AP Psych (Tolliver) ~ Chapter 2 Research Methods
Dr. Larson was interested in whether classical music helps students perform better on a test. Dr. Larson randomly assigned half of the study's participants to a group that listened to classical music while taking a test. The other half of the participants did not listen to music while taking a test. The research design Dr. Larson used is?
An experiment
A questioning attitude regarding psychologists' assumptions and hidden values best illustrates:
Critical thinking
Jane Goodall lived among wild chimpanzees intermittently for decades, studying their social and family systems while keeping her interaction with the chimpanzees to a minimum. Her research method can most accurately be described as?
Naturalistic observation
Government experts who are convinced of the correctness of their own mistaken political predictions most clearly demonstrate?
Overconfidence
The explanatory power of a scientific theory is most closely linked to its capacity to generate testable?
Predictions
Which technique involves repeating the essence of an earlier research study with different participants and in different circumstances?
Replication
Two fundamental characteristics of the scientific attitude are?
Skepticism and humility.
A hypothesis is a(n)?
Testable prediction that gives direction to research
Professor Smith told one class that alcohol consumption has been found to increase sexual desire. He informed another class that alcohol consumption has been found to reduce sexual appetite. The fact that neither class was surprised by the information they received best illustrates the power of?
The hindsight bias
Professor Shalet contends that parents and children have similar levels of intelligence largely because they share common genes. His idea is best described as a(n)?
Theory
