While considerable research suggests that human’s exhibit relatively poor reasoning ability what reasons have been given to be critical of this research?

Related Mcqs:

1. Inductive reasoning goes from the specific to the general. Which of the following is analogous to inductive reasoning?

   A. top-down processing
   B. bottom-up processing
   C. perceptual expectancies
   D. illusions

2. Research studies that examine people’s responses on the Watson Selection test, the military problem puzzle and speak-aloud protocols have demonstrated that reasoning about problems is strongly influenced by:

   A. Logic
   B. Detection of the problem
   C. Conditional of the problem
   D. Heuristics
   E. Representation of the problem

3. Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
   1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
   2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
   3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
   4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 3 & 4

4. Which perspective is most concerned with identifying the limits of human reasoning?

   A. behavioral
   B. cognitive
   C. biological
   D. social-cultural

5. Research suggests that humans can most easily master the grammar of a second language during __________________?

   A. childhood
   B. adolescence
   C. early adulthood
   D. late adulthood

6. Research on avoidance learning suggests that a fear response is acquired through_________conditioning: the avoidance response is maintained as a result of______conditioning.

   A. classical; operant
   B. operant; classical
   C. classical; classical
   D. operant; operant

7. Research evidence suggests that violent people show deficits in which type of social information processing?

   A. Anger management
   B. Encoding social cues
   C. Deception
   D. Memory retrieval

8. After living together for a year, Surriya and Fahim have decided to marry. Research on premarital cohabitation most strongly suggests that:

   A. their cohabitation will not influence the success of their marriage
   B. but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce
   C. they have more positive attitudes toward the institution of marriage than the average couple
   D. most of their college friends and acquaintances have viewed their cohabitation negatively

9. Research suggests that we seek out the company of others because of which motives?

   A. To obtain information
   B. To reduce anxiety
   C. To compare ourselves with similar others
   D. All of the above
   E. None of the above

10. Some research suggests that women are more receptive to external sensory stimuli when they are what?

    A. Most tired
    B. Least hungry
    C. Least fertile
    D. Most fertile