If an obtained correlation was 0.50, the coefficient of determination would be:
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[removed] B. 0.25. |
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[removed] C. -0.50. |
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[removed] D. 0.00. |
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A strong relationship between two variables:
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Carrying out a survey by interviewing the first 100 people coming out of a movie theater would be an example of:
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Milfont (2009) found that desirable responding did not impact the self-reporting of environmental attitudes and behavior. What methodological issues might decrease the credibility of this claim?
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A researcher wants to study bonding behavior in chimpanzees. Unfortunately, the researcher has no real knowledge about chimpanzees, and there is no information on bonding in the literature. Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to begin to study the topic?
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What is the reason for this statement: “In differential research, we are actually studying relationships between variables”?
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The problem of participants’ contrived consistency on self-report measures can be reduced by:
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What is the primary ethical concern in low-constraint research?
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Question 11 of 40 | 2.5 Points | ||||||||||||
Archival research is an example of:
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[removed] B. an ANOVA. |
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[removed] C. low-constraint field research. |
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[removed] D. high-constraint laboratory research. |
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Question 12 of 40 | 2.5 Points | |
Rosenhan investigated the experiences of psychiatric patients in mental hospitals by:
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[removed] B. unobtrusively observing the behavior of patients on psychiatric hospital wards. |
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[removed] C. asking normal people to admit themselves to mental hospitals by feigning symptoms. |
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[removed] D. asking psychiatrists to describe the environment of a typical mental hospital. |
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A probability statement such as “given that event X occurred, then the probability of event Y occurring is high” is referred to as a(n):
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One of the most important uses of a correlation is its potential use in:
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Low-constraint research enables us to obtain useful information about:
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Question 16 of 40 | 2.5 Points | ||||||||||||
An area of concern that is more problematic in laboratory research than in low-constraint field work in psychology is:
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[removed] B. generalizability of findings. |
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[removed] C. that lab experiments are unethical. |
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[removed] D. that most human behavior can only be evaluated in naturalistic environments. |
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Without experimentation:
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Asking participants in a survey a question such as, “What is your opinion of the way the economy is being handled by the president?” is an example of a(n) __________ question.
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In analyzing data in differential research, if we have score data and more than two groups, we would typically use a(n):
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A researcher wants to study the effects of attention on ability to perform a task. The participant’s attention is recorded by a research assistant that the participant knows is watching. A problem with this design is:
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Testing effects are most pronounced in:
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Which of the following characterizes experimental research?
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Multiple observers should be used in psychology when:
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Failure to rule out __________ variables results in threats to __________ validity.
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A researcher wants to do a study of pretest anxiety. He devises two possible ways of measuring pretest anxiety: (1) attaching electrodes to the palm and measuring the amount of sweat produced; (2) having observers rate participants on how anxious they look. Which of the following is true?
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Matched random assignment is used in situations in which random assignment would:
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Question 27 of 40 | 2.5 Points | ||||||||||||
If the null hypothesis has been rejected, we should consider that:
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[removed] C. extraneous variables may have affected the study. |
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[removed] D. extraneous variables do not affect the hypothesis. |
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If we wish to apply results of a study to a wider population, the type of validity that we would be concerned about would be __________ validity.
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In a double-blind control procedure:
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Which confounding variable can ONLY occur in within-subjects studies?
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In order to generalize across different times, places, or conditions, a researcher must:
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When research participants give information to prospective participants about the procedures, the research could be affected by the confounding variable of:
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Since the data on gender differences in mathematical ability tend to support both a nature and a nurture hypothesis, the __________ validity of any one interpretation is in doubt.
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Experimenter effects do NOT result from the experimenter’s knowledge of the:
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After the statement of the problem has been clearly defined and the major variables identified, the next step in developing a research hypothesis is to:
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In research on the effects of noise on sleep, a researcher wonders whether disrupted sleep may be due to drinking coffee rather than to living near an airport. What type of hypothesis is this?
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Doyen & colleagues (2012) found that __________ effects were the reason that participants changed their walking speed.
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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a good research hypothesis?
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Question 39 of 40 | 2.5 Points | ||||||||||||
The reduction of extraneous variables is typically an advantage of:
[removed] A. natural environments. |
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[removed] C. lower-constraint laboratory settings only. |
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Experimenter expectancies might be responsible for all of the following EXCEPT:
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