Unit 0 Quiz

What is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes called?

• Sociology

• Psychology

• Anthropology

• Biology

What does critical thinking involve?

• Accepting arguments without question

• Blindly following conclusions

• Examining assumptions and evaluating evidence

• Ignoring hidden values

What is the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it?

• Overconfidence

• Confirmation Bias

• Hindsight Bias

• Critical Thinking

What is the tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence?

• Overconfidence

• Confirmation Bias

• Hindsight Bias

• Critical Thinking

What is the tendency to overestimate our ability to make correct predictions?

• Overconfidence

• Confirmation Bias

• Hindsight Bias

• Critical Thinking

Who are the scientific experts who evaluate a research article's theory, originality, and accuracy?

• Psychologists

• Sociologists

• Peer reviewers

• Anthropologists

What is a hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data called?

• Theory

• Law

• Assumption

• Prediction

What is an empirically testable proposition about some fact, behavior, relationship, or the like, usually based on theory?

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Law

• Prediction

What does it mean if something is falsifiable?

• It can be proven true

• It can be disproven by experimental results

• It is always accurate

• It is based on assumptions

What is a statement of the procedures used to define research variables called?

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Operational Definition

• Prediction