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Myers Pel3e Clicker Questions Ch01
Myers Pel3e Clicker Questions Ch01
Myers Pel3e Clicker Questions Ch01
a. neuroscientific
b. evolutionary
c. psychodynamic
d. cognitive
2. Which area of in psychology emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people? (Answer)
a. behaviorism
b. humanistic
c. cognitive neuroscience
d. social-cultural psychology
3. Which type of psychologist explores how people view and affect one another? (Answer)
a. social
b. biological
c. counseling
d. health
4. Which big idea in psychology acknowledges that people operate at a conscious and an unconscious
level? (Answer)
a. critical thinking
b. biopsychosocial approach
d. two-track mind
5. According to the biopsychosocial approach, _____ influences include learned fears and expectations
that affect behavior and mental processes. (Answer)
a. psychological
b. social-cultural
c. unconscious
d. biological
7. Which error in intuitive thinking is the tendency to believe, after learning the outcome, that it could
have been predicted? (Answer)
a. hindsight bias
b. overconfidence
d. skepticism
8. Which type of research involves studying special individuals in depth in order to reveal universal
principles? (Answer)
a. survey
b. interview
c. naturalistic observation
d. case study
9. Which research method involves exploring cause and effect? (Answer)
a. descriptive
b. positive correlation
c. experimental
d. negative correlation
10. Which aspect of American Psychological Association ethics explains the true nature of the research
after the research is completed? (Answer)
a. informed consent
c. debriefing
d. confidentiality
11. If two identical twins are reared apart, yet have the same intelligence test score, this may provide an
argument for: (Answer)
a. nature.
b. nurture.
c. culture.
d. environment.
12. A psychologist is studying a rare genetic disorder in a child. This is an example of a/an: (Answer)
a. experiment.
b. random sample.
c. case study.
d. correlation.
13. In men, as age increases, hair loss increases, yielding a correlation of r = 0.85. This is an example of a:
(Answer)
14. In an experiment studying the effects of caffeine on alertness in college students, the independent
variable is the: (Answer)
a. amount of caffeine.
b. level of alertness.
15. In an experiment investigating the effects of a new drug on depression, a group of adults receive pills
that they believe to be the new drug, but are actually only sugar pills. However, many of the adults
report feeling less depressed. This is an example of the: (Answer)
a. experimental group.
b. control group.
c. double-blind procedure.
d. placebo effect.