Practice question · Select all that apply
Select every statement that is TRUE about contemporary psychology.
Hints
- Two options invert a fact - one about positive psychology, one about the WEIRD critique.
- Positive psychology IS scientific, and the WEIRD critique says samples are UNrepresentative.
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- A. The biopsychosocial model integrates biological, psychological, and social factors.
- C. More psychologists work in clinical practice than in any other branch of the field.
- D. Preregistration commits to hypotheses before data collection.
Why
Clinical being the largest subfield, preregistration, and the biopsychosocial model are all true. Positive psychology uses scientific methods (not self-help), and the WEIRD critique argues samples are UNrepresentative - so those two are false.
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