Lectures 2-3: History and Methods in Psychology (ch1)

Question 1

Psychology involves studying the mind at one specific level of explanation.

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true

Question 2

Science is a body of knowledge consisting of all the findings that scientists have discovered.

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true

Question 3

Scientific experiments work by trying to test the predictions of researchers' theories.

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true

Question 4

In general, scientists are just as prone to confirmation bias as non-scientists.

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true

Question 5

A scientific hypothesis is essentially the same thing as a scientific theory, only more specific in its predictions.

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true

Question 6

Most forms of psychotherapy have been tested.

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true

Question 7

According to terror management theory, our fears of death are an important reason for pseudoscientific beliefs.

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true

Question 8

Humans' tendency to see patterns in random data in entirely maladaptive.

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true

Question 9

A logical fallacy has occured whenever we arrive at false conclusions.

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true

Question 10

Research on the bias blind spot implies that we often do not perceive biases in people to whom we are emotionally close.

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true

Question 11

Scientific scepticism requires a willingness to keep an open mind to all claims.

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true

Question 12

When evaluating a psychological claim, we should keep in mind other possible explanations for it.

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true

Question 13

Occam's razor implies that the simpler of two explanations is the true one.

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true

Question 14

A risky prediction is one that stands a good chance of being wrong if the theory generating it is also wrong.

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true

Question 15

When psychological findings are replicated, it is especially important that the replications be conducted by the same team of investigators.

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true

Question 16

Behaviourism focuses on discovering the general laws of learning in animals rather than humans

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true

Question 17

Cognitive psychologists argue that psychological theories must account for how people interpret the meaning of the events which act as rewards and punishments.

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true

Question 18

Advocates of determinism believe that free will is an illusion.

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true

Question 19

Studying discrimination in the lab is applied research, while investigating which colour of motor vehicle is involved in fewest traffic accidents is basic research.

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true

Question 20

Achievement tests such as the HSC do no better than chance at predicting students' performance at university.

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true

Lectures 2-3: History and Methods in Psychology (ch1)

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