PSY101 Quiz 2

A statement that attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomena and specify relationships among events or variables is referred to as a hypothesis. a) TRUE b) FALSE

a) TRUE

Institutional Review Boards review proposals that involve animal experiments. a) TRUE b) FALSE

b) FALSE

There are a number of studies that violated the rights of humans and animals. Some of these studies provided scientists with very useful information about behaviors and psychological impacts of the studies. Select which two studies could never happen today. a) The Marshmallow Effect Study and the Prisoner's Dilemma Study b) The Little Albert Study and Milgram's Obedience Study c) The Gorilla Experiment and The Cookie Monster Study

b) The Little Albert Study and Milgram's Obedience Study

Which of the following research designs will allow cause-and-effect conclusions? a) correlational b) experimental c) quasi-experimental d) survey

b) experimental

If a psychologist used a heart monitor to test academic achievement, a criticism of this procedure would be that it lacks ________. a) reliability b) validity c) variability d) bias

b) validity

A measure of how strongly two variables are related to one another is a ________. a) causation b) confirmation bias c) correlation

c) correlation

In an experimental study, a variable that the experimenter manipulates is the ________. a) dependent variable b) double-blind variable c) independent variable d) inferential variable

c) independent variable

Patwardhan et al. report data from a study where they hired experimental confederates to attend speed dating events, posing as daters, and carefully take notes on the behaviors of the daters. What type of research design did they use? a) case study b) experiment c) naturalistic observation d) survey

c) naturalistic observation

________ is/are often conducted with large numbers of participants and can even be conducted by phone, email, or mail. a) archival research b) case studies c) surveys d) university experiments

c) surveys

A ________ is a graphical view of the strength and direction of a correlation. a) bar graph b) correlation coefficient c) histogram d) scatterplot

d) scatterplot