Answer: c
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Applying Psychology to Everyday Life
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective (LO): 1.12 Recall the basic criteria for critical thinking that people can use in their everyday lives.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Application
17. Which of the following illustrates psychology's goal of control?
a. Giving psychological tests to a new therapy client to determine the client's symptoms
b. Using rewards to help a smoker give up cigarettes
c. Predicting students' university grades based on their high school grades
d. Observing the behavior of children in preschool
Answer: b
Difficulty: Difficult
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Analyze It
Objective (LO): 1.5 Recall the five steps of the scientific approach.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Analysis
18. Dr. Jonas wanted to determine what would happen if rats were given food every time they completed a maze. He believed they would learn to complete the maze faster. This belief is called ____.
a. an explanation. c. control.
b. a description. d. a prediction.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Apply What You Know
Skill: Analyze It
Objective (LO): 1.5 Recall the five steps of the scientific approach.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Application
19. When conducting research, scientists and psychologists gather ________ evidence to ________.
a. subjective; speculate c. circumstantial; understand
b. empirical; know d. hypothetical; control
Answer: b
Difficulty: Difficult
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Analyze It
Objective (LO): 1.5 Recall the five steps of the scientific approach.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Analysis
20. Sasha sat in the preschool classroom and watched the children play, writing down how well they interacted with each other. The children could see that Sasha was watching them, so they made an attempt to be extra well-behaved for her. Sasha's research will be impacted by ______.
a. an inability to replicate the results. c. the observer effect.
b. observer bias. d. participant observation.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective (LO): 1.6 Compare and contrast some of the methods used to describe behavior.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Application
21. When Alfonse took the survey in the mall, he noticed that the interviewer was wearing a Trump button. Alfonse answered the questions more favorably toward Trump than he might otherwise have, probably because ____.
a. the survey questions were biased c. he misunderstand the purpose of the survey.
b. of observer bias. d. of courtesy bias.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective (LO): 1.6 Compare and contrast some of the methods used to describe behavior.