Quiz #1 - Contemporary Approaches to Psychology
What can you do to become a better consumer of psychology in everyday life?
Avoid overgeneralizing based on little information. - explanation Learning About Psychology means learning about you
two people holding hands in a park is a example of
Behavior - explanation Defining psychology and exploring its roots
A lot of psychological research is based on samples from societies that have been described as W.E.I.R.D., which stands for Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic. What issue does this raise?
Can the research results predict all human behavior? - explanation Research Samples and Setting
Critical thinking increases the likelihood that conclusions will be based on unreliable personal beliefs, opinions, and motions. True or False
False - Explanation Defining psychology and exploring its roots
What has research in neuroscience revealed about where memories are stored and how they are processed?
Memory is located in specific sets or circuits of neurons. - explanation memory storage
Although ________ is rich and detailed, we lose the information in it quickly unless we use certain strategies that transfer it into other memory systems.
Sensory memory - explanation memory storage
A psychologist who studies about the behavioral differences between people from different religions is most likely following the ________ approach to psychology.
Sociocultural - explanation Contemporary Approaches to Psychology
A man is asked to listen to a playlist of songs and recall their names after listening to the entire playlist. He seems to better recall the names of the songs at the beginning of the playlist. In the context of the serial position effect, which of the following best illustrates his tendency to recall the songs at the beginning of the playlist?
The primacy effect - explanation Memory Retrieval
Flexibility, inner motivation, and willingness to face risk are characteristics of people who
Think creatively - explanation Thinking
It is improved by chunking and rehearsal techniques. True or False
True - explanation Memory Storage
Elaboration can occur at any level of processing. True or False about elaboration in memory
True - explanation Memory encoding
It entails visualizing material that one wants to remember in ways that create a lasting portrait. True or false of mental imagery
True - explanation memory encoding
Pablo is able to follow and obey rules. According to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2010) is illustrates social skills True or false
True- explanation Intelligence
Which of the following psychologists would be most likely to conduct research on how a child processes information and solves problems?
a cognitive psychologist - explanation contemporary Approaches to psychology
Brainstorming is an example of
divergent thinking. - explanation Thinking
The ability to listen to music while reading a magazine indicates
divided attention - explanation Memory enconding
Best friends Kate and Diana are at the park, watching their children play together. Kate reminds Diana about the time that they had a big fight on the same playground as children and didn't talk to each other for almost a week. In the context of long-term memory, Kate's recollection of this event best exemplifies the use of her ________ memory.
episodic - explanation Memory storage
Carolina uses a prior strategy to solve her problems and fails to look at them from a fresh, new perspective. Which of the following is exemplified in this scenario?
fixation - explanation Thinking
A scientific theory must be falsifiable, which means that a researcher must
generate ideas that would prove the theory wrong and test those ideas. - explanation psychology scientific method
In the context of ethical guidelines in psychological research, the difference between data that are anonymous and data that are confidential is that when data are confidential it is possible
to link a participant's identity to his or her data. - Explanation Conducting Ethical research
