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Research Methods and Statistics A Critical Thinking Approach 5th Edition by Sherri L. Jackson - Test Bank
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,Multiple Choice1. A psychologist from the _____ research area might study brain organization or the chemical messengers used
in the nervous system.
a. cognition
b. social psychology
c. psychobiology
d. human development
ANSWER: c
KEYWORDS: AREAS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH—APPLY
2. A psychologist from the _____ research area might study how humans process, store, and retrieve
information.
a. cognition
b. social psychology
c. psychobiology
d. human development
ANSWER: a
KEYWORDS: AREAS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH—APPLY
3. A psychologist from the _____ research area might conduct research on prenatal development or gerontology.
a. cognition
b. social psychology
c. psychobiology
d. human development
ANSWER: d
KEYWORDS: AREAS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH—APPLY
4. Psychologists interested in how being part of a group affects the individual are most likely from the _____
research area.
a. cognition
b. social psychology
c. psychobiology
d. human development
ANSWER: b
KEYWORDS: AREAS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH—UNDERSTAND
5. A psychologist studying whether therapy is really effective in helping people is most likely from the _____
research area.
a. cognition
b. social psychology
c. psychotherapy
d. human development
ANSWER: c
KEYWORDS: AREAS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH—UNDERSTAND
,6. A belief that is based on subjective feelings is to knowing via _____ as gaining knowledge without being
consciously aware of where the knowledge was gained is to knowing via _____.
a. authority; superstition
b. superstition; intuition
c. tenacity; intuition
d. intuition; superstition
ANSWER: b
KEYWORDS: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE—THINK CRITICALLY
7. Gaining knowledge from those viewed as authority figures is to knowledge via _____ as stubbornly clinging
to knowledge gained from repeated ideas is to knowledge via _____.
a. tenacity; authority
b. rationalism; tenacity
c. authority; tenacity
d. intuition; authority
ANSWER: c
KEYWORDS: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE—THINK CRITICALLY
8. Gaining knowledge through logical reasoning is to knowledge via _____ as gaining knowledge through
observation of organisms and events in the real world is to knowledge via _____.
a. rationalism; empiricism
b. science; empiricism
c. rationalism; science
d. empiricism; rationalism
ANSWER: a
KEYWORDS: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE—THINK CRITICALLY
9. Gaining knowledge via science involves using _____ and _____.
a. empiricism; intuition
b. tenacity; authority
c. intuition; logical reasoning
d. empiricism; rationalism
ANSWER: d
KEYWORDS: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE—UNDERSTAND
10. Mike pitched a great game on Saturday, and he believes that it is because he wore his lucky socks. He has
now decided that he will wear these socks for every game of the season because he believes that they will make
him lucky. This belief is based on _____.
a. superstition
b. rationalism
c. authority
d. science
ANSWER: a
KEYWORDS: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE—APPLY
, 11. Hypothesis is to _____ as theory is to _____.
a. an organized system of assumptions and principles that attempts to explain certain phenomena and
how they are related; a prediction regarding the outcome of a study
b. a prediction regarding the outcome of a study; an organized system of assumptions and principles
that attempts to explain certain phenomena and how they are related
c. not used in science; used in science
d. used in science; not used in science
ANSWER: b
KEYWORDS: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE—THINK CRITICALLY
12. An event or behavior that has at least two values is
a. a hypothesis.
b. a theory.
c. a variable.
d. science.
ANSWER: c
KEYWORDS: SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE—UNDERSTAND
13. Although Mulder believes in the paranormal, Scully questions the validity of such beliefs because she is a
a. pagan.
b. parapsychologist.
c. skeptic.
d. pseudoscientist.
ANSWER: c
KEYWORDS: THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH AND PSYCHOLOGY—APPLY
14. The scientific approach involves using
a. intuition, skepticism, and tenacity.
b. tenacity, public verification, and skepticism.
c. systematic empiricism, public verification, and solvable problems.
d. superstition, intuition, and skepticism.
ANSWER: c
KEYWORDS: THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH AND PSYCHOLOGY—UNDERSTAND
15. The idea that a scientific theory must be stated in such a way that it is possible to refute or disconfirm it is
known as the principle of
a. pseudoscience.
b. falsifiability.
c. public verification.
d. systematic empiricism.
ANSWER: b
KEYWORDS: THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH AND PSYCHOLOGY—UNDERSTAND
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