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

Which of the following is most similar to the confirmation bias?

The "what you see is all there is" phenomenon leads people to:

When parents emphasize their children's good attributes, while selectively minimizing their negative attributes, they are displaying the _____ effect.

(Scenario III) After hearing about this study Kevin decides to go swimming every morning in a nearby lake in hopes it will make him happier. Kevin appears to have used _____ to come up with the idea to swim.

The pleasure paradox is when introspection about a _____ results in it becoming _____.

People are more likely to generate "yeah, but" examples for research claims that _____ their personal experience.

The experience of studying research methods is likely to instill which of the following career skills?

The "what you see is all there is" phenomenon is:

_____ is a bias in which people emphasize some pieces of information while undervaluing other pieces of information.

The overconfidence phenomenon is:

_____ is dedicated to solving a problem and helping people improve their quality of life.

A friend tells you that shaving more frequently causes hair to grow back darker and coarser than before. You think this sounds correct, so you vow to only shave once a week. In this case, you have fallen victim to a phenomenon known as:

The Moneyball approach to baseball represents a strategy in which team scouts rely on:

(Scenario II) Knowing that the divorce rate is at an all-time high, Scheele and colleagues (2012) teamed up with a clinical psychologist to determine whether intranasal administration of OXT may be an effective means to prevent divorce. Of the following career skills, which best characterizes what the researchers did?