PRACTICAL QUIZ 2

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mpt Score 44 / 50 - 88 % rall Grade (Highest Attempt) 44 / 50 - 88 % stion 1 1 / 1 point Jerome was uncertain of the correctness of his answers to many of the questions on his General Psychology exam. After seeing his score, an A, he subsequently told his friends about how he knew he aced the exam. This demonstrates the influence of ________ on our judgments. the hindsight bias belief perseverance confirmation bias the availability heuristic Question 2 1 / 1 point "I couldn't finish my test because I was caught in a shame vortex which led to a guilt spiral." This explanation of behaviour is best described as evasion of peer review. psychobabble. exaggerated claims. absence of connectivity. Question 3 1 / 1 point Darwin hypothesized that populations of organisms, rather than individuals, change by selective breeding with other organisms possessing some apparent advantage. This is known as behavioural genetics. behavioural adaptation. brain evolution. natural selection. Question 4 1 / 1 point

Suppose a child watches an adult throw a doll at the wall, immediately followed by a harsh scolding by another adult. When left alone with the doll, the child does not play with it aggressively. Before you reach a conclusion that the child has learned that aggressive behaviour leads to a scolding, you think that perhaps the child simply did not learn the aggressive behaviour and thus couldn t demonstrate it. By this, you have demonstrated the need to create unfalsifiable theories create parsimonious theories rule out competing explanations remember that correlation equals causation Question 5 1 / 1 point For many years, newspapers often mentioned the race of criminal suspects who were NOT white in the article detailing their crimes. This often led people who were not obviously biased or prejudiced to conclude that more non-whites committed crimes than whites. This is one example of the representativeness heuristic. illusory correlation. the confirmation bias. the hindsight bias. Question 6 0 / 1 point Which of the following properties of sound would be the most similar to the colour, or hue, of light? Volume Timbre Pitch Loudness Question 7 1 / 1 point To explain a wide range of observations, a psychologist might make mention to a(n) rational hypothesis

empirical hypothesis empirical theory scientific theory Question 8 1 / 1 point When Stewart wakes up at night and has to walk from his bedroom to the bathroom in the dark, he is most directly aided in this process by his rods. corneas. cones. irises. Question 9 1 / 1 point The following studies determine how much genetics contributes to the expression of that trait or disorder EXCEPT twin studies where researchers investigate whether identical twins are more alike on a psychological characteristic, like intelligence or extraversion, than are fraternal twins, and thus can infer that this characteristic is genetically influenced. family studies where researchers examine the extent to which a trait runs or goes together in intact families, those in which all family members are raised in the same home. adoption studies where adoption agencies frequently place children in homes similar to those of the biological parents. None of the answers Question 10 1 / 1 point A skeptic is one who accepts claims on the basis of supportive scientific evidence. accepts claims only from trusted authority figures.

accepts claims only on the basis of their popularity with the public. accepts claims only on the basis of logical reasoning. Question 11 1 / 1 point In science, an explanatory device for scientific findings is called a(n) scientific theory scientific hypothesis empirical theory rational theory Question 12 1 / 1 point Parkinson's disease is a disorder of movement, in which cells degenerate in the corpus callosum of the midbrain. substantia nigra of the midbrain. cerebellum of the midbrain. reticular formation of the midbrain. Question 13 1 / 1 point A major problem with commonsense proverbs is that they often coexist with their complete opposite. This violates which principle of critical thinking? Replicability Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence Parsimony/Occam's razor Falsifiability Question 14 1 / 1 point Which descriptive statistic is least likely to be influenced by the presence of skewness?

Standard deviation Mean Median Range Question 15 1 / 1 point According to the opponent-process theory of colour vision, the correct pairings of opposite colours are red versus green and blue versus yellow. black versus gray and white versus coloured. blue versus red and green versus yellow. blue versus green and red versus yellow. Question 16 1 / 1 point Members of the scientific community believe that psychology is best considered to be a science. weak science. hard science soft science. Question 17 1 / 1 point Nokia is preparing to take her final exam in a few hours. She is very nervous and has no appetite. This may be due to the inhibition of gastrointestinal secretions caused by estrogen. cortisol. testosterone. adrenaline.

Question 18 1 / 1 point Suppose in your kitchen you watch the popcorn kernels pop in the popper. A few kernels pop early, a few kernels pop late, but most pop in between. What could you say about the distribution of kernel popping? The distribution is normally distributed. The distribution is positively skewed. The distribution is negatively skewed. The distribution is inversely skewed. Question 19 1 / 1 point The shortest wavelengths that we can see are experienced as ______ colours. red blue green yellow Question 20 1 / 1 point Which sin of pseudoscience is synonymous with stating an unfalsifiable hypothesis or theory? Overreliance on anecdotal evidence Overuse of ad hoc immunizing hypotheses Lack of self-correction Evasion of peer review Question 21 1 / 1 point _______ thinking depends on intuitive judgements; _______ thinking depends on emotional reactions. Rational, rational

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