CH 1 & 2 Reading Assignment

Magazine advertisements that use celebrities to sell makeup employ which method of acquiring knowledge? tenacity authority empiricism rationalism

Authority

After a research idea is found, the next step is to design the study. choose the participants. interpret the results of the study. convert the idea into a hypothesis and specific prediction.

Convert the idea into a hypothesis and specific prediction

Which section of a research article is most likely to help you develop ideas for selecting participants and measuring the variables for your own study? introduction method results abstract

Method

A ________ source contains original research reports. primary secondary premier germinal

Primary

An empirical journal article is an example of a ________ source. primary secondary premier germinal

Primary

The database that contains brief summaries of psychology articles and information on where to find the original publication is _____ Social Citation Index. MedLine. PsycInfo. ERIC.

PsychInfo

Although __________ sources can be good starting points for a literature search, you must rely on ___________ sources for the details of the original research. primary, secondary secondary, primary textbook, journal journal, textbook

Secondary, Primary

Questions you should ask when reading an introduction include which of the following? Is the literature review up to date? Is the hypothesis related to the literature reviewed? Does the prediction logically follow the hypothesis? The other three choices are all questions to ask.

The other three choices are all questions to ask

One way to find a research idea is _____ to look for it as an explicit statement in a journal article. to ask yourself how a study might be modified. to combine two or more existing results. the other three choices are all ways to find a research idea.

The other three choices are all ways to find a research idea

The discussion section of a research article typically _____ provides interpretation of the findings. describes the overall purpose and rationale of the research. includes the results of statistical analyses. provides the details of the methodology used in the study.

provides interpretations of the findings

A hypothesis is _____ a well developed and complete explanation of behavior. a statement that describes the relationship between variables. an unsupported guess about the causes of behavior. considered to be unscientific and, therefore, not part of the scientific method.

A statement that describes a relationship between variables

A researcher notices that her children eat a good nutritious breakfast on some mornings but on other days they eat doughnuts. The researcher then observes that the children seem to have less energy at mid-morning on the days they eat doughnuts. This is an example of getting research ideas from_____ theory. casual observation. systematic observation. second-hand information

Casual observation

Using a general hypothesis to develop a testable predication involves the use of induction. deduction. analysis. synthesis.

Deduction

The introduction section of a research article typically _____ provides interpretation of the findings. describes the overall purpose and rationale of the research. includes the results of statistical analyses. provides the details of the methodology used in the study.

Describes overall purpose and rationale of the research

Based on observations of his own children, Jean Piaget formed a general hypothesis about the cognitive development of all children. His hypothesis is an example of _____ inductive reasoning. deductive reasoning. practical reasoning. predictive reasoning.

Inductive reasoning

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

Method of empiricism

A student who believes that his performance on tests is influenced by wearing a lucky hat is using _____ the method of empiricism. the method of faith. the method of tenacity. the method of authority.

Method of tenacity

Which of the following is not a good example of a research hypothesis? Academic performance will improve if students begin classes earlier in the day. There would be less racial tension today if Abraham Lincoln had not been assassinated. Children can learn a new language faster than adults can. People can respond faster to a sound stimulus than to a light stimulus.

There would be less racial tension today if Abraham Lincoln had not been assassinated.

Research studies that are intended to answer practical problems would be classified as ____ basic. applied. systematic. necessary.

applied