methods of experimental psych final study guise
When reading an empirical journal article "with a purpose, "which two questions should you ask yourself as you read? "What is the argument?" and "What is the evidence to support the argument?" "What were the methods?" and "What are the results?" "What is the hypothesis?" and "What are the explanations?" "What research exists on this topic?" and "What research needs to be conducted to answer the question?"
"What is the argument?" and "What is the evidence to support the argument?"
Elliott is double majoring in English and psychology. He plans on being a high school English teacher and is majoring in psychology only because he finds the classes interesting. Which of the following is an important reason for him to be a good consumer of research? His psychology advisor may ask for his help in copyediting a research article. He will likely need to be a participant in research studies as part of his psychology major. He will probably want to read research related to enhancing his teaching. He will have to produce research before he can consume it.
He will probably want to read research related to enhancing his teaching.
Dr. Kline, an environmental psychologist, conducts a study to examine whether visiting zoos causes people to have more positive attitudes toward environmental conservation. He asks a group of 45 people attending the zoo on a Saturday morning about their attitudes. He finds that 69% of the people report having a positive attitude after their visit. Which of the following is true? His control group is people who did not visit the zoo. He does not have a dependent variable. He can make a strong causal claim about the effect of zoo visits on environmental attitudes. His study does not qualify as an experiment.
His study does not qualify as an experiment.
In what way does high within-groups variance obscure between-groups variance? It decreases the power of the study. It leads to larger effect sizes. It causes more overlap in scores between experimental/comparison groups. It limits the type of statistical analyses that can be conducted.
It causes more overlap in scores between experimental/comparison groups.
Which of the following is a suitable reason for using debriefing in a study? It prevents researchers from being sued. It allows researchers to get feedback from participants about how to design follow-up studies. It gives participants an opportunity to sign a waiver releasing the researcher from any liability. It informs participants about the presence and purpose of deception in a study.
It informs participants about the presence and purpose of deception in a study.
Which of the following is true of the relationship between effect size and statistical significance? Larger effect sizes are advantageous for statistical significance. Statistical significance alone is sufficient to indicate effect size. An association's effect size has no effect on statistical significance. Effect size and statistical significance are synonymous terms.
Larger effect sizes are advantageous for statistical significance.
According to the textbook, why is it important to study interactions? They are more scientific than other analyses. Many outcomes in psychology are interactions. They are more complicated than other analyses. They are easier to understand than main effects.
Many outcomes in psychology are interactions.
Dr. Sanchez conducts a simple random sample of 500 men who became fathers for the first time in the past year. He finds that 23% of them report being unsure of their ability to be good fathers, plus or minus 4%. If Dr. Sanchez increased his sample size to 1,000, which of the following would happen? The true estimate would increase. The margin of error would become smaller. External validity would become less important. Statistical validity would become negatively affected.
The margin of error would become smaller.
A question that suggests a particular viewpoint to respondents is known as a(n) leading question. double-barreled question. negatively worded question. ordered question.
leading question.
For his research methods class, Felipe plans to watch how students treat other children in their classrooms who have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He will evaluate how positively or negatively the children are treated by their classmates. This is an example of what type of measurement? self-report measurement observational measurement physiological measurement archival measurement
observational measurement
Who is responsible for deciding which validity is prioritized in a study? the researcher the participants the peer reviewers the journalist
the researcher
