Psychology Quiz

What term is used to describe the process of thinking deeply about something, considering its validity and evaluating evidence?

• Hindsight bias

• Peer reviewers

• Critical thinking

• Theory

Which term refers to the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it?

• Critical thinking

• Hindsight bias

• Theory

• Hypothesis

What is the term for a group of people engaged in the peer review process to assess the quality and validity of research before publication?

• Case study

• Operational definition

• Peer reviewers

• Replication

What is the name for a principle or the body of principles offered to explain phenomena?

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Falsifiable

• Naturalistic observation

Which term describes a testable prediction, often implied by a theory?

• Theory

• Operational definition

• Hypothesis

• Replication

What term is used to describe the ability of a theory or hypothesis to be disproven?

• Falsifiable

• Survey

• Correlation

• Random sample

What is the term for a precise statement of the procedures used to define research variables?

• Replication

• Operational definition

• Case study

• Sampling bias

Which term refers to the repetition of a research study to confirm the results?

• Replication

• Survey

• Naturalistic observation

• Longitudinal study

What is the term for an observational technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles?

• Case study

• Survey

• Cross sectional study

• Longitudinal study

What term describes a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of them?

• Naturalistic observation

• Survey

• Case study

• Sampling bias