Exam 1: Studying Psychology

Analytic (critical) thinking involves:

What is meant by psychological thinking? In your answer make reference to Robert Sternberg (1997) model.

In order to study psychology you need to be able to think

_________thinking involves breaking down a theory or study in order to identify its strengths and limitations

Scientific thinking can be described as the logical process of thinking about how to generate and evaluate evidence for an idea

When you hear about a study or theory in a lecture or textbook and want to know more, you should:

You can develop your creative thinking by practicing generating predictions from theory and __________to test these

McGhee suggests that a good psychologist must be able to

When critically evaluating a theory, which of the following statements refers to, the extent to which a theory can explain all aspects of a situation

Academic conferences often publish abstracts or full papers on conference websites, one should be cautious however because

Internal consistency is the

Primary sources are

Psychology is

When you want to know more about a topic, you should:

One way to develop your creative thinking skills in psychology is

Specialist psychology tests are often helpful for

General psychology texts are often helpful for

Which of these statements is TRUE of pre-degree study of Psychology

Popular psychology and stories of psychology in the media tend to present ideas as facts but often the evidence is lacking or at best mixed

Which of the following statements is true of academic psychology