Psychology

Which level of psychology involves the study of molecules and brain structure?

Biological level (correct)

Emotional level

Social level

Psychological level

What is the etic approach in psychology?

Understanding unique characteristics of a culture

Understanding a culture from the broader perspective of other cultures

Studying behavior from an outsider's perspective (correct)

Studying behavior from an insider's perspective

What is the emic approach in psychology?

Understanding a culture from the broader perspective of other cultures

Studying behavior from an insider's perspective (correct)

Studying behavior from an outsider's perspective

Understanding unique characteristics of a culture

What is naive realism in psychology?

The belief that we see the world precisely as it is Signup and view all the answers

What is intuition in psychology?

The ability to understand something immediately without needing conscious reasoning Signup and view all the answers

What is a scientific theory in psychology?

An explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world Signup and view all the answers

What is a hypothesis in psychology?

A testable prediction made before the research has been done Signup and view all the answers

When is a theory developed in psychology?

After testing hypotheses Signup and view all the answers

What does psychology as a science aim to prevent?

Fooling ourselves Signup and view all the answers

What do good theories in psychology generate?

New hypotheses Signup and view all the answers

Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to

both seek evidence that supports our hypothesis and neglect or distort contrary evidence Signup and view all the answers

Belief perseverance refers to the tendency to

stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence is contradictory Signup and view all the answers

Metaphysical claims are assertions about the world that are

not testable Signup and view all the answers

Pseudoscience refers to a set of claims that

seem scientific but lack defense from bias Signup and view all the answers

Ad hoc immunizing hypothesis refers to

the use of loopholes to protect pseudoscientific theories from falsification Signup and view all the answers

Pseudoscientific claims are rarely changed or updated, even with contradictory evidence, due to

lack of self-correction Signup and view all the answers

Over-reliance on anecdotes refers to

base evidence on subjective claims of one or two people Signup and view all the answers

Patternicity refers to the tendency to

detect meaningful patterns in random stimuli Signup and view all the answers

Our brains are predisposed to patternicity because

we find comfort in our beliefs Signup and view all the answers

Scientific skepticism involves

evaluating all claims with an open mind and subjecting them to careful scientific tests Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is one of the major explanations for a correlation between two variables, A and B?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

According to Principle #3 - Falsifiability, what must the proponent of a claim do in order for the claim to be falsifiable?

Clearly state in advance which findings would count as evidence for and against the claim Signup and view all the answers

What does Principle #4 - Replicability mean?

The idea that a study's findings can be duplicated consistently Signup and view all the answers

According to Principle #5 - Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, what is the relationship between the persuasiveness of evidence and the contradiction to what we already know?

The more a claim contradicts what we already know, the more persuasive the evidence must be Signup and view all the answers

What does Occam's Razor suggest when choosing between two explanations for a phenomenon?

Choose the explanation that is more parsimonious Signup and view all the answers

Which approach in the Biopsychosocial Model of Mental Health focuses on breaking down mental processes into basic components?

Structuralism Signup and view all the answers

Which approach in the Biopsychosocial Model of Mental Health emphasizes the mind's functions and adaptations based on evolutionary theory?

Functionalism Signup and view all the answers

Which approach in the Biopsychosocial Model of Mental Health focuses on learning principles and the use of scientific rigor?

Behaviourism Signup and view all the answers

Which approach in the Biopsychosocial Model of Mental Health focuses on our interpretation of events, including how people think, perceive, remember, and learn?

Cognitivism Signup and view all the answers

Which approach in the Biopsychosocial Model of Mental Health conceives mental processes outside of conscious awareness, specifically the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior?

Psychoanalysis Signup and view all the answers