Learning curve 1a

Having a passion to explore and understand without misleading others or being misled exemplifies a basic scientific attitude called: 1. Skepticism 2. Curiosity 3. Cynicism 4. Intuition

2. Curiosity

Which perspective in psychology examines the degree to which heredity and environment determine individual differences such as personality traits, intelligence, and sexual orientation? 1. Behavior genetics 2. Evolutionary 3. Social-cultural 4. Cognitive

1. Behavior genetics

Doing your own online research, with internet searching, may: 1. Make you more susceptible to fake news 2. Make you a critical thinker 3. Allow you to avoid misinformation effects 4. Allow for hindsight bias to occur

1. Make you more susceptible to fake news

An interdisciplinary field involves specialists from many fields. Based on this information, which approach in psychology is BEST described as interdisciplinary? 1. Cognitive neuroscience 2. Humanistic psychology 3. Behaviorism 4. Psychoanalytic psychology

1. Cognitive neuroscience

Luba remarks that she is interested in the effects of happiness on physical health and mental well-being. Which approach is reflected in Luba’s interest? 1. Spiritual 2. Cognitive 3. Behavioral 4. Positive

4. Positive

When something extraordinary happens, such as when one individual wins the lottery twice, people tend to see a pattern. In actuality, the two winnings are: 1. Random events 2. A coincidence that cannot be explained statistically 3. An example of beating the statistical odds 4. Causally related

1. Random events

Filiberto bites his nails and wants to reduce this behavior. Which question is a behavioral psychologist MOST likely to ask? 1. How many times per day do you bite your nails? 2. Do you recall any early childhood experiences that could have led to this behavior? 3. What are you thinking about when you bite your nails? 4. Do you feel anxious when you bite your nails?

1. How many times per day do you bite your nails?

Which scenario describes a researcher whose area of research is correctly paired with its approach? 1. Dr. Tristen engages in basic research to address high student absenteeism 2. Dr. Gyeong engages in basic research to find ways to intrinsically motivate students 3. Dr. Demir engages in applied research to examine cocaine’s effects on the brain 4. Dr. Kareem utilizes applied research to help a company optimize its hiring processes

4. Dr. Kareem utilizes applied research to help a company optimize its hiring processes

Chinwendu’s drug-addiction treatment program emphasizes how situations in her environment—“people, places, and things”—influence her drug use. Which approach does this BEST reflect? 1. Biological 2. Psychoanalytic 3. Cognitive 4. Behaviorist

4. Behaviorist

Which researcher is involved in basic research? 1. Maria puts a support plan in place for new parents 2. Apoorva identifies brain areas that may be affected by dyslexia 3. Kungzang finds strategies to support workers returning to the office 4. Santana identifies ways to support kindergarten students with reading difficulties

2. Apoorva identifies brain areas that may be affected by dyslexia

Which individual is currently participating in an echo chamber? 1. Chi debates a neighbor about a vitamin supplement 2. Boipelo belongs to a leading political party and attends its national convention 3. Blair reads multiple news sources each day 4. Nitya says officials should have predicted an attack

2. Boipelo belongs to a leading political party and attends its national convention

Children in Dr. Jensen’s latest study witnessed parental aggression but did not behave aggressively afterward. If Dr. Jensen practices humility, what might she do? 1. Insist the children will eventually become aggressive 2. Consider why they did not act aggressively and how they differed from earlier participants 3. Assume the participants did not follow the research protocol 4. Assume her results contain errors and are not accurate enough to publish

2. Consider why they did not act aggressively and how they differed from earlier participants

How might an evolutionary psychologist explain Otobong’s fear of large animals? 1. She has automatic negative thoughts 2. The fear helped her ancestors avoid predators 3. She must have a mental health disorder 4. She must have been attacked during childhood

2. The fear helped her ancestors avoid predators

Which scenario reflects overconfidence? 1. A student believes they will work for the FBI after completing their degree 2. A student says they may not work in criminal justice 3. A student says criminal justice is the best major 4. A student receives an A and claims they predicted it early in the semester

1. A student believes they will work for the FBI after completing their degree

Anisim seeks help from a cognitive psychologist for his fear of flying. What activity might the psychologist ask him to do? 1. Describe the thoughts that enter his mind when someone mentions flying 2. Examine how conditioning created the fear 3. Recall childhood events that caused the fear 4. Undergo a brain scan

1. Describe the thoughts that enter his mind when someone mentions flying