Psychology Quiz

What is psychology?

• The study of the human mind and behavior

• The study of plants and animals

• The study of outer space

• The study of computer programming

What is one argument against psychology being considered a science?

• Psychology is too easy to understand

• Psychology is based on astrology

• Psychologists only study physical phenomena

• Data is often inconclusive or can be interpreted in too many ways

How do psychologists operationalize abstract concepts like happiness?

• By ignoring them in their research

• By creating, validating, and testing functional definitions

• By asking participants to define them

• By guessing randomly

What is the scientific method/process used in psychology?

• Observation, hypothesis, experimentation, analysis, conclusion

• Guessing, assuming, concluding, publishing, repeating

• Copying, pasting, submitting, analyzing, concluding

• Observation, conclusion, experimentation, hypothesis, analysis

What is the main goal of psychology research?

• To understand human behavior and the mind

• To prove that psychology is not a science

• To sell self-help books

• To create chaos in society

How do psychologists determine causation in their research?

• By reading horoscopes

• By conducting rigorous, highly-controlled, and replicable laboratory experiments

• By guessing randomly

• By asking participants to guess

How do psychologists ensure the reliability of their findings?

• By guessing randomly

• By repeating experiments under the same conditions

• By avoiding analysis

• By never repeating experiments