Chapter 2: Psychological Research
________ is/are often conducted with large numbers of participants and can even be conducted by phone, email, or mail.
surveys
A group of preschool-age children are enrolled in a study that plans to follow them over time in order to assess behaviors and other characteristics that may predict later development of schizophrenia. This is an example of a(n) ________ design.
longitudinal
________ research studies the same groups of participants over time.
longitudinal
A negative correlation means ________.
one variable decreases as the other increases
Question 8 The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was ethically problematic because ________.
participants were not allowed to seek available treatment
Simply expecting something to happen can make it happen. This describes ________.
placebo effect
Which of the following represents a strong negative correlation?
??? +0.2(not correct)
One hundred introductory psychology students are surveyed about their intended majors. The results indicate that more women than men intend to pursue a psychology major, whereas more men than women intend to pursue a history major. What do these results indicate?
There is a relationship between gender and intended major.
The possible range for a correlation coefficient is ________.
between -1 and +1
Which of the following would be the best example of a valid naturalistic observation study in driving behavior?
watching footage obtained from cameras set up unobtrusively on various streets