Exam 2: Sources of Information: Why Research Is Best and How to Find IT

Name three ways that the scientific reasoner is different from the intuitive thinker.

Hannah just finished reading an empirical journal article for a class project.What information might she get out of reading the references section of her article?

Describe three ways that scientific journals/journal articles are different from popular magazines/magazine articles.

Matthew is reading an empirical journal article and wants to know whether the authors used the Big Five Inventory (BFI-44) or the NEO-PI to measure extraversion.In which section would he find this information?

Imagine that Dr.Jones publishes a study that claims that drinking while pregnant is dangerous for the health of the unborn baby.He finds that of the 100 women in his study who drank when pregnant, 78 had children who experienced problems with attention.Of the 100 women in his study who did not drink when pregnant, only 29 children experienced problems with attention.Your neighbor says that Dr.Jones is wrong because she drank when pregnant and her child is perfectly healthy.Explain why Dr.Jones is not wrong.

When reading an empirical journal article "with a purpose," which two questions should you ask yourself as you read?

Which of the following sources is most likely to contain only information that has been rigorously peer-reviewed?

Which of the following is the correct ordering of the sections of an empirical journal article?

Yasmine believes that attractive people make more money because among her four friends who work at a local restaurant, the most attractive of the four makes the most in tips.A study by Judge, Hurst, and Simon (2009) found that attractive people make more money than unattractive people.Provide two reasons why Yasmine should be more convinced about the relationship between attractiveness and income by the Judge, Hurst, and Simon paper than by her personal experience.

A psychiatrist is testing a drug that treats depression.He has given the drug to all his patients, and all of them have experienced a decrease in depressive symptoms.Although this is interesting, his experience is limited because he does not have:

Research studies are superior to personal experience because:

Edward believes that there are a lot of differences between men and women on a variety of different dimensions.He believes this because when he thinks about books that have been written on men and women, he can quickly recall only books that say men and women are different (e.g., Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus) and cannot recall any that say men and women are the same.His reliance on what comes to mind is an example of which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT a section or subsection commonly found in an empirical journal article?

What is the problem with being swayed by a good story?

After reading the chapter, Cyril says to himself, "I am sure other people might engage in faulty thinking, but I never would." What is Cyril experiencing?

Describe two pros and two cons of reading about scientific research in popular magazines compared with reading about research in scientific journals.

Which of the following is the last section of an empirical journal article?

You and your friends go to see a speaker on campus.The speaker, Dr.Darian, is an "expert" on getting into graduate school.Which of the following should make you less skeptical about his advice?

What does it mean that behavioral research is probabilistic?

Name four examples of biases of intuition.