Why are people often wrong in asserting that social psychology findings reflect only common sense? The practice test includes 30 questions and begins on the next page.
To best simulate the exam environment, I recommend writing the practice test in one sitting, in a quiet
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PSYCHOLOGY 2070B-001 Midterm Practice Test (Winter 2015)
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Winter 2015
Instructor: Sarah Stanton
This practice test covers material that will be tested on the midterm (i.e., Chapters 1-6 and lecture material
from January 8-February 5). The practice test includes 30 questions and begins on the next page.
To best simulate the exam environment, I recommend writing the practice test in one sitting, in a quiet
place, without consulting any notes. I also suggest you give yourself no more than 1 hour (60 minutes) to
write the practice test, to approximate the amount of time allotted for the midterm exam on February 12.
The answer key for this practice test can be found in the “Resources” tab in Sakai.
I wish you much success!
PSYCHOLOGY 2070B-001 Midterm Practice Test (Winter 2015)
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1. Why are people often wrong in asserting that social psychology findings reflect only common sense?
a. Common sense and people’s inferences are rarely correct.
b. Common sense findings may make more sense in retrospect than in advance.
c. People assume that social psychology is not an empirical science.
d. People dismiss counterintuitive findings and just pay attention to findings that support common
sense.
e. People assume that common sense notions cannot be examined scientifically.
2. High interrater reliability is important because
a. independent agreement on observations reduces bias and increases trustworthiness of findings.
b. independent agreement on observations makes causal explanations possible.
c. independent agreement on observations helps researchers determine associations between
variables.
d. independent agreement on observations keeps coding criteria objective.
e. independent agreement on observations promotes external validity.
3. Your friend Tony finds a correlation between ice cream purchases and aggressive behavior on the beach.
He is excited by this finding, but you point out that hot weather is a third variable that could better
explain the effect. In other words, his correlation is
a. HARKed.
b. spurious.
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