Experimental Psychology Chapter 2

When reading an empirical journal article "with purpose," why should you read the abstract first?

Because it provides an overview of the article.

After reading the chapter, Cyril says to himself, "I am sure other people might engage in faulty thinking but I never would." What is Cyril experiencing?

Bias blind spot

Sasha 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. Sasha concludes that she is a nice person and says she has evidence of it. However, she does not ask any of her enemies whether they think she is a nice person. This is an example of...

Cherry-picking of evidence.

Asking questions to get the answers we want is known as:

Confirmatory hypothesis testing.

Lana is writing her first empirical journal article. Although she thinks she knows why she found the results she did, she also wants to mention some alternative explanations for her findings. In which section will she mention these alternative explanations?

Discussion

What is the last section of an empirical journal article?

Discussion

Psychological scientists may choose to publish their work in a lot of things except:

Popular magazines.

What source if most likely to contain only information that has been rigorously peer-reviewed?

Review journal articles

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

Scientific journal articles are peer-reviewed; popular magazine articles are not.

Research studies are superior to personal experience because:

They include at least one comparison group.