experimental psychology exam 1

Bias blind spot

After reading the chapter, Cyril says to himself, "I am sure other people might engage in faulty thinking but I never would." What is Cyril experiencing?

To get money from the journals where their work appears.

All the following are reasons psychological scientists publish their research except:

Confirmatory hypothesis testing

Asking questions to get the answers we want is known as:

"The data provide support for my theory."

Benjamin is a social psychologist who studies marriage. He believes that marital satisfaction has two components: the ability to trust one's partner and a belief that one can be a good spouse. He conducts a study to test his ideas. Assuming that his data match his theory, which of the following statements should he make?

A theory

Benjamin is a social psychologist who studies marriage. He believes that marital satisfaction has two components: the ability to trust one's partner and a belief that one can be a good spouse. This is known as:

James' theory would be considered better because it is more parsimonious.

Both James and Thomas have theories that explain why listening to classical music while reading is associated with increased recall of the material. James' theory is much simpler than Thomas'. Thomas created his theory a few months before James did. Which of the following is true?

A theory

Deci and Ryan (1985, 2001) have proposed that there are three fundamental needs that are required for human growth and fulfillment: relatedness, autonomy, and competence. Susan predicts that students who have these needs met in their psychology class feel happier and more satisfied with the class. She collects data and finds that students who feel more related and competent do feel happier but that feeling more autonomous does not seem to matter. Susan thinks that maybe autonomy is only necessary when people are in situations in which they are not being evaluated. Refer to Research Study 1.1 to answer the following four questions. Deci and Ryan's general statement of how the three needs are related to growth and fulfillment is an example of which of the following?

He will likely need to be a producer of research as well

Elliott is double majoring in English and psychology. He plans on being a high school English teacher and is only majoring in psychology because he finds the classes interesting. All the following are important reasons for him to be a good consumer of research except:

Discussion

Lana is writing her first empirical journal article. Although she thinks she knows why she found the results she did, she also wants to mention some alternative explanations for her findings. In which section will she mention these alternative explanations?

Discussion

Of the options listed below, which of the following is the last section of an empirical journal article?

Popular magazines

Psychological scientists may choose to publish their work in all of the following except:

They include at least one comparison group.

Research studies are superior to personal experience because:

Basic research

Research that is done specifically to add to our general understanding of psychology, like distinguishing the components of extraversion or predicting the time it takes a person to determine whether an object is a face or another object, is known as:

Cherry-picking of evidence

Sasha believes that she is a nice person. To confirm this, she asks all her friends whether she is a nice person; they all agree that she is. Sasha concludes that she is a nice person and says she has evidence of it. However, she does not ask any of her enemies whether they think she is a nice person. This is an example of which of the following?

A bridge between

Translational research is best thought of as ________ basic research and applied research.

Because it provides an overview of the article

When reading an empirical journal article "with purpose", why should you read the abstract first?

Scientific journal articles are peer-reviewed; popular magazine articles are not.

Which of the following is true of the distinction between scientific journals and popular magazines?

Gardeners

Which of the following people will likely NOT find it important to be a consumer of psychological research professionally? A) Gardeners B) Sales Reps C) High School Teachers D) Human Resource Managers

Review journal articles

Which of the following sources is most likely to contain only information that has been rigorously peer-reviewed?

Be careful about reading those articles because they may not present accurate findings.

Your friend Gaby loves reading articles about psychology studies in her monthly women's magazine. Which of the following would you tell her?