PSYC 1111 Chapter 1 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Empirical |evidence |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Gathered |by |careful |obsevation, |experimentation, |
and |measurement
Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |discipline |concerned |with |behaviour |and |mental |
processes |and |how |they |are |affected |by |an |organism's |physical |state, |mental |state, |and |
external |environment
Psychobabble |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Pseudoscience |and |quackery |covered |by |a |veneer |of |
psychological |and |scientific-sounding |language
Critical |thinking |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |ability |and |willingness |to |assess |claims |and |make
|objective |judgements |the |basis |of |well-supported |reasons |and |evidence, |rather |than |emotion |
or |anecdote
Occam's |razor |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |principle |of |choosing |the |solution |that |accounts |
for |the |most |evidence |while |making |the |least |unverified |assumptions
Eight |guidelines |for |critical |thinking |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Ask |questions, |define |terms, |
examine |evidence, |analyze |assumptions, |avoid |emotional |reasoning, |don't |oversimplify, |
consider |other |interpretations, |tolerate |uncertainty
Wilhem |Wundt |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-First |person |to |announce |he |intended |to |make |
psychology |a |science |in |1873. |Established |first |psychological |lab |in |Leipzig, |Germany, |in |1879
Structuralism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |early |psychological |approach |that |emphasized |the |
analysis |of |immediate |experience |(sensations, |images, |and |feelings) |into |basic |elements. |The
|"what."
With Correct Answers
Empirical |evidence |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Gathered |by |careful |obsevation, |experimentation, |
and |measurement
Psychology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |discipline |concerned |with |behaviour |and |mental |
processes |and |how |they |are |affected |by |an |organism's |physical |state, |mental |state, |and |
external |environment
Psychobabble |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Pseudoscience |and |quackery |covered |by |a |veneer |of |
psychological |and |scientific-sounding |language
Critical |thinking |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |ability |and |willingness |to |assess |claims |and |make
|objective |judgements |the |basis |of |well-supported |reasons |and |evidence, |rather |than |emotion |
or |anecdote
Occam's |razor |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |principle |of |choosing |the |solution |that |accounts |
for |the |most |evidence |while |making |the |least |unverified |assumptions
Eight |guidelines |for |critical |thinking |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Ask |questions, |define |terms, |
examine |evidence, |analyze |assumptions, |avoid |emotional |reasoning, |don't |oversimplify, |
consider |other |interpretations, |tolerate |uncertainty
Wilhem |Wundt |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-First |person |to |announce |he |intended |to |make |
psychology |a |science |in |1873. |Established |first |psychological |lab |in |Leipzig, |Germany, |in |1879
Structuralism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |early |psychological |approach |that |emphasized |the |
analysis |of |immediate |experience |(sensations, |images, |and |feelings) |into |basic |elements. |The
|"what."
