Bias

A tendency to search for information that confirms one's perceptions

• Confirmation Bias
• Hindsight Bias
• Mental Set
• Functional Fixedness

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have forseen it

• Confirmation Bias
• Hindsight Bias
• Mental Set
• Functional Fixedness

Expectations by the experimenter that might influence the results of an experiment or their interpretation are called

• experimental blinds
• sample bias
• treamtment bias
• experimenter bias

An experimenter looking to prove that stating goals out loud lowers the chance that a person will achieve them might design a test in such a way that the results he expects come true is most likely experiencing

• confirmation bias
• experimenter bias
• hindsight bias
• participant bias

Mr. Fuller refuses to allow his hopes to be raised too high and now after a Vikings loss Mr. Fuller responds by saying, “I knew they were going to lose”.  Mr. Fuller is experiencing

• confirmation bias
• experimenter bias
• hindsight bias
• participant bias

Mr. Fuller was running late for work and happened to catch a red light.  When it happens, Mr. Fuller says, “See, I told you that I always catch a red light when I’m in a hurry!”  Of course Mr. Fuller is talking to himself, but it makes him feel better.  Which bias is Mr. Fuller experiencing?

• confirmation bias
• experimenter bias
• hindsight bias
• participant bias

Pushing a button that says "Do Not Push"  because you think you are being watched is an example of.

• confirmation bias
• experimenter bias
• hindsight bias
• participant bias

Obtain large samples of abilities, beliefs or behaviors through written or interview questions.

• case study

• naturalistic observation

• survey

In 1848, Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman, survived when an explosion drove an iron rod through his head damaging the functioning of the frontal lobes. This instance provided evidence that the frontal lobe plays a role in personality and behavior. Researchers have continued to study Gage's brain to better understand this link. Which research method is being used?

• experimentation
• case study
• survey
• correlation

Psychology, like all sciences 

• deals with humans
• uses the scientific method
• asks questions about the brain
• conducts case studies