PSYC 255 QUIZ 1 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS

 Question 1

2 out of 2 points

Penn and Teller used actors pretending to be professionals to convince shoppers of the

benefits of magnet therapy to demonstrate the power of _______.

Selected

Answer:

suggesti

on.

 Question 2

2 out of 2 points

Which of the following ways can be used to remain up-to-date on developments in the

field of psychology?

Selected

Answer:

all of the

above

 Question 3

2 out of 2 points

Which of the following statements about pseudoscience is true?

Selected

Answer:

pseudoscience uses

intuition

 Question 4

2 out of 2 points

Pseudoscience gathers information from which of the means listed below?

Selected

Answer:

all of the

above

 Question 5

2 out of 2 points

_________ is the persistence to maintain.

Selected

Answer:

Tenaci

ty

 Question 6

2 out of 2 points

Anderson (2001) notes that the news media typically report __________.

Selected

Answer:

a weak link between media violence and

aggression

 Question 7

2 out of 2 points

Which of the following is not a science?

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Selected

Answer:

astrolo

gy

 Question 8

2 out of 2 points

Science is __________.

Selected

Answer:

A and

C

 Question 9

2 out of 2 points

Which of the following is a national organization for psychologists?

Selected

Answer:

A and

B

 Question 10

2 out of 2 points

Which of the following statements is true regarding the nature of journals in the field of

psychology?

Selected

Answer:

some journals are broad in scope and others are

specific to subareas

 Question 11

2 out of 2 points

The method section should be written in _____ or _____ tense.

Selected

Answer:

past; present

perfect

 Question 12

0 out of 2 points

Which of the following is the preferred format for author information on the title page?

Selected

Answer:

last name, first initial (s), middle

initial (s)

 Question 13

0 out of 2 points

The method section has _____ subsections.

Selected

Answer:

3

 Question 14

0 out of 2 points

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