Exam 1: Psychology As Science: Part 2

Jeremiah is a door-to-door salesman.He has been keeping a record of his sales for the past few months.He is not surprised when his data revealed an outlier during the month of _____,given the inclement weather around that time.

Data are to science as:

Leonardo claims to have graduated at the top of his class from a very prestigious state university.Before the admissions officer approves his application for law school,she requests to see his transcript.In this case,the admissions officer is demonstrating:

The better-than-average effect occurs when an individual:

Belief perseverance is the tendency to:

April is studying lucid dreaming,specifically examining whether people can control their dreams while remaining asleep.Adam is examining whether lucid dreaming can be utilized to solve previously unsolvable problems,like preventing cancer.April is conducting _____ research,whereas Adam is conducting _____ research.

The focusing effect is:

_____ is the tendency to be exceedingly assured of the correctness of one's own judgments.

When Jonathan ran for class president,it never occurred to him that he could lose.This tendency is known as:

Katie is a psychologist interested in examining the pleasure paradox.In order to induce the pleasure paradox,she should ask participants to:

Confirmation bias is the tendency to:

Which of the following is known as the "I knew it all along" phenomenon?

The representativeness heuristic is a strategy for:

Raquel is interested in determining whether astrological signs are predictive of personality.To investigate this,she examines her own behaviors,find that they match the predictions in her astrology book,and concludes that everyone's sign does indeed predict how they will behave.Believing that everyone thinks and behaves like her is an error that stems from Raquel's use of the:

_____ is the process of reflecting on one's own thoughts and experiences to find relevant evidence that can be used to evaluate claims about ourselves and the world.

Which of the following states that extreme outcomes are more likely when considering fewer cases?

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

Your research program yields a significant finding about the ability of a new medication to successfully treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).The ability of others to build upon your work to make future advances depends on your:

Craig is looking at an online dating website and discovers the profile of someone who seems perfect for him.In fact,she appears almost too good to be true.Which of the following qualities of a good scientist may help him to avoid potential disappointment upon meeting her?

The scientific method is a(n):