PSYCHOLOGY (Chapter 1) Time Out !
Study guide for psych chapter 1
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Topics of this game:
- Choose the best definition for psychology (as defined in textbook)
- human behavior is difficult to predict, in part because almost all actions are multiply determined which means:
- People differ from each other in thinking, emotion, personality, and behavior. This is called:
- the belief that the world is exactly as we see/perceive it is called:
- an explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world:
- the tendency to seek out evidence that supports our beliefs and deny, dismiss, or distort evidence that contradicts them:
- the tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence contradicts them:
- Metaphysical claims
- a set of claims that seems scientific but isn’t.
- Which of the following is an anecdote
- Which of the following is an example of Exaggerated claims:
- Which of the following is an example of Talk of “proof” instead of “evidence”:
- Psychics saying the "bad vibes" of a scientific study interfering with their powers is an example of:
- “The idea that daycare might have negative emotional effects on children gets me really upset, so I refuse to believe it.” is an example of:
- “Dr. Smith’s theory of personality is the best, because it seems to have the most evidence supporting it.” is an example of:
- “My professor says that psychotherapy is worthless; because I trust my professor, she must be right.” is an example of:
- "Is this the only good explanation for this finding? Have we ruled out other important competing explanations?" is an example of:
- capability of being disproved:
- if two explanations account equally well for a phenomenon, we should generally select the more parsimonious/less excessively complicated one
- required trained observers to reflect carefully and report on their mental experiences.
- To examine the role of mental processes on behaviour:
- To understand the functions or adaptive purposes of our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours
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