RM II: Ch.2

b. Comparison group that did no receive the drug

A psychiatrist is testing a drug that treats depression. He has given the drug to all his patients and all of them have experienced a decrease in depressive symptoms. Although this is interesting, his experience is limited because he does not have a. Reliable way to measure depressive symptoms b. Comparison group that did no receive the drug c. Hypothesis d. Psychotherapy to supplement the drug

a. Cherry-picking of evidence

Sarah believes that she is a nice person. To confirm this, she asks all her friends whether she is a nice person; they all agree that she is. Sarah concludes that she is a nice person and says that she has evidence of it. However, she does not ask any enemies whether they think she is a nice person. This is an example of which of the following? a. Cherry-picking of evidence b. Availability heuristic c. Forth cell reasoning d. Overconfidence

a. Thinking the easy way and thinking what we want to think

The two biases of intuition discussed in the text are: a. Thinking the easy way and thinking what we want to think b. The present-present bias and the confederate bias c. Probabilistic thinking and nonintuitive thinking d. Overconfidence bias and oversimplification bias e. None of the above

c. Conclusions are meant to explain a certain proportion of possible cases

What does it mean that behavioral research is probablistic? a. There is a high likelihood that the research is valid b. The research predicts all possible results c. Conclusions are meant to explain a certain proportion of possible cases d. You must reject the conclusions if you are able to find a case that is an exception

Scientific journals involve peer-review; popular magazines do not

Which of the following is true of the distinction between scientific journals and popular magazines?