Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

Which of the following was the independent variable in Boyatzis's (1995)research study on the effects of television viewing on children's aggressive behavior?

In the context of social psychology,which of the following statements illustrates deception?

Chris Boyatzis and colleagues (1995)showed some elementary schoolchildren,but not others,an episode of the most popular-and violent-children's television program of the 1990s,Power Rangers.Identify an immediate outcome of the study.

Values enter social psychology when researchers:

In an experiment,the outcome being measured is called the _____ variable.

According to the American Psychological Association,deception in an experiment:

You ask all those students who fail a class if they believe the course is difficult,and you find that they think it is.Although you have conducted a basic survey,the results of it are limited because of your sample's:

Ethical principles developed by the American Psychological Association (2017),the Canadian Psychological Association (2017),and the British Psychological Society (2010)mandate investigators to:

Distinguish between random sampling and random assignment.Provide an example of each.

You ask your academic advisor what to major in because you are finding it difficult to decide.She suggests psychology.Before you decide to follow her suggestion,it is important to remember that this answer likely reflects her:

The major purpose of random assignment in an experiment is to:

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies the concept of random sampling?

In the context of social psychology,the way a question or an issue is posed is known as:

Provide an example of an experimental research study on studying and grades.Be sure to indicate what the independent and dependent variables are.

Trinity and her colleagues conduct an experiment on two groups of people to establish a relationship between caffeine intake and sleep.The participants in the first group consume five cups of coffee per day for a month,whereas the participants in the second group limit their coffee intake to two cups per day for a month.After a month,the participants in the first group report increased sleeplessness.In the context of social psychology,the dependent variable in this experiment is:

A research program was conducted to understand the effects of two slogans created for a health care program.It was found that the number of people who registered for the program with the slogan "Saves 600 out of 1000 lives" were much higher than the number of people who registered for the program with the slogan "400 out of 1000 people lose their lives." This scenario exemplifies a psychological phenomenon called:

Identify a true statement about social psychology.

A psychiatrist is interested in determining if conditions of individuals who are clinically depressed improve with either 20 or 40 milligrams of Prozac.She administers 20 milligrams to a random half of her clients and 40 milligrams to the other half.After six months,she finds that the clients who took 40 milligrams of Prozac are significantly less depressed than those clients who took 20 milligrams of Prozac.Which type of study did the psychiatrist conduct?

The study of observable relationships among variables is referred to as:

_____ is an ethical principle requiring that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.