Research Methods in Social Psychology

In social psychological studies involving deception, sometimes a person who appears to be a participant is actually working for the researcher. What is this person called?

Confederate

Archival research revealed that the number of lynchings between 1882 and 1930 rose as

Cotton prices fell

One commonly-used test of non-conscious bias is the

Implicit association test

If a study involves deception, the experimenter should inform the participant of the true nature of the research during the

Debriefing

Josue wants to know which bathroom stall people are most likely to use. He asks his school's IRB if he can set up a camera in the bathroom to secretly record the users' behaviors. Why should the IRB deny Josue's request?

He is violating the participants' privacy.

Ellie is very subtly and nonconsicously reminding women of their gender before giving them a math test. What technique is Ellie using for her study?

Priming

When each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to a particular group, the research design uses

Random assignment

Lily is counting the number of people who line up early to board an airplane. For half the trials, Lily has a flight attendant warn that they will begin boarding soon. For the other half, no warning is given. What type of experiment is Lily conducting?

Field experiment

After making observations and forming a research question, scientists should.

Form a hypothesis

What is the name for the interdisciplinary field that combines biology and social psychology?

Social neuroscience

What is the name for the piece of technology that automatically records brief snippets of conversation?

Electronically activated recorder

Hailey wants to control the variables in her study as much as possible. She does not want any extraneous variables to affect her results. What type of study should Hailey use?

Experimental study

Mason has participants complete an online questionnaire. He then analyzes their responses for patterns. What type of study design is Mason using?

Survey research

What do researchers use in order to make sure that their priming technique affected the participants?

manipulation check

What type of research design shows that two variables are related to one another, but not that one causes the other?

Correlational research design

The largest problem with samples of convenience is that they

Don't accurately represent the true population

John is testing the effects of exercise on mood. He defines exercise as the number of steps a person takes in a day, and he measures it with a special watch that participants wear. What did John do to the variable "exercise"?

Operationalize it

A background variable about an individual such as race, gender, or socioeconomic status is considered what kind of variable?

Participant variable

April was able to run much faster when she was with friends, rather than running alone. April is experiencing the benefits of

Social facilitation