Psychology Quiz

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

• Biology

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Anthropology

What term describes thoughts, feelings, and motives that cannot be directly observed?

• Behavior

• Mental Processes

• Reflexes

• Instincts

What is any action that people can observe or measure?

• Emotion

• Thought

• Behavior

• Intuition

What is the tendency to favor information that confirms your existing beliefs?

• Hindsight Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Overconfidence

• Empirical Evidence

What is the feeling after something happens that you knew it was going to happen?

• Overconfidence

• Confirmation Bias

• Hindsight Bias

• Scientific Method

What term describes being more confident than correct, overestimating the accuracy of your beliefs?

• Overconfidence

• Hindsight Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Empirical Evidence

What is information from experiments or observations rather than theories?

• Scientific Method

• Empirical Evidence

• Overconfidence

• Hindsight Bias

What is a step-by-step method for conducting research?

• Empirical Evidence

• Overconfidence

• Scientific Method

• Confirmation Bias

What is a prediction that you can test through study and experimentation?

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Conclusion

• Observation

What term describes something that can be proven wrong through tests?

• Falsifiable

• Reliable

• Valid

• Accurate