Exam 1: D: Psychology and Scientific Thinking

If you were an evolutionary psychologist,which statement would you support concerning how people select romantic partners?

According to the warning signs of pseudoscience,an overuse of ad hoc immunizing hypotheses involves

Dr.Asocate has found a relationship between foot size and criminal behaviour and concludes that larger feet causes criminal behaviour.Which of the following principles of critical thinking is most applicable to his claim?

Modern theories in physics have included,in some fields,the introduction of multiple dimensions;not with merely three but upwards of eleven.To some critics like William of Occam,while their theories have garnered support from laboratory studies,they may lack

Dr.Martian claimed that aliens are real and have been performing mind experiments on humans for years.Which of the following principles of critical thinking is most applicable to his claim?

Assuming a claim is correct because many people believe it is called the

If a psychologist were to develop a theory of cognitive development,he or she would want his or her theory to explain __________ observations.

An important point from the authors' discussion on why people need to care about the dangers of pseudoscience is that

Which of the following fallacies is most connected to morality?

The principle of parsimony relates to which principle of critical thinking?

Your friend tells you about a new commercial program called "Memorize This" that is proven by research to help people draw on their natural abilities to form photographic memories and remember information forever.What advice would you give to your friend about this program?

Based on Occam's razor,a good theory is __________;that is,it offers the __________ explanation for the available data.

"The contents of the Bible must be true because it's been around for thousands of years." This is an example of the __________ fallacy.

Using the criteria of Occam's razor,a good theory is one that is the __________ explanation for the available data.

Our tendency to perceive meaningful connections among unrelated phenomena is called

Researchers have shown a correlation between hair length and anti-war attitudes (longer hair is associated with more protest to military action).If you fell guilty to the correlation = causation error,you might conclude

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection significantly influenced __________,which aimed to understand the adaptive purposes of psychological characteristics.

The term __________ refers to the use of everyday sources to understand and explain human behaviour.

The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)was established in __________.

Recall from your text that researchers gave students false feedback about their abilities to distinguish between false and real suicide notes.At the conclusion of the study,the researchers informed the students that their feedback was in no way related to their actual performance.However,on a subsequent task where the students had to estimate their performance on a similar task,they used this false feedback to guide their estimates.This is an example of