Psych 1000 Exam Questions and
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Being open-minded requires that a person - ANS✅✅evaluate both supporting and contradictory
evidence.
People are described as biased if they - ANS✅✅Have assumptions or beliefs that keep them from
considering evidence fairly
The psychologist most likely to study how people grow and change over time is the -
ANS✅✅developmental psychologist.
One of the strongest reasons that belief in psychobabble is difficult to eliminate is that - ANS✅✅it
validates and confirms existing beliefs
The birth of modern psychology is usually attributed to - ANS✅✅Wilhelm Wundt.
Students who think critically about psychology are encouraged to - ANS✅✅ask questions and
challenge assumptions.
Social psychologists have taken an interest in the brain and have developed a new specialty called -
ANS✅✅social neuroscience.
One contribution to psychology made by John Locke was - ANS✅✅the idea that the mind works by
associating ideas arising from experience
"Empirical" evidence refers to - ANS✅✅evidence derived from observation, experimentation, or
measurement.
According to Edward de Bono, persecutions, wars, and lynching are all a result of -
ANS✅✅Emotional reasoning
Beliefs that are taken for granted are known as - ANS✅✅assumptions
,The primary job of a counselling psychologist is to - ANS✅✅help people deal with problems of
everyday life.
Making objective judgments based on evidence involves - ANS✅✅critical thinking.
Critical thinkers are reminded to define their terms so that - ANS✅✅they don't have misleading or
incomplete answers.
Psychologists who take a behaviourist perspective focus on - ANS✅✅environmental rewards and
punishments that maintain or discourage specific behaviours.
Psychoanalysis differed from structuralism and functionalism in that it - ANS✅✅had a greater
impact on the direction of the field of psychology.
Researchers who study how biological events interact with events in the external environment to
create perceptions, memories, and behaviours are known as - ANS✅✅biological psychologists
People who hold strong feelings about a topic - ANS✅✅Tend to oversimplify the topic.
Do models of intelligence include problem solving? - ANS✅✅define key terms.
The "lazy thinker" is most likely to say - ANS✅✅"I just know it's true"
When asked if he believed in the death penalty, Jon answered, "People have free will and are
entirely responsible for any crimes they commit." This statement is - ANS✅✅an assumption.
"I hate my school, and so does everyone else," is an example of - ANS✅✅argument by anecdote.
I've always believed that sugar makes people act a little crazy, but maybe that's not really true" is an
example of - ANS✅✅analyzing one's assumptions.
Television commercials that offer testimonials from people who claim rapid weight loss with no
change in their diets usually rely on - ANS✅✅pseudoscientific evidence
, Of the following, the best example of psychobabble as defined in the text is - ANS✅✅"I don't
believe the research. In my experience, children raised by gay parents are more likely to grow up to
be gay."
Statement that best defines psychology? - ANS✅✅It is the study of how mental processes are
affected by an organism's environment and physical and mental states
best defines critical thinking - ANS✅✅It refers to the ability and willingness to assess claims and
make judgments on the basis of well-supported reasons and evidence.
Phrenology suggested that ________. - ANS✅✅different brain areas account for specific character
and personality traits
best defines the learning perspective? - ANS✅✅The learning perspective emphasizes how the
environment and experience affect a person's or animal's actions
_______ psychologists design and evaluate tests of mental abilities, aptitudes, interests, and
personality. - ANS✅✅Psychometric
Phrenologists believed that - ANS✅✅They could learn about people's personality traits from
bumps on the skull.
Observing, analyzing, and reporting one's own mental processes is known as -
ANS✅✅introspection
Among Wilhelm Wundt's main contribution to the field of psychology was - ANS✅✅the first
psychology laboratory
Freud argued that many psychological symptoms and disorders result from - ANS✅✅conflicts and
emotional traumas that occurred in childhood and are too threatening to be remembered
consciously.
The psychological approach that emphasizes perception, memory, language, and problem solving, is
called the - ANS✅✅cognitive perspective
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Being open-minded requires that a person - ANS✅✅evaluate both supporting and contradictory
evidence.
People are described as biased if they - ANS✅✅Have assumptions or beliefs that keep them from
considering evidence fairly
The psychologist most likely to study how people grow and change over time is the -
ANS✅✅developmental psychologist.
One of the strongest reasons that belief in psychobabble is difficult to eliminate is that - ANS✅✅it
validates and confirms existing beliefs
The birth of modern psychology is usually attributed to - ANS✅✅Wilhelm Wundt.
Students who think critically about psychology are encouraged to - ANS✅✅ask questions and
challenge assumptions.
Social psychologists have taken an interest in the brain and have developed a new specialty called -
ANS✅✅social neuroscience.
One contribution to psychology made by John Locke was - ANS✅✅the idea that the mind works by
associating ideas arising from experience
"Empirical" evidence refers to - ANS✅✅evidence derived from observation, experimentation, or
measurement.
According to Edward de Bono, persecutions, wars, and lynching are all a result of -
ANS✅✅Emotional reasoning
Beliefs that are taken for granted are known as - ANS✅✅assumptions
,The primary job of a counselling psychologist is to - ANS✅✅help people deal with problems of
everyday life.
Making objective judgments based on evidence involves - ANS✅✅critical thinking.
Critical thinkers are reminded to define their terms so that - ANS✅✅they don't have misleading or
incomplete answers.
Psychologists who take a behaviourist perspective focus on - ANS✅✅environmental rewards and
punishments that maintain or discourage specific behaviours.
Psychoanalysis differed from structuralism and functionalism in that it - ANS✅✅had a greater
impact on the direction of the field of psychology.
Researchers who study how biological events interact with events in the external environment to
create perceptions, memories, and behaviours are known as - ANS✅✅biological psychologists
People who hold strong feelings about a topic - ANS✅✅Tend to oversimplify the topic.
Do models of intelligence include problem solving? - ANS✅✅define key terms.
The "lazy thinker" is most likely to say - ANS✅✅"I just know it's true"
When asked if he believed in the death penalty, Jon answered, "People have free will and are
entirely responsible for any crimes they commit." This statement is - ANS✅✅an assumption.
"I hate my school, and so does everyone else," is an example of - ANS✅✅argument by anecdote.
I've always believed that sugar makes people act a little crazy, but maybe that's not really true" is an
example of - ANS✅✅analyzing one's assumptions.
Television commercials that offer testimonials from people who claim rapid weight loss with no
change in their diets usually rely on - ANS✅✅pseudoscientific evidence
, Of the following, the best example of psychobabble as defined in the text is - ANS✅✅"I don't
believe the research. In my experience, children raised by gay parents are more likely to grow up to
be gay."
Statement that best defines psychology? - ANS✅✅It is the study of how mental processes are
affected by an organism's environment and physical and mental states
best defines critical thinking - ANS✅✅It refers to the ability and willingness to assess claims and
make judgments on the basis of well-supported reasons and evidence.
Phrenology suggested that ________. - ANS✅✅different brain areas account for specific character
and personality traits
best defines the learning perspective? - ANS✅✅The learning perspective emphasizes how the
environment and experience affect a person's or animal's actions
_______ psychologists design and evaluate tests of mental abilities, aptitudes, interests, and
personality. - ANS✅✅Psychometric
Phrenologists believed that - ANS✅✅They could learn about people's personality traits from
bumps on the skull.
Observing, analyzing, and reporting one's own mental processes is known as -
ANS✅✅introspection
Among Wilhelm Wundt's main contribution to the field of psychology was - ANS✅✅the first
psychology laboratory
Freud argued that many psychological symptoms and disorders result from - ANS✅✅conflicts and
emotional traumas that occurred in childhood and are too threatening to be remembered
consciously.
The psychological approach that emphasizes perception, memory, language, and problem solving, is
called the - ANS✅✅cognitive perspective
