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• The Greek naturalist and philosopher Aristotle suggested the source of our personality is the
• brain.
• throat.
• heart.
• stomach.

ANSWER: c

• Three key elements of the scientific attitude are
• pride, enthusiasm, and ingenuity.
• ingenuity, practicality, and certainty.
• certainty, creativity, and curiosity.
• curiosity, skepticism, and humility.

ANSWER: d

• Putting a scientific attitude into practice requires humility as well as
• enhanced critical thinking.
• a biopsychosocial approach.
• curiosity and skepticism.
• functionalism.

ANSWER: c

4.In conducting research, Douglas demonstrates a scientific attitude. Which of the following characteristics are part of that attitude?

• curiosity
• indifference
• certainty
• sureness

ANSWER: a

• Stacey insists that Dr. Hendricks' theory of aggression be checked against observable evidence. She is

demonstrating the scientific attitude of

• pride.
• skepticism.
• practicality.
• enthusiasm.

ANSWER: b

• A desire to use data to evaluate predictions is related to
• structuralism.
• curiosity.
• functionalism.

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• the biopsychosocial approach.

ANSWER: b

• The scientific attitude requires an open-minded humility because it involves a willingness to
• avoid many levels of analysis.
• reject any ideas that can't be scientifically tested.
• recognize the errors in our own ideas.
• respect political beliefs that contradict our own.

ANSWER: c

• Professor Kimmons realizes that researchers may err as a result of personal bias. The professor is expressing
• enhanced critical thinking.
• a lack of curiosity.
• increased skepticism.
• an attitude of humility.

ANSWER: d

• One of psychology's early mottos was "The rat is always right." Which aspect of the scientific attitude did

this represent?

• humility
• respect for animals
• curiosity
• skepticism

ANSWER: a

• Reasoning that does not blindly accept available arguments and conclusions best illustrates
• dual processing.
• critical thinking.
• the psychodynamic perspective.
• a biopsychosocial approach.

ANSWER: b

• Critical thinking most clearly involves
• a biopsychosocial approach.
• applied research.
• evaluating evidence.
• dual processing.

ANSWER: c

• Ivan is discussing self-driving cars with Bassem. Ivan is convinced that self-driving cars are more

dangerous. Bassem believes that self-driving cars are less dangerous but is open to the possibility that he could be wrong. Who would be most likely to engage in critical thinking? 2 / 4

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• Shane
• Bassem
• both Shane and Bassem
• neither Shane nor Bassem

ANSWER: b

• Which of the following is NOT associated with critical thinking?
• debunking popular presumptions
• making factual claims based on one's gut
• revealing surprising findings
• identifying effective policies

ANSWER: b

• Lizbeth is concerned about pollution and its effects on the planet. She has read several news articles, paying

careful attention to the content in the articles and the sources of the information. She has also reviewed information that seems contrary to her view. She is involved in

• critical thinking.
• skepticism.
• making assumptions.
• sharing false information.

ANSWER: a

• A questioning attitude regarding psychologists' assumptions and hidden values best illustrates
• behaviorism.
• critical thinking.
• a biopsychosocial approach.
• Freudian psychology.

ANSWER: b

• Jennifer was worried that the wording of the questions in a diet and exercise survey may have encouraged

respondents to express unusually positive levels of health. Jennifer's concern best illustrates

• behavior genetics.
• dual processing.
• critical thinking.
• the neuroscience perspective.

ANSWER: c

• When you question the claim that hypnosis helps people to recall memories more accurately, you are most

clearly demonstrating

• positive psychology.
• the neuroscience perspective. 3 / 4

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• a biopsychosocial approach.
• critical thinking.

ANSWER: d

• Wilhelm Wundt measured how long it took people to press a telegraph key after hearing a ball hit a platform

in order to measure

• human perception.
• biopsychosocial events.
• the fastest and simplest mental processes.
• critical thinking.

ANSWER: c

• The birth of psychology is often attributed to Wilhelm Wundt because he pioneered the investigation of

mental processes by

• using a biopsychosocial approach.
• adopting an evolutionary perspective.
• advocating positive psychology.
• conducting the first psychological experiment.

ANSWER: d

• The English naturalist whose thinking about species variation led to evolutionary psychology was
• Ivan Pavlov.
• Charles Darwin.
• John B. Watson.
• Carl Rogers.

ANSWER: b

• The personality theorist Sigmund Freud was an Austrian
• chemist.
• physician.
• theologian.
• politician.

ANSWER: b

• One of the last century's most influential observers of children was the Swiss biologist
• Charles Darwin.
• Margaret Floy Washburn.
• William James.
• Jean Piaget.

ANSWER: d

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