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Question 111

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Which of the following is NOT likely to be considered a critical thinking skill?

A) Working systematically toward a desired goal
B) Accepting the views of an appropriate authority figure
C) Distinguishing among facts, opinions, and reasoned judgments
D) U nderstanding how reasons and evidence support or refute conclusions

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Question 112

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The greatest contribution of humanistic psychologists is their ​

A) focus on unconscious motives.
B) emphasis on directly observable events.
C) development of psychological treatments.
D) recognition of the flawed nature of human perception.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Question 113

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Which of the following areas of research in psychology is concerned with assessing individual differences, developing tests, and developing new statistical techniques?

Over the last 50 years, membership in the American Psychological Association has ​

If you wonder about the adaptive purpose of a common behavior (such as toddlers following their mothers around or teenagers wanting more independence from their parents) , your wondering would be MOST consistent with the principles of ​

A psychologist who studies information processing and decision-making would be considered a  _____ psychologist.

The most widely practiced professional specialty in psychology is _____ psychology.

Briefly discuss and contrast the five schools of psychological thought that were developed after Freud's psychodynamic theory.

Larry is a graduate student whose major area of interest is social psychology. You should expect that Larry is MOST interested in ​

A multifactorial approach to explaining your performance in a course would MOST likely focus on ​

In a discussion with your professor, she tells you that she believes that the focus of psychological study should be to break the conscious experience into its basic elements. With which of the following historical schools of thought is your professor's idea MOST consistent?

Discuss the contributions of structuralism and functionalism to the evolution of psychology as a discipline.

Isabel is listening to a piece of classical music and recording all her feelings and impressions as she experiences them. Isabel is using a technique similar to the research methodology of

_____  is based on the belief that psychology should investigate the purpose of consciousness.

The school of psychology that was MOST responsible for the rise of animal research in psychology was ​

Janet trained her dog to sit on command by following this behavior with a reward of a dog biscuit and praise. Janet used the principles of ​

Which of the following is the BEST advice for developing sound study habits? ​

Marie is a graduate student whose major area of interest is personality psychology. You should expect that Marie is MOST interested in ​

Apparently unrelated observations can sometimes be linked together and explained through the use of a well-constructed _____.

Examining behavior in terms of its adaptive value for a given species over a number of generations is consistent with the _____ approach to psychology.