RM Quiz 1

The two ways of demarcating science discussed in class are (select both):

• Science can be observed

• Science can be proven correct

• Science can be disproved, or proven incorrect

• Science relies on intuition and authority

Systematic empiricism differs from empiricism in that systematic empiricism:

• Can predict and explain but not describe scientific findings

• Follows a fixed and replicable approach

• Deals only with questions that can be observed

• Can be proven correct

Pat recently discovered a new psychological phenomenon that nobody has ever seen before. Which goal of science should Pat strive to do?

• Describe the phenomenon

• Predict the phenomenon

• Explain the phenomenon

• Answer applied questions about the phenomenon

Pat performs research to understand how this phenomenon works, without any concern towards how this phenomenon might treat mental health disorders. Pat is engaging in:

• Basic research

• Applied research

After discovering how the phenomenon works, Pat believes that it could be used to treat anxiety. To understand the effect on people's anxiety, Pat engages in:

• Basic research

• Applied research

According to the book, which of the following is NOT a method of knowing -- a way in which we learn about the world?

• Intuition

• Authority

• Innatism

• Rationalism

Science differs from pseudoscience in all of the following ways, EXCEPT:

• Science deals with empirical questions

• Science utilizes systematic empiricism

• Science contributes to the creation of public knowledge

• Its adherents claim or imply that its scientific

According to the textbook, folk psychology can be defined as:

• Tendency to focus on cases that confirm our intuitive beliefs and to disregard cases that disconfirm our beliefs.

• Mental shortcuts in forming and maintaining our beliefs.

• Intuitive beliefs about people’s behavior, thoughts, and feelings.

• Accepting that there are many things that we simply do not know.

When we hold stereotypes about how other people are, we notice and remember when they conform to the stereotype and ignore and forget when they don't. This is known as:

• Non-empiricism

• A tolerance for uncertainty

• Skepticism

• Confirmation bias

According to the textbook, having a tolerance for uncertainty means that we should:

• Pause to consider alternatives

• Accept that there are things that we don't know

• Focus on cases that disconfirm, rather than confirm, our beliefs

• Not rely on heuristics to answer questions