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Midterm Questions

You must respond to two (2) out of the three essay questions below for this part of the exam. Please make sure to read each question carefully and make sure, when responding to your two chosen essay questions, to address all components of those questions. You should provide well thought out answers that are appropriately supported. Your essays should reflect clear and fluent writing and reflect comprehensive knowledge of the material presented in your text. Although there is no specific word count, responses should be approximately 250-500 words for each essay response. You should be able to adequately answer each question within this guided word count. You do NOT need to format your responses according to APA style guidelines for your two essays. However, if you cite material from the text, please make sure to indicate the author, year and page number. The three questions presented below are from material covered during weeks 1-7 (Textbook Modules 1-16, 18, & 20-23). Good luck!

You must respond to two (2) out of the three essay questions below for this part of the exam.
1. When your best friend hears that you are taking a psychology course, she asserts that psychology is simply common sense and requires no real science.   Explain why your awareness of both the limits of intuition and the methods of psychological research would lead you to disagree with your friend's assertion.   Make sure to demonstrate specific concepts related to the limits of everyday reasoning in your response, as well as how critical thinking and the scientific method guide research.   Also make sure to include specific scientific methods utilized when psychologists ask and answer questions in your explanation.

Common sense is just based off what has happened in the past.   Most times it can go either way and is wrong.   As it stated in the text an example could be out of sight, out of mind and absence makes the heart grow fonder.   Those are based on the theory of...