Week 2
APA guidelines for word processing include ___.
12 point font
A research initiates a study to determine whether playing organized sports helps children with anxiety feel less anxious. This study can best be classified as ___ research>
Applied
A researcher describes the unique characteristics of an individual research participant and uses the participant's real first name when writing about her study. Which ethical principle is being compromised?
Confidentiality
When your doctor uses a stethoscope to listen to your heart, the doctor is gathering information by using the ___.
Empirical method
A problem with primary sources is that they may provide an incomplete or misinterpreted description of a research study or a research results.
False
A researcher is not obliged to use anesthesia for surgery in nonhuman subjects in research.
False
A researcher who deliberately misinforms participants about the research study is committing passive deception.
False
A valid measure is one that yields highly similar results across different experimental conditions.
False
Finding information in a textbook is an example of using the rationale method of inquiry.
False
Milgram's obedience study is ethically questionable because the shocks posed a threat of physical harm.
False
Research studies consistently demonstrate that debriefing participants effectively eliminates the problems caused by deception.
False
To establish split-half reliability, you must administer the same measurement to the same group of people at two different times
False
When citing more than one publication within the same parenthesis, list the items in order by date.
False
The method section is designed to answer what questions?
How was the study conducted?
In reporting tests of significance, ___.
Identify the degrees of freedom
Based on observations of his own children, Jean Piaget formed a theory about the cognitive development of all children. This is an example of ___ reasoning.
Inductive
Which method of acquiring knowledge is being used when people make decisions based on instinct or hunches?
Intuition
Which form of deception is permitted in psychological research?
Observing participants who don't know they are being observed
According to the principles of criminal equipoise, it is unacceptable to conduct a study comparing two treatments when___.
One treatment is known to be more effective than the other
Which statement below accurately describes a poster presentation?
Poster sessions typically happen altogether in a big room
Combat veterans may be diagnosed with post-trauma stress disorder (PTSD). You wonder about the best way to treat PTSD. This is an example of getting research ideas from ___.
Practical problems
Active deception refers to ____.
Presenting misinformation to participants
An empirical journal article is an example of a ____ source.
Primary
Publicly repeating a study by copying the methods exactly is referred to as ____.
Replication
A distinction between science and pseudoscience is that ___.
Science is based on hypothesis that are testable and refutable
A researcher conducts a study in which 50 rats are assigned to different treatments and tested. In the study, the rats are called research ___.
Subjects
The mode of inquiry that is called the method of faith is a variant of which other method of inquiry?
The method of authority
Which relationship described below illustrates a negative relationship?
The more exercise children get from age 2 to 7, the lower their chance of having cancer by age 65
A good way to come up with a research idea is to look in the discussion section of a research article, and find the discussion of ideas for future research.
True
A measurement procedure can be reliable without being valid.
True
Before searching in PsycINFO, it is wise to identify the correct subject terms for the topics you have identified>
True
If deception is used, participants must be debriefed as soon as possible after the study.
True
Operational definitions are necessary to convert hypothetical constructs into observable variables.
True
PsycINFO provides broader coverage of journals than PsycARTICLES.
True
The major subsections of an APA-style method section describing a study conducted with nonhumans are: subjects and procedure
True
The results section of an APA-style research report begins immediately following the method section, not on a new page.
True
You have terrible toothache, so you visit a dentist to find out what is wrong with your tooth. This is an example of using the method of authority.
True
One way to detect fraud in research is to ____.
Verify all the citations in the study
If people score high on one measure and also score high on another measure, there is ____.
a positive relationship between the two measures
After you have scanned through a list of titles of determining which articles might be relevant to your research question, you should then read the ___ of each article to determine whether to keep it in your literature review.
abstract
Each subsection of the method sections of an APA-style research report begins with a heading (such as Subjects or Participants) ____.
at the left margin and typed in boldface type
The method section of as APA-style research reports is headed with the word Mthod ____.
centered and typed in boldface type
The review of the literature found in the introduction to an APA-style research report would ___.
discuss only the articles most relevant to the research question
Which type of subject role is most desirable for a research study?
faithful subject role
when describing the research, a research proposal should typically use __ tense.
future
Fraud involves ___.
making up data to fit the hypothesis
The pages of research report are ___.
numbered starting on the title page
The method section of an APA-style research report ___.
provides enough detail for replication
After measuring a group of individuals, a research finds that Jared's score is three times greater than Jasmin's score. These measurements must come from a(n) ___ scale.
ratio
An introduction of a research report typically contains ___.
the research question or problem
