WorksheetsPSY111 Week 11 Content
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What are 3 of the 6 criticisms of scientific bias mentioned in the lecture and reading?
It is just common sense
It cannot yield meaningful generalisations
It is full of too much jargon
Everyone thinks they are an expert
It is not useful to society
Representativeness Heuristic is when we expect a sample from a random population to look random.
True
False
What is a potential source of public scepticism mentioned in the reading?
Fake News and Mainstream Media
Underpaying Psychiatrists
Psychology's failure to police itself
The patriarchy
Familiarity Heuristic/bias is when things we are familiar with seem...
Safe
Aesthetically pleasing
Likeable
True
What are some ways psychology has impacted society?
It hasn't, it just studies it
Improved police line-ups and eyewitness interviewing
We can predict people's actions with 100% accuracy
Confirmation bias (on an individual level) tends to pay attention to...
Information that is consistent with our existing beliefs
Stimuli that is certain or confirmed by others
Information that doesn't fit our beliefs
Information that is absolute
“I knew it all along” is an example statement of what kind of heuristic or bias?
Confirmation Bias
Representativeness Heuristic
Familiarity Heuristic
Hindsight Bias
The 'Cognitive Miser' concept is about greedy reductionism
True
False
In hindsight bias, we are motivated to see the world as chaotic and unpredictable
True
False
Confirmation Bias has 2 levels of meaning
True
False
