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Study guide: Exam 1. This study guide is not comprehensive and is only intended to exemplify the depth and breadth of topics that may appear on the exam! Practice multiple choice: For all items, choose the one, best answer. 1. According to the preface, what is the goal of the book (How to Think Straight about Psychology , by Stanovich)? C) provide a short introduction to critical thinking skills that will help students understand psychology and events in their lives 2. Two key aspects of publicly verifiable knowledge include _________________ and ____________________. B) replication; peer review 3. _______________________ means a procedure in which scientists, knowledgeable about the content of the research, critique the study. C) Peer review 4. Which of the following statements best describes pseudoscience? C) pseudoscience uses jargon, scientific-sounding language, without defining the terms. 5. _______________ is an example of a bad theory because it explains everything—after the fact. That is, it can’t be disconfirmed with any evidence. A) Psychoanalytic (Freudian) theory 6. Which example was described in the text to illustrate how incorrect but widely dispersed ideas about the mind from psychoanalytic theory impeded scientific progress? B) the history of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (Tourette syndrome). 7. In chapter 12, Stanovich notes that psychological scientists tend to not consider ESP (extra sensory perception) to be a viable topic of contemporary psychology because A) its investigation has not proved fruitful (the effects are rarely found and are not reliable when they are). 8. Which of the following statements is falsifiable? B) The moon is made entirely of cheese 9. What is the scientific term for “specific predictions that are derived from theories”? D) hypotheses 10. In chapter 12 of the textbook, Stanovich discusses post hoc theories. What does post hoc mean? B) after the fact
11. A video clip from Scott Lilienfeld's talk on EBP (evidence based practice) was shown. Which is true? D) EST (empirically supported treatments) is one category in the "Best research evidence" branch of EBP
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