Types of Biases
Subfields
Levels of Analysis
Origins of Psych
WILD CARD
100
What is hindsight bias?
100
explores how psychological processes play out in the workplace
What is industrial/organizational psych?
100
integrates biological factors, psychological processes and social-contextual influences in shaping human mental life and behavior
What is the biopsychosocial model?
100
Founder of functionalism
Who is William James?
100
Improve methods used in psychological science by making research plans and designs more transparent, documenting failed studies, and sharing data among researchers
What is the open science movement?
200
Martha is writing a paper comparing the impacts of Republican and Democratic policies in the 70s on the economy. Martha identifies as a Democrat. As she does her research, she finds herself selecting mainly positive Democratic policies to write about, ignoring some Republican policies that seemed to have a positive impact as well. Martha is demonstrating..
What is confirmation bias?
200
studies how humans grow and develop from the prenatal period to death
What is developmental psychology?
200
Nick is designing a study to see if growing up in a Hispanic household impacts one’s perception of therapy and how likely they are to want to seek therapy. Nick is interested in which level of analysis?
What is cultural?
200
the idea that mental processes could be best understood in terms of their adaptive purpose and function
What is functionalism?
200
psychological science is the study of these three things
What is the mind, the brain, and behavior?
300
Despite knowing that dying from contact with a deer is more common than dying from a shark, people usually find it easier to imagine vivid scenarios of deadly shark attacks. This is an example of…
What is availability heuristic?
300
a researcher curious about how things like stress, loneliness, and impulsivity influence physical wellbeing?
What is health psychology?
300
Researchers are studying how caffeine impacts the efficacy of the ADHD medication methylphenidate when the two are consumed closely together. At what level of analysis are the researchers working?
What is biological?
300
Discovered the mind/body problem
Who is René Descartes?
300
following simple rules to make decisions because they require less effort - "mental shortcuts"
What are heuristics?
400
Adam is a senior in high school who received his probationary driver’s license two months ago. Despite being a new driver, he often makes risky maneuvers. Yet, he tells his friends he’s a good driver. Adam is demonstrating which kind of bias?
What is the Dunning-Kruger effect?
400
Research finds that we remember information better if we’re in the same mood that we were in when we first learned the information. This finding would best fall under…
What is cognitive psychology?
400
Amanda, a social worker, meets with a student who's failing some of his classes. She asks him, How are things at home? This falls under what level of analysis?
What is social?
400
The idea that we experience the world through separate physical and mental realms, which are still intertwined
What is the mind/body problem? OR what is dualism?
400
True or false: A researcher is curious if a person’s self-reported feelings of anxiety are correlated to whether they have more open or closed body language. This researcher is a behaviorist.
What is false?
500
Research finds that as ice cream sales increase, so do the number of shark attacks. Does eating ice cream cause shark attacks? Why or why not?
No, because this is a correlational finding, and correlation does not equal causation. There is a third confounding variable (hot weather) that leads to the increase of both.
500
The Chameleon Effect” study found that when a person rubbed their face or shook their foot, the other person with them was more likely to mimic that behavior. This is known as ideomotor action, the phenomenon where just thinking about a behavior makes it more likely.
This study would best fall under which subfield of psychology?
What is social psychology?
500
Amanda, a social worker, meets with a student who's failing some of his classes. Give 3 example questions she could ask to make sure cover each aspect of the biopsychosocial model.
Various correct answers - some example ones:
Biological:
How many hours of sleep do you usually get; Are you experiencing any kind of physical pain?
Psychological:
How does thinking about your assignments make you feel?; Do you feel down, depressed, or hopeless?
Social:
Is there anyone in your life who you can turn to for help?; Do you have people you consider friends?
500
Argued that psychology should move away from philosophy and instead be a science of experimentation and observation
What is John Stuart Mill?
500
A study analyzed two identical twins, Morgan and Sam. Morgan grew up in a stable household with supportive, caring parents, while Sam grew up in a household with neglectful, aggressive parents. Sam was recently diagnosed with severe schizophrenia at 20 years old.
Schizophrenia is largely a genetic disorder, yet Morgan seems to be living a healthy life with no signs of any mental illnesses despite him sharing the same DNA.
Which term would best explain this phenomena?
What are epigenetics?