Psych 101- Research Unit

The ability to arrive at broad conclusions based on smaller ones is known as __________. It requires that the sample under investigation be representative of the larger population from which it was drawn.

Generalization

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?

Invasion of privacy

Facts focus on... (WRONG ANSWER)

NOT

A statement that can be shown to be untrue is considered to be ____________.

falsifiable

Dru is reading about the different types of research. If he reads, "This type of research has the primary advantage of allowing a scientist to determine cause and effect relationships," what kind of research method is he studying?

a laboratory experiment

Mathilda is being asked by a researcher to think about things that happened to her yesterday. "Start with getting up in the morning," she is told, "and try to recount what happened step by step until I ask you to stop." Mathilda is taking part in a study that utilizes the __________ method.

day reconstruction

The development of _________ has provided a new level of advantage for gathering information from research participants at specific times, often randomly selected, throughout a given day.

smartphones

After making observations and forming a research question, scientists should

create hypothesis

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

What is the advantage of a field study over a laboratory study?

increased external validity

What kind of research is traditionally considered to be the "gold standard" in psychology research?

laboratory experiment

As a researcher, you decide that you are very interested in peoples' everyday behavior (i.e., daily social interactions and activities). Therefore, you decide to use an electronically activated recorder, or EAR device, to capture the acoustic diary of participants' days as they naturally unfold. In this scenario, you are:

studying daily behavior

Dr. Fikshunal is interested in how our bodies respond to being excluded from a group. Therefore, she decides to monitor the heart rate and cortisol levels of participants as they engage in their environment and indicate experiences when they felt ostracized. In this scenario, Dr. Fikshunal is:

studying daily physiology

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

NOT demand variable

After a well-designed research study, a scientist can conclude what about her findings?(WRONG ANSWER)

NOT she supported her hypothesis

The degree to which a study finding has been obtained under conditions that are typical for what happens in everyday life is called ___________.

ecological validity

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

The degree to which a study ensures that potential findings apply to settings and samples other than the ones being studied refers to:

external validity

The __________ method is a research approach in which participants describe their experiences and behavior of a given day through systematic recollection on the following day

Day reconstruction

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

correlation

Imagine that you are part of a study that measures your heart rate and breathing throughout the day. For the most part, your heart rate and breathing only changes when you exercise or are very excited. However, it seems like every time you visit the researcher to get your equipment updated, your heart rate and breathing spike for seemingly no reason. This phenomenon is referred to as:

white coat hypertension

Artrelle is taking part in a research study that examines her thoughts on the political election taking place in her country. Each night, before bed, she is to complete a questionnaire that gathers information on these topics. She submits her completed questionnaires to the researchers at the end of each week. What type of research method is being used?

diary method

Dr. Hart is interested in the role of relationships in preventing heart disease. As her patients come into her office in Bluebell, Alabama, she asks them two questions: Are you a in a relationship? Have you experienced any heart problems in the last 8 years? Based on her findings, she concludes that relationships cause cardiovascular (heart) problems. One issue with her methodology is that the results are not generalizable. What does this mean?

her results may not be true for the entire population

The variable that gets manipulated in an experimental study is known as the

independent variable

The degree to which a study allows unambiguous causal inferences has ________.

internal validity