Psyc-200 Exam 1 Review

Confirmation Bias

• Seeking out diverse perspectives to challenge your views

• Ignoring evidence that contradicts your initial hypothesis

• Analyzing all available data regardless of personal beliefs

• Gathering research only supports your thoughts, feelings and opinions

Which of the following is the study, through research, of mind, brain, and behavior?

• Positive Reinforcement

• Cognitive Neuroscience

• Psychological Science

• Mechanism

Which of these is a component of critical thinking?

• Amiable skepticism

• Critical Thinking

• Awareness of Bias

• Using heuristics

A _______ consists of a set of interconnected ideas or concepts

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Observation

Which of the following is not part of the scientific method?

• Theory

• Form a hypothesis

• Analyze Data

• Find a definitive answer

Replication is _______ for research results

• Irrelevant

• Discouraged

• Optional

• Important

Which of these is one of the primary goals of psychological science?

• Explain

• Develop

• Create

• Explore

What theoretical framework focuses on environment and observable behavior?

• Structuralism

• Humanism

• Behaviorism

• Cognitivism

Arguments concerning whether psychological characteristics are biologically innate or acquired through education, experience, and/or culture are

• Introspection

• Mind/Body Problem

• Nature/Nurture Debate

• Metacognition

Which school of thought focuses on unconscious drives and early life experience?

• Functionalism

• Psychoanalysis

• Humanism

• Structuralism