Save A set of beliefs can be said to be pseudoscientific if it lacks one or more of the three features of science and _____. Save Research questions in psychology can come from which of the following? Save Which of the following is a categorical variable? Save A research methods student conducts a study on the relationship between people’s level of extroversion and the number of close friends they have. She computes Pearson’s r, which comes out to be – 1.70. Which of the following is most clearly true? Save When you want to show that Variable X has a direct effect on Variable Y, what is the best kind of study to conduct? Save The relationship between people’s heights and weights is positive. Save In a negative relationship, higher scores on one variable are associated with lower scores on another variable. Save Pearson’s r cannot be negative. Save In Milgram’s famous study, who was the confederate? Save Which of the following occurred in the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study? Save Research on the effectiveness of normal educational activities would generally be categorized as which of the following? Save Measuring characteristics of potential participants to identify those who may be at risk of harm in the study is called _____. Save The difference between phenomena and theories is essentially the same as the difference between which of the following? Save How does a framework differ from a theory? Save For every _____ there are many plausible _____. Save As a general rule, every phenomenon has which of the following? Save Theories in evolutionary psychology tend to take which approach? Save A theory that explains a behavior primarily in terms of why it happens is which of the following? Save The general approach that scientists use to create and test theories is called which of the following? Save What is the first thing that you should do in constructing a new theory? Save Measurement is best defined as which of the following? Save Which of the following is the best example of a construct? Save What is it called when a researcher measures the same construct in different ways? Save There is a single best conceptual definition of every psychological construct. Save There is a single best way to measure every psychological construct. Save Face validity is the extent to which a psychological measure appears to measure the construct of interest. Save A Cronbach’s alpha of .90 would indicate good internal consistency. Save A psychological measure is valid to the extent that the scores it produces are consistent over time. Save Psychological constructs can be observed directly by looking or listening. Save What are the two defining features of an experiment? Save Why are confounding variables bad? Save Why do researchers randomly assign participants to conditions? Save Imagine that you are a participant in an experiment on the effects of morning exercise on mathematics performance. If this study uses a within-subjects design, which of the following would you do? Save Imagine an experiment with one independent variable: noise level (quiet vs. noisy). If the researcher is using a between-subjects design and wants to have 20 participants per condition, how many participants will he need all together? Save What is the main advantage of conducting an experiment using a within-subjects design rather than a between-subjects design? Save A researcher is conducting a study in which the dependent variable is mental concentration. If it is a within-subjects design with lots of different conditions, then which of the following is most likely to be a problem for the researcher? Save Experimenters manipulate independent variables and control extraneous variables. Save In a between-subjects experiment, each participant is tested in only one condition. Save In a within-subjects experiment, each participant is tested in more than one condition. |
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