13 Questions
What cognitive bias leads us to feel more confident about our conclusions than is warranted by available data?
Overconfidence Bias
How can overconfidence bias affect the conclusions we draw?
It results in feeling more confident about conclusions than is warranted by available data.
What is a potential consequence of overconfidence bias?
Feeling more confident about conclusions than is warranted by available data.
What is the focus of the experimental psychology lesson?
The limitations of supporting data
Which approach uses nonscientific sources of data and nonscientific inference?
Commonsense Psychology
What does the scientific mentality assume about behavior?
It follows a natural order and can be predicted
Which behavior reduces the accuracy of our explanation and prediction?
Overuse of Trait Explanations
What does the Gambler’s Fallacy involve?
Misusing data to estimate the probability of an event
What is the main purpose of the Principle of Modus Tollens?
To prove a statement using contrary observations
How do we engage in good thinking according to the text?
By systematically collecting and interpreting data
What does the Law of Parsimony emphasize?
Making the smallest number of unsupported assumptions
What is the purpose of replication in psychological science?
To increase confidence in experimental results
What is the requirement for an experiment according to the text?
To create at least two treatment conditions and randomly assign subjects
This quiz covers the limitations of supporting data in experimental psychology, focusing on the scientific method, data collection techniques, and nonscientific data gathering. It also discusses commonsense psychology and the characteristics of modern science.
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