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1) The term ________ refers to the use of everyday sources to understand and explain human behaviour. a. common sense b. psychology c. popular psychology d. experimental psychology 2) According to the authors, much of the knowledge from popular psychology sources a. is of no or very little interest to psychologists. b. is contradicted by what psychological research has demonstrated. c. is not able to be studied empirically. d. is consistent with the results of psychological research. 3) When students begin to read through their introductory psychology textbook, they are often surprised to learn that a. commonsense explanations abound in the field of psychology. b. many of their beliefs about the causes of thoughts and behaviours are incorrect. c. psychology is a unique field of study separate from philosophy and biology. d. psychologists do not study people’s everyday behaviours. 4) According to the authors, psychology is a method for a. determining simple answers to complex questions. b. restating commonsense findings in a more convoluted manner. c. gaining deeper insight into how and why people think and act a certain way. d. knowing how to turn people from maladaptive to adaptive actions, feelings, and thoughts. 5) Evaluating personal relationships and the way we relate to other people involves the __________ level of analysis. a. biological b. social-cultural c. psychological d. interpersonal 6) A psychologist is often skeptical of claims suggesting a. that a person’s future behaviour is often difficult to predict accurately. b. a particular behaviour is the result of a single causal factor. c. a person’s culture is a strong influence on his or her everyday thoughts and behaviours. d. people are influenced by others’ thoughts and behaviours. 7) Trying to explain complex human behaviours, like violence, in terms of one causal factor, such as genes or video games, fails to acknowledge that ______________. a. biological roots to behaviour are more important than other causes b. actions are multiply determined c. individual differences prevent us from making any conclusions d. behaviour is always reciprocally determined 8) Johanna is a researcher in Spain, and conducts research on how Spanish culture shapes body image in young Spanish teenage girls. Johanna is using a(n) _________ approach to cross-cultural psychology. a. etic b. emic c. apophenic d. pareidolic 9) __________________ refers to the fact that we mutually influence each other’s behaviour. a. Mutual exclusion b. Kin selection c. Reciprocal determinism d. Naïve realism 10) We trust our common sense and may believe in popular psychology claims because we are prone to a. the confirmation bias. b. naïve realism. c. logical fallacies. d. communalism.