School of Psychology Terminology
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Which branch of psychology focuses on the study of how behavior and thinking evolve as a result of natural selection?

  • Empiricism
  • Evolutionary psychology (correct)
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Cognitive psychology
  • What is the term for the phenomenon where people perceive a relationship between variables even when no such relationship exists?

  • Empirical observation
  • Hindsight bias
  • Illusory correlation (correct)
  • Operational definition
  • Which type of study involves in-depth examination of a single individual or a small group?

  • Experimental study
  • Random assignment
  • Correlational study
  • Case study (correct)
  • In research, what is the term for the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to?

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