WorksheetsChapter Two Quiz (Pretest) General Psychology Sum 18 Played 0 ti
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
On the first day of Introductory Philosophy class, Nora asks her students to provide a definition of the term critical thinking. Having aced Introductory Psychology last semester, Cassie knows that critical thinking is
a specific, testable proposition about something under study.
the process of assessing claims and making judgments on the basis of well-supported evidence.
a cognitive response reliant on heuristics that allows a person to draw reasonable conclusions.
the process of describing the exact operations or methods a scientist will use in a research study.
Which of the following is not one of the five questions that provide a strategy for critical thinking?
Are there alternative ways of interpreting the evidence?
What am I being asked to believe or accept?
What is the reputation of the researcher(s)?
What evidence is available to support the assertion?
The prediction that "bright colors will make people happier" is called a(n)
hypothesis.
law.
theory.
explanation.
Twenty volunteers are shown a movie about a party. After viewing, participants are asked to rate their reactions to the movie using a scale from 1 to 7. In this example, what would be the data?
The participants
The movie
The party
The ratings
Jason answered a series of vocabulary and reading comprehension questions on a web site. When he finished, the site gave him a rating of intelligence. "I don't think that test really measured intelligence," thought Jason. Jason is questioning the test's
consistency.
validity.
datum.
reliability.
The goals of the scientific study of behavior are
description and prediction.
control and explanation.
description, control, and explanation.
description, prediction, control, and explanation.
Cornelius is interested in studying cooperation in children between the ages of two and six. He suspects that cooperation is greatest in groups of girls as opposed to groups of boys or coed groups. After carrying out his observation, he decides to examine the results to determine any relationships between gender and cooperation. Cornelius is planning to carry out a(n)
double-blind design.
random assignment.
experiment.
correlational study.
A disadvantage most associated with the __________ research method is that people who know they are being studied may alter their normal behavior.
case study
survey
double-blind
naturalistic observation
Dr. Redford has long been interested in dissociative identity disorder. For the past three years, the only participant in his research has been his client, Sybil. He has studied her case intensively. What research method is Dr. Redford using?
Case study
Naturalistic observation
Survey
Experimental
Franz is conducting an experiment to study the effects of wearing heavy clothing on weight-lifting performance. He gives Group A heavy sweatshirts and lets Group B wear whatever they wish. He measures the amount of weight they can lift after the workout. Group B is the __________ group.
experimental
control
dependent
independent
