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PSYC |\ 255 |\comprehensive |\final |\exam |\with |\
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Which |\of |\the |\following |\is |\not |\a |\characteristic |\of |\a |\science? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔tenacity Science |\relies |\on |\empiricism, |\encourages |\challenges, |\and | uses |\direct |\manipulation. |\This |\statement |\is |__________. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔True Control |\involves |__________. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔direct |\manipulation |\of |\variables. removal |\of |\unwanted |\factors. A |\and |\B None |\of |\the |\above | A |\and |\B Penn |\and |\Teller |\used |\actors |\pretending |\to |\be |\professionals |\to |\convince |\shoppers |\of |\the |\benefits |\of |\magnet |\therapy | to |\demonstrate |\the |\power |\of |_______. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Suggestion
When |\describing |\the |\procedure, |\be |\sure |\to |\include | __________. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔a |\step-by-step | description |\of |\what |\participants |\did. a |\paraphrased |\version |\of |\the |\instructions |\given |\to | participants. a |\description |\of |\any |\control |\features. All |\of |\the |\above | all |\of |\the |\above Which |\of |\the |\following |\displays |\how |\references |\would |\be | correctly |\listed |\on |\a |\reference |\page? |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Crawford, |\Arthur |\Ray Crawford, |\Grampa |\Ray Brothers, |\Manuka |& |\Crawford, |\A. |\R. Crawford, |\A. |\R. Crawford, |\A. |\R. Which |\of |\the |\following |\is |\the |\preferred |\format |\for |\author's | name |\on |\the |\title |\page |\for |\a |\student |\paper |\in |\APA |\style? |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔last |\name |\only first |\name, |\middle |\initial |(s), |\last |\name last |\name, |\first |\name, |\middle |\initial |(s)
predict influence all |\of |\the |\above all |\of |\the |\above The |\definition |\of |\a |\hypothesis |\as |\an |\educated |\guess |\is | ___________. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔not |\sufficient To |\be |\worldview |\aware |\one |\must: |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Think |\critically |\and |\carefully, |\being |\aware |\of |\worldview |\assumptions. Which |\of |\the |\following |\is |\NOT |\a |\goal |\of |\research |\in |\Social | Sciences? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Prove The |\scientific |\method |\ensures |\that |\results |\are |\bias-free. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔False Science |\is |\always |\objective/free |\from |\bias. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔False Quantitative |\data |\involves |\information |\you |\can |\count, | measure, |\and/or |\calculate. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔True
What |\are |\two |\characteristics |\of |\the |\scientific |\method? |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Systematic |\and |\scholarly Theories |\can |\be |\influenced |\by |\worldview |\beliefs. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔True Which |\type |\of |\research |\examines |\relationships |\among | variables? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔correlational Which |\type |\of |\research |\might |\establish |\causation? |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔experimental Which |\type |\of |\research |\examines |\behavior |\in |\a |\natural | setting |\without |\involvement |\of |\the |\experimenter. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔descriptive/observational Which |\of |\the |\following |\is |\similar |\to |\archival |\research |\in | the |\use |\of |\existing |\documents? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔content |\analysis Which |\of |\the |\following |\is |\not |\a |\suggestion |\for |\survey | construction? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔provide | alternative |\that |\can |\have |\multiple |\interpretations
what |\is |\the |\dependent |\variable? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔scores |\on |\spatial |\tasks The |\dependent |\variable |\is |__________. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔the |\variable |\being |\measured The |\placebo |\control |\group |\is |\similar |\to |\the |\control |\group | in |\that |__________. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔participants |\in |\the |\group |\are |\not |\exposed |\to |\the |\independent |\variable. A |\researcher |\is |\interested |\in |\determining |\if |\different | exercise |\programs |\have |\an |\influence |\on |\the |\amount |\of | weight |\that |\participants |\lose. |\Upon |\arriving |\to |\the | experiment, |\the |\researcher |\assigns |\the |\participants |\to | different |\exercise |\programs |\and |\measures |\the |\amount |\of | weight |\lost |\over |\a |\two-month |\period. |\In |\this |\example, |\the | exercise |\programs |\are |\the |_________. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔independent |\variable __________ |\is |\a |\reliability |\assessment |\where |\a |\measure |\is | divided |\into |\two |\halves |\and |\the |\halves |\are |\compared. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔split |\half |\method Chapter |\ 5 |\begins |\with |\an |\Are |\You |\Equipped |\exercise | highlighting |\the |\impact |\of |\texting |\while |\walking. |\In |\this |\
example, |\the |\speed |\of |\walking |\served |\as |\the |__________. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔dependent |\variable __________ |\is |\a |\reliability |\assessment |\used |\when |\a | research |\design |\calls |\for |\multiple |\observers |\to |\observe |\an |\event. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔interobserver |\reliability Consider |\the |\following |\research |\question, |"Does |\the |\type | of |\advertisement |\influence |\the |\level |\of |\interest |\in |\the | toothpaste?" |\To |\answer |\this |\question, |\a |\marketing | researcher |\has |\participants |\view |\a |\Facebook | advertisement |\or |\watch |\the |\television |\advertisement | about |\the |\toothpaste. |\Next, |\the |\researcher |\asks |\all | participants |\to |\indicate |\their |\interest |\in |\buying |\the | toothpaste. |\In |\this |\example, |\what |\is |\the |\dependent | variable? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔the |\level |\of |\interest |\in | the |\toothpaste Sara |\is |\working |\hard |\reviewing |\the |\literature |\for |\a | research |\study. |\Finally, |\after |\several |\days |\of |\reviewing | literature, |\Sara |\stumbles |\across |\a |\good |\research |\idea. | This |\would |\be |\an |\example |\of |\Sara |\using |_____________ |\to | find |\a |\research |\idea. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔prior | research
While |\conducting |\a |\study, |\you |\notice |\that |\most |\of |\the | scores |\fall |\at |\the |\upper |\range |\of |\the |\response |\option. |\This |\pattern |\of |\data |\is |\known |\as |\a |_____________. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔ceiling |\effect Matt |\has |\asked |\participants |\in |\his |\study |\to |\identify |\which | ethnic |\category |\fits |\them |\best. |\Matt |\is |\using |\a(n) | _____________ |\scale. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔nominal The |\average |\of |\correct |\responses |\to |\overall |\responses | represents |\which |\type |\of |\way |\to |\assess |\a |\measure? |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔percent |\correct Which |\of |\the |\following |\is |\a |\type |\of |\measure |\for |\a | dependent |\variable? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Attitudinal What |\type |\of |\scale |\is |\a |\researcher |\using |\when |\they |\collect |\demographic |\information |\such |\as |\ethnicity, |\religion, |\sex, | or |\school |\classification? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Nominal Julie |\is |\studying |\the |\likelihood |\that |\college |\students |\will | take |\8am |\classes. |\To |\look |\at |\this |\likelihood, |\Julie |\has | students |\respond |\on |\a |\7-point |\scale, |\where |\ 1 |\is |"not |\at |\all | likely" |\and |\ 7 |\is |"very |\likely." |\Julie |\is |\using |\a(n) | _____________ |\scale |\to |\look |\at |\the |\likelihood |\of |\college |\
students |\taking |\8am |\classes. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Interval There |\are |\several |\types |\of |\measures |\for |\dependent | variables. |\Attitudinal |\measures |_____________. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔asess |\a |\persons |\attitude When |\a |\researcher |\classifies |\data |\on |\a |\scale |\that | assumes |\equal |\distance |\between |\numbers, |\the | researcher |\is |\using |\a(n) |_____________ |\scale. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Interval |\scale In |\order |\to |\secure |\participants |\for |\his |\study, |\Jason |\uses | class |\rosters |\from |\instructors. |\Jason |\selects |\every |\5th | person |\on |\the |\instructor's |\class |\rosters |\for |\participation |\in |\his |\experiment. |\Jason |\is |\using |_____________ |\sampling. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔systematic Which |\of |\the |\following |\is |\not |\one |\of |\the |\types |\of | probability |\sampling |\procedures? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Convenient The |\number |\of |\individuals |\that |\are |\selected |\to |\participate | or |\that |\participate |\in |\a |\study |\is |\known |\as |\the | _____________. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔sample |\size
Which |\of |\the |\following |\statements |\accurately |\describes | the |\use |\of |\double-blind |\studies? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Double-blind |\studies |\are |\a |\preferred |\technique | because |\they |\can |\reduce |\the |\threats |\to |\internal |\validity When |\a |\change |\in |\the |\dependent |\variable |\could |\be |\due |\to |\how |\participants |\were |\picked |\or |\assigned |\to |\groups, | __________ |\is |\a |\threat |\to |\internal |\validity. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔selection Which |\of |\the |\following |\is |\an |\accurate |\statement |\regarding |\the |\similarities |\between |\extraneous |\and |\nuisance | variables? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Research |\findings |\can |\be |\influences |\by |\both |\variables |\in |\unwanted |\ways. When |\a |\change |\in |\the |\dependent |\variable |\could |\be |\due |\to |\the |\researcher |\somehow |\letting |\the |\participant |\know |\how |\s/he |(the |\researcher) |\wants |\the |\participant |\to |\respond, |\or |\somehow |\the |\participant |\comes |\up |\with |\an |\idea |\as |\to | how |\s/he |(the |\participant) |\should |\respond, |__________ |\is |\a | threat |\to |\internal |\validity. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔demand |\characteristics Reflect |\on |\the |\Are |\You |\Equipped |\Now? |\section |\at |\the |\end | of |\chapter |\9. |\It |\may |\be |\such |\that |\participants |\wanted |\so | strongly |\for |\this |\new |\treatment |\to |\work |\that |\they | experienced |\pain |\relief. |\If |\this |\did |\indeed |\occur, |\which |\of |\
the |\following |\was |\a |\threat |\to |\internal |\validity? |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔placebo |\effect _________ |\variables |\are |\not |\controlled |\for |\in |\the | experiment |\but |\may |\have |\an |\influence |\on |\the |\dependent | variable |\because |\they |\vary |\with |\the |\levels |\of |\the | independent |\variables. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔extraneous Darley |\and |\Batson |\conducted |\a |\study |\in |\which |\the | independent |\variable |\was |\the |\degree |\to |\which |\the | participants |\were |\instructed |\to |\hurry |\to |\the |\other |\building | (high-hurry, |\intermediate-hurry, |\low-hurry) |\and |\the | dependent |\variable |\was |\the |\amount |\of |\help |\offered |\to |\a |"victim" |\placed |\by |\the |\researchers |\between |\the |\two | buildings. |\This |\was |\a |\between |\subjects |\design. |\Therefore, | how |\many |\groups |\of |\participants |\were |\needed? |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔three |\groups You |\want |\to |\replicate |\Barlett |\et |\al.'s |\research |\on |\action | figures |\and |\negative |\body |\image |\in |\young |\adult |\males. | Your |\independent |\variable |\has |\three |\levels: |\no |\action | figures, |\highly |\muscular |\figures, |\and |\moderately |\muscular |\figures. |\You |\want |\to |\conduct |\a |\between |\subjects |\design. | How |\many |\total |\participants |\will |\you |\need |\if |\you |\want |\ 10 | participants |\in |\each |\level |\of |\the |\IV? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔ 30 |\participants
Participants |\experiencing |\the |\same |\order |\of |\presentation | of |\the |\levels |\of |\the |\independent |\variable |\can |\lead |\to | __________. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔order |\effects. William |\the |\researcher |\conducted |\a |\study |\on |\monitor |\size | and |\reaction |\time. |\The |\research |\matrix |\is |\given |\below. 17 |\inch19 |\inch21 |\inch25 |\participants25 |\participants25 | participants If |\you |\wanted |\to |\give |\every |\participant |\in |\the |\study |\a | piece |\of |\paper |\with |\the |\contact |\information |\of |\the | researchers, |\how |\many |\pieces |\of |\paper |\will |\you |\need |\for | this |\between |\subjects |\design? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔ 75 Jason |\is |\interested |\in |\the |\topic |\of |\perception. |\He |\has | participants |\complete |\a |\task |\on |\a |\computer |\and | measures |\reaction |\and |\number |\of |\errors. |\Jason |\is |\thinking |\of |\repeating |\this |\task |\after |\the |\participants |\have |\been | exposed |\to |\the |\independent |\variable. |\Which |\of |\the | following |\reasons |\bests |\describes |\why |\Jason |\might |\not | want |\to |\have |\participants |\complete |\the |\task |\again? |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Practice |\effects The |\degree |\of |\spread |\among |\data |\when |\surrounding |\the | mean |\is |\known |\as |__________. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔statistical |\variance
A |_____________ |\design |\exposes |\participants |\to |\all |\levels |\or |\conditions |\of |\the |\independent |\variable. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔within |\subjects A |\within |\subject |\design |\will |\use |_____________ |\participants | than/as |\a |\between |\subjects |\design. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔fewer Carefully |\review |\the |\research |\matrix |\presented |\below. |\If | this |\is |\a |\within |\subjects |\design, |\how |\many |\total | participants |\will |\be |\used |\in |\the |\experiment? No |\Caffeine8 |\Ounces24 |\Ounces10 |\participants10 | participants10 |\participants |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 10 Carefully |\review |\the |\research |\matrix |\presented |\below. |\If | this |\is |\a |\within |\subjects |\design, |\how |\many |\total | participants |\will |\be |\used |\in |\the |\experiment? Rock |\Music |\GroupRap |\Music |\GroupHip-Hop |\Music |\Group |\participants30 |\participants30 |\participants |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔ 30 Which |\of |\the |\following |\statements |\is |\not |\true |\regarding | factorial |\research |\designs? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Factorial |\research |\designs |\use |\only |\nominal |\subject | variables |\because |\they |\are |\factorial.
You |\are |\reading |\a |\journal |\article |\and |\the |\method |\section | states |\that |\the |\design |\was |\a |\ 2 |\X |\ 3 |\between |\subjects | factorial |\design. |\Automatically, |\you |\know |\that |\the |\study | will |\have |_______ |\conditions. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 6 Finding |\out |\if |\each |\of |\the |\independent |\variables | influenced |\the |\dependent |\variable |(s) |\is |\referred |\to |\as | __________. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔main |\effects A |\recent |\study |\by |\Dommeyer |(2008) |\examined |\what | factors |\influence |\whether |\or |\not |\people |\respond |\to |\a |\mail | survey. |\In |\other |\words, |\are |\there |\factors |\that |\can | influence |\if |\a |\person |\responds |\to |\a |\survey |\that |\he |\or |\she | received |\in |\the |\mail? |\Dommeyer |\wanted |\to |\know |\if |\the | attractiveness |\of |\the |\researcher |(attractive |\and |\not | attractive) |\in |\a |\cover |\letter |\would |\influence |\if |\people | responded |\to |\the |\mail |\survey. |\Dommeyer |\also |\wanted |\to | know |\if |\the |\sex |\of |\the |\researcher |(male |\or |\female) |\in |\the | cover |\letter |\would |\influence |\if |\people |\responded |\to |\the | mail |\survey. |\The |\first |\independent |\variable |\was | attractiveness |\of |\the |\researcher |\in |\the |\cover |\letter. |\This | independent |\variable |\had |_____ |\levels. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔two In |\which |\type |\of |\single |\case |\design |\methodology |\does |\the |\researcher |\remove |\the |\independent |\variable |\and |\take | another |\assessment? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ABA
Research |\done |\by |\Ebbinghaus |\where |\he |\was |\his |\own | participant |\is |\an |\example |\of |\which |\type |\of |\research | design? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔single |\subject |\design In |\single |\case |\designs, |\another |\name |\for |\a |\pretest- posttest |\methodology |\is |\a(n) |_____________ |\design. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔AB What |\kind |\of |\single |\case |\methodology |\best |\allows | researchers |\to |\observe |\how |\outside |\events |\might | influence |\the |\participants? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔multiple |\baseline Watson |\and |\Rayner |(1920) |\conducted |\a |\classic |\study |\in | psychology |\using |\a |\subject |\known |\as |\Little |\Albert. |\In |\that | experiment, |\the |\researchers |\conditioned |\Little |\Albert |\to | associate |\a |\white |\rabbit |\with |\being |\scared. |\What |\type |\of | design |\was |\used |\by |\Watson |\and |\Rayner |(1920)? |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔single |\subject |\design Single |\case |\designs |\are |\also |\known |\as |_____________ | designs. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔N=
