Exam 1: Scientific Understanding of Behavior

A general rule to help detect pseudoscience is to:

Which of the following is an advantage of the scientific approach over other ways of knowing about the world?

In determining the cause of behavior, which principle considers the order when two events occur together?

Which of the following is true of applied research?

Scientific _____ means that ideas must be evaluated on the basis of careful logic and results from scientific investigations.

Which of the following is the first goal of behavioral science?

Which of the following is most likely to be a problem associated with intuition?

In the case of knowing that watching television violence is a predictor of actual aggression, which of the following evidence accentuates the need to know that aggression followed after television viewing occurred?

According to Goodstein, which characteristic of scientific enquiry states that for scientists, knowledge is primarily based on observations and that scientists enthusiastically search for observations that will verify or reject their ideas about the world.

Professor Gordon finds that students who read newspapers daily display more knowledge of current events than students who do not read newspapers daily. What type of evidence does this identification of a cause of behavior exemplify?

When a person accepts unquestioningly what his or her own personal judgment tells about the world, he or she is relying on _____.

Which of the following journal article titles represents an example of a basic research study?

_____ is a cognitive bias that occurs when a person focuses on two events that stand out and occur together.

According to Goodstein, which characteristic of scientific enquiry emphasizes that scientists make observations that are accurately reported to other scientists who will follow up on the findings by conducting research that replicates and extends these observations.

_____ is "fake" science in which seemingly scientific terms and demonstrations are used to substantiate claims that have no basis in scientific research.

Of the four goals of behavioral science, determining the cause of behavior involves:

Scientists often rely on intuition and assertions of authorities to:

The statement, "High school seniors with higher SAT scores will have higher GPAs in college" is an example of _____ behavior.

Which of the following is an example of pseudoscience?

Which of the following statements is true of the scientific approach to acquiring knowledge?