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Question #1
Critical Thinking is____________
A.   applying information to understand and evaluate social phenomena
B.   reviewing information on the Internet to develop a critical opinion on it
C.   applying a set of skills to understand and evaluate information
D.   applying a set of skills to find information about a controversial topic
Question #2
Which of the following defines hypothesis?
A.   means of explaining social phenomena
B.   way of looking at the world
C.   idea that proves a theory
D.   tentative explanation
Question #3
Psychology refers to the ________.
A.   scientific study of the mind
B.   experimental study of individuals
C.   systematic study of human interaction
D.   empirical study of humanity
Question #4
Which of the following refers to a broad explanation or group of explanations for some aspect of the natural world that is consistently supported by evidence over time?
A.   hypothesis
B.   scientific theory
C.   -ology
D.   pseudoscience
Question #5
Psychology is a social science discipline. Psychologists scientifically study ________.
A.   only behavior
B.   the mind and behavior
C.   the soul, the mind, and behavior
D.   only the mind
Question #6
The empirical method of study is based on ________.
A.   statistics
B.   practice
C.   observation
D.   guesswork
Question #7
What is a PsyD?
A.   Doctor of Psychiatry
B.   Doctor of Psychology
C.   Doctor of Philosophy
D.   Doctor of Psychoanalysis
Question #8
Introspection refers to a process by which someone examines ________ as objectively as possible.
A.   another person’s consciousness
B.   her own conscious experience
C.   the social construction of consciousness
D.   her own subconscious experience
Question #9
According to William James, the purpose of psychology was to ________.
A.   interpret dreams
B.   study the function of behavior
C.   manipulate human behavior
D.   study the structure and characteristics of the mind
Question #10
Behaviorists study ________.
A.   learned behavior
B.   dreams
C.   a person’s unconscious mind
D.   chemical and hormonal changes

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