RM Chapter 6 Quiz

RM Chapter 6 Quiz

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RM Chapter 6 Quiz

RM Chapter 6 Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the textbook, folk psychology can be defined as:

Tendency to focus on cases that confirm our intuitive beliefs and to disregard cases that disconfirm our beliefs.

Mental shortcuts in forming and maintaining our beliefs.

Intuitive beliefs about people’s behavior, thoughts, and feelings.

Accepting that there are many things that we simply do not know.

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The two ways of demarcating science discussed in class are (select both):

Science can be observed

Science can be proven correct

Science can be disproved, or proven incorrect

Science relies on intuition and authority

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A _____ is a set of proposed ideas to explain a phenomena

Theory

Hypothesis

Parsimony

Method

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a double-blind peer review:

Both the reviewers and researchers know each others' identity

The researchers know, but the reviewers don't know, each others' identity

The reviewers know, but the researchers don't know, each others' identity

Neither the reviewers nor researchers know each others' identity

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A good operational definition is valid, meaning that it:

Is the simplest explanation

Measures what we think we're measuring

Is consistent over time

Quantifies a psychological construct by administration of a test

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The field of psychology concerned with the theories and techniques of psychological measurement is known as:

Psychotesting

Psychoinstrumentation

Psychomeasurements

Psychometrics

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ________ variable is a variable that causes the two variables that we are researching to be related, and results in spurious correlations

Manipulated

Independent

Dependent

Third

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