Exam 1: Introduction and Research Methods

The first step in the scientific method is:

A strong correlation suggests that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables.

A correlation coefficient close to either -1.00 or 1.00 is termed a _____ correlation.

In psychology,scientific journal articles generally begin with a brief description of the entire article.This description is called a(n):

In the 1980s,research began questioning whether psychology's findings could be applied universally.This research sparked the ____ perspective.

Penny is a recovering drug addict.Her treatment program emphasizes the influence of stimuli and reinforcers in her environment-"people,places,and things"-on the use of her drug of choice.Her program reflects the _____ perspective in psychology.

At a DUI checkpoint,some cars are stopped at random,but many others are not stopped.Using the terminology of psychological research,the cars that are stopped may be considered a _____ of all the cars that pass by the checkpoint.

Which term is MOST nearly synonymous with the term "correlation"?

A research assistant does not know whether she is administering a placebo or an anti-anxiety pill to a given participant; she is therefore assisting in a single-blind study.

In a study of white-collar workers,Velma found that there was a positive correlation between self-reported alcohol and drug use and sick days taken.A graph of her results would show a:

A procedure in which an observer describes the simple elements of a complex experience in as much detail as possible is called:

Most people find it easy to distinguish a pseudoscience from a true science.

In an experiment,the process of random _____ ensures that each participant has an equal chance of being in either the control group or the experimental group.

Describing the feel of bedsheets as "cool ...smooth ...very slightly granular" echoes Wundt's introspection.

Numerology is a:

When a memory researcher measures recognition accuracy in two groups,recognition accuracy is a dependent variable.

After Amanda selects a sample of college students,she obtains the students' scores on several personality scales and on a test of creativity.She wants to summarize her sample's performance on the creativity test,so she computes _____ statistics.

Tyrell is creating a bar graph to summarize the results of an experiment.The graph will display _____ statistics.

Currently,women earn ____ percent of the advanced psychology degrees in the United States.

Which correlation coefficient represents the strongest relationship between two variables?