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PSYC 255 Quiz 1 – Question and Answers

1. Penn and Teller used actors pretending to be professionals to convince shoppers of the benefits of magnet therapy to demonstrate the power of _______.
2. __________ is a system of challenges by which scientific claims can be verified.
3. Think about the terms science and pseudoscience.  Of the following terms, which term below fits least well?
4. Belief in which of the following statements is an example of using intuition in everyday life?
5. Which of the following is a national organization for psychologists?
6. _________ is the persistence to maintain.
7. Which of the following statements about pseudoscience is true?
8. __________ is the appearance of expertise in a field of study.
9. __________ is understanding through the use of common sense based on observation.
10. Science is __________.
11. When describing the procedure, be sure to include __________.
12. When describing the procedure, be sure to include __________.
13. Abstracts begin on page number _____.
14. Which of the following statements about how to indicate numbers is correct?
15. When should you write the abstract?
16. When writing the discussion, you are encouraged to use _____ tense.
17. Which of the following topics should be included in the discussion?
18. Abstracts are __________.
19. Writing within the field of psychology follows a standard form developed by the __________.
20. The method section has _____ subsections.
21. The second step in the scientific method is to __________.
22. Which of the following is a goal of psychological research?
23. The definition of a hypothesis as an educated guess is ___________.
24. The first step in the scientific method is known as __________.
25. The first three goals of psychological research can be categorized as __________ research.
26. Which of the following is an underlying goal for all research?
27. What is the fourth goal of psychological research?
28. Chapter 3 begins with an Are You Equipped? exercise describing research in which a movie theater owner flashed “Eat Popcorn” and “Drink Coca-Cola” at an exposure rate of 1/3,000 per second on the screen during the presentation of a movie.  This study sparked interest in which topic area in psychology?
29. When you ask yourself, “How can I enhance or reduce the exhibited behavior?” you are conducting research for which goal of psychology?
30. Which of the following is an example of a testable research hypothesis?