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171) Imagine you are doing a project for class on evaluating the effectiveness of different treatments for anxiety disorders. You begin your project by searching for resources on the internet. Which of the following sources should not be considered a source of credible information? a. Canadian Psychological Association website b. Link to a meta-analysis on anxiety treatments c. Madame Chloe’s ICureScaredPeople.Com d. An article in Scientific American magazine 172) A major limitation in reading about the results of psychological research in the newspaper is that a. reporters provide too much detailed information about the research study that the general public cannot comprehend in their articles. b. reporters create controversy where none exists by treating scientific evidence and dissenter’s biased opinions as equally compelling. c. reporters are so well trained to discuss research that they cannot easily communicate about it with the average lay person. d. reporters do not know how to identify experts to interview for many of their stories and end up unintentionally misleading the public. 173) A key factor to consider when reading about the results of a study on the Internet, in a newspaper, or in a news magazine is to a. determine how well it fits with what others have told you in the past. b. rely on your common sense or “gut” intuition. c. consider the source of the information. d. None of the above 174) ______________ occurs when you read about a psychological study in the newspaper, and notice that the report tends to minimize the central purpose of the study. a. Sharpening b. Source discrediting c. Levelling d. Balancing 175) ______________ occurs when you read about a psychological study in the newspaper, and notice that the gist or central message of a study seems to be exaggerated. a. Sharpening b. Source discrediting c. Levelling d. Balancing 176) If you were to read about a psychological study in each of the following magazines, in which source should you place more confidence that the study was presented accurately? a. Scientific American Mind b. Vogue c. National Enquirer d. People 177) Perceptions of events outside the known channels of sensation are referred to as a. revelations. b. intuitions. c. extrasensory perceptions. d. transverse readings. 178) One of the strongest critics to psychic abilities is _______, who has offered a $1 million reward to any successful demonstration under controlled conditions. a. Paul Ganzfeld b. James Van Praagh c. James Randi d. Sylvia Browne 179) From 1972 to 1995, the US government invested $20 million in the Stargate program to study the ability of a. psychics to locate missing persons. b. Polish immigrants to locate nuclear facilities in other countries. c. Russian immigrants to read minds. d. remote viewers to acquire useful military information through clairvoyance. 180) The media tries to balance its coverage of controversial topics to avoid ______, the appearance of a scientific controversy where none exists. a. media bullying b. canalization c. pseudoscience d. pseudosymmetry