Save Question 2 (1 point)  A set of beliefs can be said to be pseudoscientific if it lacks one or more of the three features of science and _____. Save Question 3 (1 point) Research questions in psychology can come from which of the following? Save Question 4 (1 point) Which of the following is a categorical variable? Save Question 5 (1 point) 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 Question 6 (1 point) 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 Question 7 (1 point) The relationship between people’s heights and weights is positive. Save Question 8 (1 point) In a negative relationship, higher scores on one variable are associated with lower scores on another variable. Save Question 9 (1 point) Pearson’s r cannot be negative. Save Question 10 (1 point) In Milgram’s famous study, who was the confederate? Save Question 11 (1 point) Which of the following occurred in the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study? Save Question 12 (1 point) Research on the effectiveness of normal educational activities would generally be categorized as which of the following? Save Question 13 (1 point) Measuring characteristics of potential participants to identify those who may be at risk of harm in the study is called _____. Save Question 14 (1 point) The difference between phenomena and theories is essentially the same as the difference between which of the following? Save Question 15 (1 point) How does a framework differ from a theory? Save Question 16 (1 point) For every _____ there are many plausible _____. Save Question 17 (1 point) As a general rule, every phenomenon has which of the following? Save Question 18 (1 point) Theories in evolutionary psychology tend to take which approach? Save Question 19 (1 point) A theory that explains a behavior primarily in terms of why it happens is which of the following? Save Question 20 (1 point) The general approach that scientists use to create and test theories is called which of the following? Save Question 21 (1 point) What is the first thing that you should do in constructing a new theory? Save Question 22 (1 point) Measurement is best defined as which of the following? Save Question 23 (1 point) Which of the following is the best example of a construct? Save Question 24 (1 point) What is it called when a researcher measures the same construct in different ways? Save Question 25 (1 point) There is a single best conceptual definition of every psychological construct. Save Question 26 (1 point) There is a single best way to measure every psychological construct. Save Question 27 (1 point) Face validity is the extent to which a psychological measure appears to measure the construct of interest. Save Question 28 (1 point) A Cronbach’s alpha of .90 would indicate good internal consistency. Save Question 29 (1 point) A psychological measure is valid to the extent that the scores it produces are consistent over time. Save Question 30 (1 point) Psychological constructs can be observed directly by looking or listening. Save Question 31 (1 point) What are the two defining features of an experiment? Save Question 32 (1 point) Why are confounding variables bad? Save Question 33 (1 point) Why do researchers randomly assign participants to conditions? Save Question 34 (1 point) 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 Question 35 (1 point) 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 Question 36 (1 point) What is the main advantage of conducting an experiment using a within-subjects design rather than a between-subjects design? Save Question 37 (1 point) 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 Question 38 (1 point) Experimenters manipulate independent variables and control extraneous variables. Save Question 39 (1 point) In a between-subjects experiment, each participant is tested in only one condition. Save Question 40 (1 point) In a within-subjects experiment, each participant is tested in more than one condition. Save Question 41 (1 point) |
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