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PSY100 Midterm #1 UofT Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Empiricism - Answer- The view that knowledge comes from observed/sensory experience Empirical evidence - Answer- Refers to the data that has been collected (or the knowledge that has been gained) by scientific observation What is the role of theories? - Answer- Scientific theories typically explain the relationship between two or more variables. What must scientific theories be? - Answer- Testable, falsifiable, parsimonious Wha...

PSY100 Test 1 | University of Toronto, Prof. Ashley Waggoner-Denton 100% Correct Answers Science - Answer- The use of systematic observation to acquire knowledge. Systematic observation - Answer- The careful observation of the natural world with the aim of better understanding it. Observations provide basic data that allow scientists to track, tally, and organize information about the natural world. Naturalistic Observation - Answer- Passive observation. Observers do not change or alter o...

Complete textbook notes for the 3rd chapter of the Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View at UTM (UofT Mississauga) for PSY100Y5.

PSY100 Test 1 | University of Toronto, Prof. Ashley Waggoner-Denton 100% Correct Answers Science - Answer- The use of systematic observation to acquire knowledge. Systematic observation - Answer- The careful observation of the natural world with the aim of better understanding it. Observations provide basic data that allow scientists to track, tally, and organize information about the natural world. Naturalistic Observation - Answer- Passive observation. Observers do not change or alter o...

Complete textbook notes for PSY100Y5 UTM for the textbook: Science of Psychology; An Appreciative View.

PSY100Y5F – Introduction to Psychology UTM First Test (actual questions and answers) new update University of Toronto, Mississauga

PSY100 Midterm #1 UofT Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Empiricism - Answer- The view that knowledge comes from observed/sensory experience Empirical evidence - Answer- Refers to the data that has been collected (or the knowledge that has been gained) by scientific observation What is the role of theories? - Answer- Scientific theories typically explain the relationship between two or more variables. What must scientific theories be? - Answer- Testable, falsifiable, parsimonious Wha...

In Festinger and Carlsmith's classic study of cognitive dissonance, which group of subjects experienced both a high level of cognitive dissonance and exhibited more attitude change? - ACCURATE ANSWERsubjects who were offered $1 to "lie" Which emotional symptom is fairly typical for an individual with a schizophrenic disorder to exhibit? - ACCURATE ANSWERa "flattening" of emotions What do we call the stage during which sexual functions reach maturity? - ACCURATE ANSWERpuberty Garcia...

PSY100 Test 1 | University of Toronto, Prof. Ashley Waggoner-Denton 100% Solved Science - answerThe use of systematic observation to acquire knowledge. Systematic observation - answerThe careful observation of the natural world with the aim of better understanding it. Observations provide basic data that allow scientists to track, tally, and organize information about the natural world. Naturalistic Observation - answerPassive observation. Observers do not change or alter ongoing behaviou...