Exam 4: Measures

A psychologist asks her patient to describe her daily routine. This measured variable is an example of

A conceptual variable is

A researcher uses a fixed format self report scale to assess peoples' feelings about an issue using a set of items that consist of pairs of adjectives. What type of scale is being used?

A researcher indicates the experimental condition of an experiment using the number 1 and the control condition using the number 2. What kind of variable is being used?

Height is a(n) _____variable, whereas weight is a(n) _____ variable.

The tendency to respond in a way that makes one look favorable is called

The Guttman scale is

Self promotion refers to which of the following?

While taking a projective test, Neeka states that she has higher self-esteem and is more successful than most other college students. This responding might represent which of the following?

Which of the following are types of reactivity?

A participant guesses the research hypothesis in a research project, and modifies her responses to help make the hypothesis come true. This is an example of which of the following?

The Kelvin temperature scale is an example of which scale?

Which of the following is the best operational definition of conceptual variable of attraction?

Franklin is interested in determining what college students do in their everyday lives. He gives some students a beeper and asks them to wear it around for a few days. The beeper is programmed to go off at randomly determined times. Whenever the beeper goes off, students are asked to write down where they are and what they were thinking about at the time. Franklin's measure could be best considered as which of the following measures?

Harold decides that he is interested in learning what school children do while they are playing at recess, and decides to collect the data by watching the children from the window of the school rather than going out on the playground where the children can see him. Harold's decision was probably made to reduce which of the following?

Which of the following is an example of a free format self report measure?

When choosing a measure to use for a study, it is important to

An operational definition

One advantage of behavioral measures over self-report measures is that

Which of the following techniques can be used to reduce acquiescent responding?