Question 1

An abstract of a journal article that adheres to APA guidelines ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  can be as long as you want it to be 
B)  can include extra information about the study that you forgot to include in the body of the paper 
C)  must include a description of every result found in the study 
D)  is typically no more than 150 words 
A)  can be as long as you want it to be 
B)  can include extra information about the study that you forgot to include in the body of the paper 
C)  must include a description of every result found in the study 
D)  is typically no more than 150 words D

Question 2

Describe how you would conduct a literature review for the research question "Do symptoms of depression improve with cognitive therapy?"

Accepted Answer

Answers vary
Should include searching a database such as PsycINFO using keyword or topic words such as "depression" and "cognitive therapy" and combining results from these searches.

Question 3

Detail and discussion of what one should include in the results section of an empirical research article.

Accepted Answer

Answers vary
The results section provides a summary of the data (often in tables or figures) and information about the statistical tests that were performed to analyze the data. The findings are described in the text with statistical values given as support for the findings described. The specific types of values given depend on the type of tests the researchers conducted. Match the findings to the hypothesized predictions. Tables and figures are typically organized by the most important variables of interest so consider the organization of tables and figures to provide clear understanding of the design of study.
Descriptive

Question 4

Explain the difference between an empirical journal article and a popular magazine article.

Accepted Answer

Answers vary
A popular magazine article

Question 5

Predicting that all dogs can run because one dog was seen running is an example of ______ reasoning.

Accepted Answer

A)  inductive 
B)  deductive 
C)  causal 
D)  descriptive 
A)  inductive 
B)  deductive 
C)  causal 
D)  descriptive

Question 6

An APA style article has the section ordered as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion 
B)  introduction, method, discussion, abstract 
C)  results, method, discussion, references 
D)  references, abstract, discussion, results 
A)  abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion 
B)  introduction, method, discussion, abstract 
C)  results, method, discussion, references 
D)  references, abstract, discussion, results

Question 7

If you are conducting a literature review on topics such as standardized testing, you may want to search for articles in ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  ERIC 
B)  PsycINFO 
C)  PubMed 
D)  Google 
A)  ERIC 
B)  PsycINFO 
C)  PubMed 
D)  Google

Question 8

Peer review is a process where an article is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  discussed by the author and their peers in a meeting 
B)  posted on a public blog and readers can make comments 
C)  sent by the author via email to their peers to review 
D)  sent to several experts on the general topic of the article for review 
A)  discussed by the author and their peers in a meeting 
B)  posted on a public blog and readers can make comments 
C)  sent by the author via email to their peers to review 
D)  sent to several experts on the general topic of the article for review

Question 9

A hypothesis for a study that is a fact-based framework for describing a behavioral phenomenon of interest is a ______ hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

A)  theory-driven 
B)  data-driven 
C)  causal 
D)  descriptive 
A)  theory-driven 
B)  data-driven 
C)  causal 
D)  descriptive

Question 10

Articles that have not been peer reviewed are typically ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  less reliable sources of information 
B)  more reliable sources of information 
C)  evaluated by experts in the field 
D)  not useful to researchers 
A)  less reliable sources of information 
B)  more reliable sources of information 
C)  evaluated by experts in the field 
D)  not useful to researchers

Question 11

Interested in conducting a literature search on depression and migraine headache correlation, a good place to start is a keyword search of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  depression AND migraines 
B)  depression OR migraines 
C)  depression 
D)  migraines 
A)  depression AND migraines 
B)  depression OR migraines 
C)  depression 
D)  migraines

Question 12

Research questions for psychological studies ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  should be important for understanding behavior in a particular area 
B)  should be answerable using intuition 
C)  should be questions already answered in previous studies 
D)  should never be descriptive 
A)  should be important for understanding behavior in a particular area 
B)  should be answerable using intuition 
C)  should be questions already answered in previous studies 
D)  should never be descriptive

Question 13

According to APA guidelines, the participants section is a subsection of the ______ section.

Accepted Answer

A)  reference 
B)  results 
C)  method 
D)  introduction 
A)  reference 
B)  results 
C)  method 
D)  introduction

Question 14

"Thirty minutes before bed, will taking a brisk 20-minute walk or doing Yoga facilitate time to fall asleep more?" as a research question is a ______ question.

Accepted Answer

A)  behavior 
B)  application 
C)  descriptive 
D)  causal 
A)  behavior 
B)  application 
C)  descriptive 
D)  causal

Question 15

Explain why a Google search will not provide a good literature review of a topic area in psychology?

Accepted Answer

Answers vary
Google searches will find i

Question 16

Taking a specific result from another study and using it to make a more general prediction for the research question of interest is inductive reasoning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

"What types of memory decline as people age?" is a research question from the ______ of psychological research.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive 
B)  social 
C)  clinical 
D)  biological 
A)  cognitive 
B)  social 
C)  clinical 
D)  biological

Question 18

A theory-driven hypothesis involves inductive reasoning in that a researcher is taking a general statement about behavior (the theory) and making a specific prediction (the hypothesis) about the study from this general statement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The methods section provides a summary of the data (often in tables or figures) and information about the statistical tests that were performed to analyze the data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

"Are women who are pregnant depressed?" is an example of a ______ research question.

Accepted Answer

A)  predictive 
B)  causal 
C)  descriptive 
D)  non-empirical 
A)  predictive 
B)  causal 
C)  descriptive 
D)  non-empirical

An abstract of a journal article that adheres to APA guidelines ______.

Describe how you would conduct a literature review for the research question "Do symptoms of depression improve with cognitive therapy?"

Detail and discussion of what one should include in the results section of an empirical research article.

Explain the difference between an empirical journal article and a popular magazine article.

Predicting that all dogs can run because one dog was seen running is an example of ______ reasoning.

An APA style article has the section ordered as ______.

If you are conducting a literature review on topics such as standardized testing, you may want to search for articles in ______.

Peer review is a process where an article is ______.

A hypothesis for a study that is a fact-based framework for describing a behavioral phenomenon of interest is a ______ hypothesis.

Articles that have not been peer reviewed are typically ______.

Interested in conducting a literature search on depression and migraine headache correlation, a good place to start is a keyword search of ______.

Research questions for psychological studies ______.

According to APA guidelines, the participants section is a subsection of the ______ section.

"Thirty minutes before bed, will taking a brisk 20-minute walk or doing Yoga facilitate time to fall asleep more?" as a research question is a ______ question.

Explain why a Google search will not provide a good literature review of a topic area in psychology?

Taking a specific result from another study and using it to make a more general prediction for the research question of interest is inductive reasoning.

"What types of memory decline as people age?" is a research question from the ______ of psychological research.

A theory-driven hypothesis involves inductive reasoning in that a researcher is taking a general statement about behavior (the theory) and making a specific prediction (the hypothesis) about the study from this general statement.

The methods section provides a summary of the data (often in tables or figures) and information about the statistical tests that were performed to analyze the data.

"Are women who are pregnant depressed?" is an example of a ______ research question.

Psychological Research: the Whys and Hows of the Scientific Method

Ethical Guidelines for Psychological Research

How Psychologists Use the Scientific Method: Data Collection Techniques and Research Designs

Variables and Measurement in Research

Sampling

Summarizing and Interpreting Data: Using Statistics

Reporting Research

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Exam 2: Hypothesis Development: Where Research Questions Come From

An abstract of a journal article that adheres to APA guidelines ______.

Describe how you would conduct a literature review for the research question "Do symptoms of depression improve with cognitive therapy?"

Detail and discussion of what one should include in the results section of an empirical research article.

Explain the difference between an empirical journal article and a popular magazine article.

Predicting that all dogs can run because one dog was seen running is an example of ______ reasoning.

An APA style article has the section ordered as ______.

If you are conducting a literature review on topics such as standardized testing, you may want to search for articles in ______.

Peer review is a process where an article is ______.

A hypothesis for a study that is a fact-based framework for describing a behavioral phenomenon of interest is a ______ hypothesis.

Articles that have not been peer reviewed are typically ______.

Interested in conducting a literature search on depression and migraine headache correlation, a good place to start is a keyword search of ______.

Research questions for psychological studies ______.

According to APA guidelines, the participants section is a subsection of the ______ section.

"Thirty minutes before bed, will taking a brisk 20-minute walk or doing Yoga facilitate time to fall asleep more?" as a research question is a ______ question.

Explain why a Google search will not provide a good literature review of a topic area in psychology?

Taking a specific result from another study and using it to make a more general prediction for the research question of interest is inductive reasoning.

"What types of memory decline as people age?" is a research question from the ______ of psychological research.

A theory-driven hypothesis involves inductive reasoning in that a researcher is taking a general statement about behavior (the theory) and making a specific prediction (the hypothesis) about the study from this general statement.

The methods section provides a summary of the data (often in tables or figures) and information about the statistical tests that were performed to analyze the data.

"Are women who are pregnant depressed?" is an example of a ______ research question.

Psychological Research: the Whys and Hows of the Scientific Method

Ethical Guidelines for Psychological Research

How Psychologists Use the Scientific Method: Data Collection Techniques and Research Designs

Variables and Measurement in Research

Sampling

Summarizing and Interpreting Data: Using Statistics

Reporting Research

More About Using Statistics

More About Survey Research

More About Correlational Studies

More About One-Factor Experiments

More About Multi-Factor Experiments

More About Quasi-Experiments

More About Other Specialized Designs

Filters