Psychology Differs from Pseudoscience and Psychobabble in All of the Following

question 239

Multiple Choice

Psychology differs from pseudoscience and psychobabble in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• A) psychology, but not pseudoscience, is based on research evidence.
• B) pseudoscience, but not psychology, promises easy fixes to life's problems.
• C) psychology confirms our existing beliefs and prejudices, while pseudoscience often challenges them.
• D) the predictions of pseudoscience tend to be so vague as to be meaningless.

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Definitions:

Barack Obama

The 44th President of the United States, serving from 2009 to 2017, known for being the first African American to hold the office.

Attitudes

Psychological tendencies expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor, reflecting how one feels about, thinks about, and behaves toward some aspect of the environment.

Motivating

The process of stimulating someone to act in a way that achieves a desired outcome.

Dual Attitudes

Different evaluations of the same attitude object held by the same person (perhaps one deliberate, the other automatic).