iClicker Questions for Psychology in Everyday Life 3e by David G.

Myers & Nathan DeWall

Melissa Terlecki, Cabrini College

Chapter 1: Psychologys Roots, Big Ideas, and Critical Thinking Tools

1. Which perspective in psychology focuses on unconscious drives and conflicts? (Answer)

a. neuroscientific

b. evolutionary

c. psychodynamic

d. cognitive

2. Which area of in psychology emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people? (Answer)

a. behaviorism

b. humanistic

c. cognitive neuroscience

d. social-cultural psychology

3. Which type of psychologist explores how people view and affect one another? (Answer)

a. social

b. biological

c. counseling

d. health

4. Which big idea in psychology acknowledges that people operate at a conscious and an unconscious
level? (Answer)

a. critical thinking

b. biopsychosocial approach

c. exploring human strengths

d. two-track mind
5. According to the biopsychosocial approach, _____ influences include learned fears and expectations
that affect behavior and mental processes. (Answer)

a. psychological

b. social-cultural

c. unconscious

d. biological

6. Which statement regarding the nature-nurture debate is TRUE? (Answer)

a. Traits and behaviors are caused by nature.

b. Nature refers to biology.

c. Nurture refers to biology.

d. Traits and behaviors are caused by nurture.

7. Which error in intuitive thinking is the tendency to believe, after learning the outcome, that it could
have been predicted? (Answer)

a. hindsight bias

b. overconfidence

c. perceiving patterns in random events

d. skepticism

8. Which type of research involves studying special individuals in depth in order to reveal universal
principles? (Answer)

a. survey

b. interview

c. naturalistic observation

d. case study
9. Which research method involves exploring cause and effect? (Answer)

a. descriptive

b. positive correlation

c. experimental

d. negative correlation

10. Which aspect of American Psychological Association ethics explains the true nature of the research
after the research is completed? (Answer)

a. informed consent

b. protection from harm

c. debriefing

d. confidentiality

Critical Thinking Questions

11. If two identical twins are reared apart, yet have the same intelligence test score, this may provide an
argument for: (Answer)

a. nature.

b. nurture.

c. culture.

d. environment.

12. A psychologist is studying a rare genetic disorder in a child. This is an example of a/an: (Answer)

a. experiment.

b. random sample.

c. case study.

d. correlation.
13. In men, as age increases, hair loss increases, yielding a correlation of r = 0.85. This is an example of a:
(Answer)

a. strong negative correlation.

b. strong positive correlation.

c. weak negative correlation.

d. weak positive correlation.

14. In an experiment studying the effects of caffeine on alertness in college students, the independent
variable is the: (Answer)

a. amount of caffeine.

b. level of alertness.

c. age of the college student.

d. gender of the researcher.

15. In an experiment investigating the effects of a new drug on depression, a group of adults receive pills
that they believe to be the new drug, but are actually only sugar pills. However, many of the adults
report feeling less depressed. This is an example of the: (Answer)

a. experimental group.

b. control group.

c. double-blind procedure.

d. placebo effect.