Psychology's roots, big ideas, and critical thinking Flashcards
Which of the following is more likely to inhibit critical thinking?
Overconfidence
If you assess whether conclusions are based on the existing evidence, you are using…
Critical thinking
Developing testable hypotheses before conducting research is most directly useful for restraining a thinking error known as…
Hindsight bias
Professor Mysore told one class that drinking alcohol increases sexual desire. He told another class that drinking alcohol reduces sexual desire. Neither class was surprised by the information they received because of the power of…
Hindsight bias
Suppose psychologists discovered that wealthy people are less satisfied with their marriages than poor people are. This would indicate that wealth and marital satisfaction are…
Negatively correlated
In its early years, psychology focused on the study of…
Mental life
When you question whether anecdotal evidence can be generalized to all people, you are engaging in…
Critical thinking
In a study of the effects of drinking alcohol, some participants drank a nonalcoholic beverage that actually smelled and tasted like alcohol. This nonalcoholic drink was a…
Placebo
The biopsychosocial approach provides an understanding of biological influences as part of…
Many levels of analysis
Which perspective would help us to understand the impact of strokes and brain diseases on memory?
Neuroscience
A group of investigators first observed an association between frequency of pornography use and levels of romantic commitment. They subsequently instructed one group of individuals to abstain from eating their favorite food for a three-week period and another, similar group to abstain from sexually explicit materials for a three-week period. The investigators used a combination of…
Correlational and experimental research
The group exposed to a newly created drug that is being tested in an experiment is called the ___ group.
Experimental
Positive psychology uniquely focuses on the promotion of positive…
Emotions, character traits, and institutions
Surveys indicate that people are much less approving of “welfare” than “aid to the needy.” These survey results best illustrate the importance of…
Wording effects
The nature–nurture issue refers to the debate over the relative contributions that ___ make to the development of psychological traits.
Genes and experience
