Exam 2: Hypothesis Development: Where Research Questions Come From

A way to get the most up-to-date information on research being conducted in an area of psychology is to ______.

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

"How does work environment affect job stress?" is a research question from ______ area of psychological research?

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.

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

The ______ section of an APA style article should provide enough information about the way the study was conducted to allow researchers to replicate the study if they wish.

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

Research questions are never descriptive.

Peer review is a process where an article is ______.

Justification for the present study is generally found in a well-written ______ section of an empirical journal article.

In the ______ section of a published journal article one will find graphs or tables of the summary data.

An APA style article has the section ordered as ______.

Explanations of behavior that need to be tested can guide research questions.

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

If researchers are interested in the causes of behavior, they state a prediction about a particular cause of behavior and are using data-driven theory.

"Does lack of sleep cause depression?" is an example of a ______ research question.

Conducting a literature review will ensure that a new study will add to the knowledge in an area without duplicating what is already known.

"How does an authority figure influence behavior?" is a research question from the ______ area of psychological research.

A search in PsycINFO will not yield results if a(n) ______ is used as the search criteria.

"What are the causes of alcoholism for veterans who were not in actual combat?" is a research question in the area of ______ psychology.