2025 Quiz Review

The first psychology labratory was started by ___________ in Germany in 1879.

• Wilhelm Wundt
• Sigmund Freud
• William James

• B.F. Skinner

What is psychology the study of?

Match the following scientific principles and definitions.

• Occam's razor

• If two hypotheses explain a phenomenon equally well, we should generally

  select the simpler one.

• Correlation

  versus Causation

• A finding must be capable of being

  duplicated by independent researchers following the same "recipe."

• Extraordinary

  Claims

• The fact that two things are associated with each other doesn't mean

  that one causes the other.

• Replicability

• The more a claim contradicts what

  we already know, the more persuasive

  the evidence for this claim must be

  before we should accept it.

• Ruling Out Rival

  Hypotheses

• Findings consistent with several

  hypotheses require additional research

  to eliminate these hypotheses.

The approach of evaluating all claims with an open mind, but insisting on persuasive evidence before accepting them as true is called _________.

• analytic approach

• naive realism

• scientific skepticism

• cynicism

What are the three levels of analysis in psychology?

People mutually influence each other's behavior - that is referred to as what?

• Multiply determined

• Reciprocal determinism

• Mutual influence

• Individual differences

Common sense sayings or proverbs are usually true.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

They are often contradictory (i.e., "birds of a feather flock together" and "opposites attract")

When knowledge is acquired through observation it is considered __________.

• Systematic

• Empirical

• Science

• Valid

An explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world is called a __________.

A testable prediction is called a _________.