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Topic 1 Quiz - RDA1

Questão 1 de 10

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One reason that Freud's theories of personality have not been more influential in the field of psychology is that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the theories do not specify causes for behaviour.

  • the theories are not the simplest explanations for behaviour.

  • the theories are too unusual.

  • the theories are difficult to falsify.

Explicação

Questão 2 de 10

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The parsimony canon of the scientific method states that

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the simplest explanation of a phenomenon is most likely to be correct.

  • observation is the best way of gaining new knowledge.

  • phenomena have observable causes.

  • explanations of phenomena should be able to be falsified if they are incorrect.

Explicação

Questão 3 de 10

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Deciding is must be raining because you felt it would rain today is an example of which method of knowing?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • intuition

  • authority

  • observation

  • deduction

Explicação

Questão 4 de 10

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Seeking only evidence that supports our beliefs and ignoring evidence that contradicts those beliefs is:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • belief bias

  • confirmation bias

  • evidence bias

  • contradictory bias

Explicação

Questão 5 de 10

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The scientific method involves gaining new knowledge through

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • deduction.

  • intuition.

  • authority.

  • observation.

Explicação

Questão 6 de 10

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Knowledge gained in _________ studies can also feed back to basic researchers to help them refine their theories about how behaviour works.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • basic

  • applied

  • field

  • experimental

Explicação

Questão 7 de 10

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What helps scientists test their ideas more easily, because it is easier to develop a study that might falsify a simple explanation than to develop a study that might falsify a more complex explanation?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • determinism.

  • parsimony.

  • testability.

  • empiricism.

Explicação

Questão 8 de 10

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Relying on the works of Plato and Aristotle for knowledge about the world is an example of what way knowing?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • intuition

  • authority

  • observation

  • deduction

Explicação

Questão 9 de 10

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External validity is

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • a type of research conducted in psychology

  • the degree to which a study's results can be generalise to individuals and situations outside of the study.

  • the degree to which a study provides a good test of a causal prediction.

  • both b and c.

Explicação

Questão 10 de 10

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_______ research investigates fundamental aspects of behaviour, whereas ______ research investigates solutions for real-world problems.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Internal;external

  • External;internal

  • Basic;applied

  • Applied;basic

Explicação