1. The best way to study the human mind is to study people's
thoughts and perceptions.
True False
2. If I was doing research in the field of psychology, I would
be more likely to observe particular behaviors than to ask about thoughts.
True False
3. I believe people have free will; they choose their own
behaviors and are not without choice.
True False
4. You should not rely on your own logic to understand the
world; you should rather rely on observation of your surroundings.
True False
5. All living things are imbued with a life force that science
cannot explain.
True False
6. It is necessary for the methods used to study thought and
behavior be falsifiable.
True False
7. It is essential to determine and document all possible
contents of consciousness before studying any mental activities and processes.
True False
8. It is important to start with a theory before gathering
data.
True False
9. It is important to break down information into its smallest
parts in order to understand it.
True False
10. I
believe that everything we see and experience in the world is a construction
of our own mind.
True False
11. We are born with pre-wired information in our brains.
True False
12. Nature requires some sort of transcendent guidance to
explain and operate its various aspects.
True False
13. It is important to establish general laws about human
behavior.
True False
14. The pursuit of knowledge should be tempered by the
usefulness of the results.
True False
15. Distilling a person's responses through the use of numbers
loses the essence of the person's information.
True False
16. I believe people are largely unaware of important mental
processes happening in their minds.
True False
17. If I was doing research in the field of psychology, I
would be more likely to ask participants about their thoughts than observe
their behaviors.
True False
18. I believe that most human behaviors are caused by a
stimulus or trigger of some kind in the environment.
True False
19. Your senses can be deceiving, so it is better to rely on
your ability to think things through than rely on external information.
True False
20. All human behavior can be completely explained
scientifically through physiological and chemical means.
True False
21. It
is just as important, if not more, to study the individual experience of each
person as it is to design "objective" studies.
True False
22. It is better to evaluate ideas by their utility than by
their contents.
True False
23. You should not draw conclusions before you have examined a
number of facts or observations.
True False
24. The mind seems to organize experiences into wholes which
are worth more than the sum of their parts.
True False
25.
The experience of my thoughts are only a byproduct of the body's natural
processes.
True False
26. Human beings are born with the mental equivalent of a
blank slate.
True False
27. The development of mankind occurred via evolution over
millions of years through the process of natural selection.
True False
28. There are too many differences between individuals to
establish a general idea of the processes of human behavior.
True False
29. The activity of seeking knowledge should be performed for
no other reason than because answers exist.
True False
30. Statistically significant numerical differences are the
best indication that new information can be obtained.
True False
31. I believe introspection is a method that can be used for
the study of the human mind.
True False
32. It is more important to predict and control human behavior
than to understand human thoughts.
True False
33. I believe in fate or destiny.
True False
34. I believe the mind and all knowledge arise out of concrete
experience.
True False
35. There is a limit to the possible scientific understanding
of physiological processes.
True False
36. When two people observe an event they should be able to
report exactly the same knowledge learned from that event.
True False
37. You cannot break down thoughts or consciousness without
changing or eliminating the underlying meaning of the thought.
True False
38. Starting with preconceived notions or ideas about a
subject may mislead you to only consider select ideas and observations related
to the subject.
True False
39. The essence of information does not lie in the specific
elements but rather in the relationship between elements.
True False
40.
There is no mind, only the experience of the body.
True False
41. Most information is learned; the input of inheritance is
minimal.
True False
42. I
believe there is more to nature than conventional laws of science can explain.
True False
43. In
order to get the most accurate picture of psychological constructs, it is more
important to study very limited events or the experience of individuals,
versus aiming for sweeping generalizations that may not apply to everyone.
True False
44. A research program should have specific goals and should
lead to knowledge that can be applied.
True False
45. Non-parametric tests are for psychologists who have no
knowledge of science - they are not true ways of acquiring knowledge.
True False
46. Pick one of the following statements. Choose the statement
that most accurately describes you beliefs.
A. All
physiological processes are understandable in terms of ordinary physiological
and chemical means
B.
The
experience of the mind is only a byproduct of the physiological processes of
the body; it has no causal abilities
C. The
mind and the body may seem to interact but they actually do not. Instead,
there is a perfect correlation between the processes of the mind and the
processes of the body so that they seem to act in concert.
D.
You
can understand life as both a process of the mind and a process of the body;
they represent two different characteristics of existence
E.
The
mind and the body do interact, most likely because that is the way that a
higher power created it.
F.
The
mind or the will strongly affects the physiological processes of the body.
G. There
is actually no such thing as the body. The belief that we have a body is just
an illusion created by our mind.
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