
ANSWER:ld

12. Threelkeylelementsloflthelscientificlattitudelare
a. skepticism,lenthusiasm,landlingenuity.
b. ingenuity,lhumility,landlcertainty.
c. certainty,lcreativity,landlcuriosity.
d. curiosity,lskepticism,landlhumility.
ANSWER:ld

13. Aldesireltoluseldataltolevaluatelpredictionslislrelatedlto
a. structuralism.
b. curiosity.
c. functionalism.
d. thelbiopsychosociallapproach.
ANSWER:lb

14. Inlconductinglresearch,lBrandonldemonstrateslalscientificlattitude.lWhichloflthelfollowinglcharacteristicslarel
partloflthatlattitude?
a. curiosity
b. indifference
c. certainty
d. sureness
ANSWER:la

15. VirginialinsistslthatlDr.lChewning’sltheorylregardinglviolentlbehaviorlbelcheckedlagainstlobservablelevi
dence.lShelisldemonstratinglthelscientificlattitudelof
a. humility.
b. skepticism.
c. practicality.
d. enthusiasm.
ANSWER:lb

16. Theltypeloflthinkinglthatlexamineslassumptions,lappraiseslthelsource,ldiscernslhiddenlbiases,levaluateslevid
ence,landlassesseslconclusionslislcalled
a. criticallthinking.
b. introspection.
c. speculation.
d. gut-levellreasoning.
ANSWER:la
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17. Questioninglwhetherlconclusionslarelwarrantedlbylthelexistinglevidencelbestlillustrates
a. criticallthinking.
b. functionalism.
c. thelbiopsychosociallapproach.
d. introspection.
ANSWER:la

18. Patricialrecentlylreadlanlonlinelarticlelaboutlthelmeaningloflhoroscopes,lwhichlexplainedlhowlthellocationsloflth
elstarslatlone’slbirthldetermineslone’slpersonalitylandllifelcourse.lPatricialislskepticalloflthislinformation.lShelconclu
deslthatlthelassumptionslandlconclusionsloflthislarticlelarelfaulty,lthelwriterlislbiasedlandllackslcredibility,landlthelev
idenceltolsupportlthislclaimldoeslnotljustifylalcause-effectlconclusion.lPatricialhaslengagedlin
a. criticallthinking.
b. introspection.
c. speculation.
d. emergentlthinking.
ANSWER:la

19. Checkinglonlthelcredibilityloflthelsourcesloflinformationlyouluselinlalclasslreportlislmostlindicativelof
a. albiopsychosociallapproach.
b. criticallthinking.
c. introspection.
d. functionalism.
ANSWER:lb

20. Reasoninglthatldoeslnotlblindlylacceptlavailablelargumentslandlconclusionslillustrates
a. introspection.
b. criticallthinking.
c. thelpsychodynamiclperspective.
d. anlempiricallapproach.
ANSWER:lb

21. Criticallthinkinglmostlclearlylinvolves
a. albiopsychosociallapproach.
b. introspection.
c. evaluatinglevidence.
d. thelpsychodynamiclperspective.
ANSWER:lc


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