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

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