Exam 1: Psychology As a Science: Thinking Like a Researcher

Keeping researchers and participants "blinded" to (or unaware of) the research hypotheses under investigation helps to maintain:

(Scenario II) Alissa just found out her boyfriend, Jake, cheated on her. After her friend suggested Jake may be deficient in oxytocin, Alissa replied "What? Didn't you hear me? Jake cheated on me! Jeez, it's like you're not even listening." Alissa's perception of the relationship between oxytocin and monogamy reflects which natural flaw in thinking?

Karlie lives on the coast of Florida and from June to November each year she and her family maintain an emergency kit with food and water, as well as have materials prepared to secure the windows and doors in their home. Karlie's behavior during these months is likely related to a _____ regarding hurricanes.

Which of the following sounds the LEAST like a pseudoscience claim?

_____ is research dedicated to expanding the existing knowledge on a topic.

_____ is a strategy for judging the likelihood of an event based on how easily one can think of similar instances.

The false-consensus effect is the tendency to overestimate the degree to which others agree with your beliefs and opinions. Based on your understanding of processing biases, you know that this is most likely the result of:

Dr. Danica is a psychologist interested in examining the pleasure paradox. In an effort to induce the pleasure paradox in her participant sample, Dr. Danica should ask participants to:

Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman wrote the book entitled _____ in which he highlights the importance of failing to see the limitations of our immediate experiences and the tendency to take things at face value.

Psychologists replicate previous findings for each of the following reasons, EXCEPT:

The scientific method is a(n):

According to the _____, there is a tendency for more extreme outcomes to occur when considering a small sample as compared to a large sample.

Introspection is:

Going into the first exam, a professor asks his students how well they think they will do. In line with the better-than-average effect, the top _____ of class performers are likely to anticipate this effect.

In order to uphold your New Year's Resolution to eat healthier and exercise on a daily basis, which of the following foods would you be more likely to select, given your understanding of the representativeness heuristic?

Psychological science is based on:

What is an infographic?

Approximately _____ of full-time employees in the education field were undergraduate psychology majors.

The availability heuristic is a strategy for:

Imagine that you are a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen cancer foundation. When planning for an upcoming speech you remember the availability heuristic and decide to devote the majority of time to a _____ rather than _____.