Exam 2: Research Methods: Tools for Discovery

The factor that researchers expect to change as a function of change in the independent variable is the:

A researcher who wants to maximize control over the independent variable and maximize ecological validity on the dependent variable can collect the independent variable in the ____ and the dependent variable in the ____:

Discuss the role of survey research in social development.

Laboratory analogue experiments are not typically designed to address problems of artificiality

Disadvantages of longitudinal designs over cross-sectional designs include the following:

The data offered by the ethnographic approach is frequently:

Ecological validity refers to the degree to which a research study accurately represents events or processes that occur in the real world

Agreement to participate in a study based on a full understanding of its purposes and procedures is:

A research design in which researchers compare groups of individuals of different age levels at approximately the same point in time is:

Which of the following is a reasonable dependent variable:

There is nothing like a great question as a guide to research, even if the methods may not be all that you could wish for in an ideal research world. Discuss.

Limitations of time sampling include:

List the main characteristics of the cross-sequential design

Why are longitudinal designs so important in social development?

The degree to which a research study accurately represents events or processes that occur in the real world is:

In an ABAB design, the B represents:

Use of psychophysiological approaches including cortisol, EEG, and fMRI allow researchers to clearly argue for causation

Focus groups can increase the validity of a study by:

For a study to be a true experiment requires:

Hormones have a regulatory effect on the activity of certain organs