APU PSYC300 2019 January Week 1 Quiz Chapter 1 Latest

PSYC300 Research Methods in Psychology

Week 1 Quiz Chapter 1

Question 1

Some people are surprised to learn that psychology is a

  A.  subject of study.

  B.  body of existing information.

    C.  science.

  D.  consideration of the broader research community.

Question 2

The general scientific approach has three fundamental features. The first feature is

  A.  empirical questioning.

  B.  research question development.

    C.  systematic empiricism.

  D.  hypothesis development.

Question 3

______ is an essential feature of science.

    A.  Collaboration

  B.  Problem solving

  C.  Questions which lead to data collection which leads to interpretations

  D.  Steps that should be followed in order

Question 4

_______ refers to activities and beliefs that are claimed to be scientific by their proponents.

  A.  Science

    B.  Pseudoscience

  C.  Interpretation

  D.  Insight

Question 5

Rebirthing therapy, is an example of

  A.  infantilism.

  B.  past-life regression.

  C.  gender-bending.

    D.  pseudoscientific psychotherapies.

Question 6

Empiricism

  A.  refers to the groups for the course of the project and take notes about their social interactions and dialogues.

  B.  refers to unit test scores of those who were placed in cooperative groups and those who were not.

  C.  refers to focus groups with college students about the types of cooperative learning they have encountered in their schooling.

    D.  refers to learning based on observation.

Question 7

Scientific claims must be

    A.  falsifiable.

  B.  tested.

  C.  products of experimentation.

  D.  true.

Question 8

The third feature of science is that it creates

  A.  empirical questions.

    B.  public knowledge.

  C.  positivism.

  D.  postpositivism.

Question 9

______ allows science to be self-correcting.

  A.  Scientific knowledge

  B.  Publicly-funded research

    C.  Publication

  D.  Statistical tests

Question 10

______ the idea that pyramids in general have healing and other special powers.

  A.  Cryptozoology

    B.  Pyramidology

  C.  Psychic powers

  D.  Pseudoscience