Experiment Psych Exam 1

Which of the following is a brief summary of a psychology article?

Abstract

What kind of reasoning uses a few specific observations to produce a general hypothesis?

Inductive reasoning

What is typically included in the introduction section of a research article?

It describes the overall purpose and rationale of the research.

Which method of knowing is used when you find the address and phone number of a restaurant by googling the name of the restaurant?

Method of authority

Which of the following is usually of the initial factor for determining whether a specific article is relevant to your research question?

Title

What questions should you ask when reading an introduction to a research article?

all of the above

The subsections of the Method section generally include

participants, apparatus, and procedures.

Before writing the introduction section, consider the following questions:

-How do hypotheses and research design relate to one another? -What are the theoretical and practical implications of the study?

when describing participants in your research, you should:

-give specific demographic characteristics such as; age; sex, ethnic and/or racial group; level of education; and socioeconomics, generation, or immigrant status. -describe the procedures for selecting participants, including sampling method. -report whether the participants were provided incentives used to increase compliance.

The subsections of the Method section often includes descriptions of.

-sampling procedures and sample size and precision -experimental manipulations or interventions used and how they were delivered

In the method section, the procedures section often includes descriptions of

-sampling procedures and sample size and precision -experimental manipulations of interventions used and how they were delivered

In the Discussion section, an interpretation of the results should take into account

-sources of potential bias and other threats to internal validity -the imprecision of measures -the overall number of tests or overlap among tests. -other limitation or weaknesses of the study

In the result section, you should

-summarize collected data -discuss the analytic treatment of data -discuss the implications of the findings

In the Result section, you should

-summarize collected data -discuss the analytic treatment of data

Before writing the introduction, questions to bear in mind include the following:

-why is the problem important? -How does the study relate to previous work in the area? -What are the theoretical and practical implications of the study? -How do the study's hypotheses and research design relate to one another?

Which of the following is the best description of the scientific method?

A circular process that leads to a tentative answer

The Discussion section should begin with

A statement of the support or nonsupport of your original hypothesis

Which of the following is a distinction between science and pseudoscience?

All of the other options are differences between science and pseudoscience.

How would research studies that are intended to answer practical problems be classified?

Applied research

A researcher is intrigued by an explanation of children's problem-solving strategies found in a journal article and develops a research study to determine whether the article's ideas are correct. How would this study be classified?

Basic research

What is typically included in the method section of a research article?

It provides the details of the methodology used in the study.

A restaurant chef tried replacing rice with pasta in one of her recipes to see what would happen. Which method of acquiring knowing is she using?

Method of empiricism

Last year Tim and his friend Jack were both too short to ride the roller coaster. Jack went to the park this year and was tall enough to ride. Tim knows that he is taller than Jack, so he knows that he will be able to ride the roller coaster as well. Which method of knowing is Tim using?

Rational method

Which method of knowing is being used by a student who believes that his performance on tests is influenced by wearing a lucky hat?

The method of tenacity

Which of the following would be a danger of relying upon a primary source?

There is no danger because you can rely on primary sources for accurate information.

Which of the following would be a danger of replying upon a primary source?

There is no danger because you can reply on primary sources for accurate information

Which of the following is not a good example of a research hypothesis?

There is no relationship between fatigue and reaction time.

Which of the following is usually the initial factor for determining whether a specific article is relevant to your research question?

Title

For which of the following questions would the scientific method be an appropriate method for seeking an answer.

What conditions promote student learning in an elementary classroom?

The discussion section should begin with

a statement of the support or nonsupport of your original hypothesis

While shopping, you observe the behavior of adolescents at the mall and get some ideas about the behavior. This is an example of getting research ideas from

causal observation

A hypothesis is a_________________statement and a prediction is a_____________________statement

general; specific

The method section should be described in enough detail to

permit an experienced investigator to replicate your study.

The introduction section of a research report should:

present the importance of the problem to be explored and specific hypothesis and objectives.

What is meant by saying that "science is objective"?

scientific answers are obtained without influence by the researcher's biases or beliefs

When animals are the subjects in a study, it is not usually necessary to report.

the cost of maintaining them