Ch 2 PSY290

True or False? It is a good idea to start with a specific idea and then make that idea more general as you conduct your literature review

False

True or False? Secondary sources must contain complete reports of research

False

True or False? The most complete coverage of existing journals is provided by full text databases

False

True or false? A textbook is a primary source

False

True or false? Applied research is intended to answer theoretical questions

False

True or false? Magazine articles that describe previous research are primary sources

False

What are Behavioral Theories

Testing predictions that are part of a theory

True or False? A good way to come up with a research idea is to look in the discussion section of a research article and find the discussion of ideas for future research

True

True or False? Before searching in PsycINFO, it is wise to identify the correct subject terms for the topics you have identified

True

True or False? Ideas for research can come from casual observation of the people around you

True

True or False? The discussion section of an APA style research report often contains a description of the limitations of the research

True

True or false? A literature search is successfully ended when you stop uncovering new leads

True

True or false? After reading a discussion section of a research article, asking if there are alternative explanations for the results is a good way to come up with an idea for a future study

True

A potential drawback of secondary sources is that they...

Typically do not contain detailed information about any specific study

A good hypothesis must

Allow for all variables to be measured

A refutable hypothesis must

Allow for the possibility that the observations will not support the hypothesis.

Research studies that are intended to answer practical problems would be classified as

Applied

A researcher initiates a study to determine whether playing organized sports helps children with anxiety feel less anxious. This study can be classified as ________ research

Applied research

A study that aims to modify existing psychological theory related to personality traits would be considered _________ research

Basic

While driving you notice that you seem to encounter more impatient and rude people on the road than you do in person and you wonder why that would be. This is an example of...

Casual Observation

Which section of a research article is most likely to provide suggestions for additional research

Discussion

What are primary sources

First hand report of observations or research results written by individuals who actually conducted the research

When you identify a gap in the literature you have.....

Found a potential research idea

The results section of a research article does what

Includes the outcome of statistical analyses

What is Basic Research

Involves studies intended to solve theoretical issues

What makes a strong research hypothesis

It's logical It's testable It's refutable It's positive

The REFERENCES section of research paper includes

List of items cited

The INTRODUCTION section of research paper includes

Literature review Hypothesis or purpose of study Specific prediction from hypothesis

The disadvantage of full text data bases is that they contain....

Only a fraction of the publications in an area

The METHOD section of research paper includes

Participants Procedure

An empirical article is an example of a _________ source

Primary

What type of source contains the original research reports

Primary

The discussion section of a research article typically

Provides interpretations of the findings

The methods section of a research article typically....

Provides the details of how the research was conducted

Which section of a research article is most likely to provide a complete list of all the th publications cited in the article?

Reference

The DISCUSSION section of research paper includes

Results related to hypothesis Justified conclusions Alternative explanations Applications Limits to generalization

What is METAanalysis

Seconary sources that summarize a group of findings

What is a secondary source

Second hand reports in which the authors discuss someone else's observations ex: textbook, meta analysis

A newspaper article discussing someone's research is an example of what kind of source

Secondary

The review of the literature in the introduction section of a research report is an example of a __________ source

Secondary

The RESULTS section of research paper includes

Statistics (descriptive and inferential)

The advantage of a full text databases is that they contain

Word for word copies of each publication

What is Applied Research

scientific study that aims to solve practical problems