PSYC 2030 Clemson University Exam 1 | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update 2024

Can you recognize an example/examples of psychological theories that was/were very widely accepted as a scientific fact that we do not accept now? - Freud's psychoanalysis, "Human memory operates like a tape recorder," "we are all intelligent in our own way," "precocious children become abnormal adults" Are you familiar with the following concepts that help us understand why we will study rejected theories? -Zombies -Tolerance of ambiguity - -Zombie theories keep us humble -Tolerance of ambiguity - The degree to which an individual is comfortable with uncertainty, unpredictability, conflicting directions, and multiple demands. In essence, tolerance for ambiguity is observable in a person's ability to operate effectively in an uncertain environment What three activities do we look to define science? - Systematic empiricism, testable theories/solvable problems, publicly verifiable results Can you recognize the reasons for public resistance to psychology as a science? - "Common sense," self-help industries, violation of prior beliefs What is a measurement? - Interpreting numbers in a meaningful context What are variables? Can you identify examples of nominal, ordinal, and interval variables? - Variables - measurements that can vary (within a person or across people)