Exam 6: Observational Research: the Many Forms of Discipline in Parents Bag of Tricks

In a 2010 study examining reasons for parental discipline, it was found that the two main reasons to change a child's behavior are:

When devising your research question, it is important to have clear:

Observer training teaches all of the following, EXCEPT how to:

Which of the following scenarios would be best suited for descriptive research?

Which describes the common and accepted practice of conceptually defining terms for research?

Research practices that utilize behavioral choice may inflate a(n):

The book, My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student, is a prime example of:

Dr. Marcus developed a study examining verbal arguments in movie theaters. His research protocol and coding systems specified that trained observers were only supposed to observe theater goers for a specific period. The trained observers were supposed to observe whether a verbal argument did or did not occur for 15 minutes and then not observe for 10 minutes and then observe again for 15 minutes and so on until the movie ended. This would be an example of:

Cohen's _____ coefficient is a statistical measure of inter-observer agreement between two observers for categorical items.

MTV's The Real World was a reality show that premiered in 1992. Research suggests that reactivity _____ as individuals such as those on The Real World become accustomed to being observed.

Dante had to complete a project for his statistics class. He was tasked with going to a nursing home and recording the various types of physical activity and how often residents engaged in each activity on a given day. Dante then had to organize the information in a clear and concise manner. Dante probably displayed his information in a(n):

The goals of training observers include all of the following, EXCEPT how to:

(Scenario III) Each child's level of aggression was determined by recording the number of aggressive acts initiated in a 10-minute period. This is an example of:

When evaluating the observations of two research trainees using a new coding system you notice that there is little consensus among their ratings. This lack of consensus may illuminate issues with all of the following, EXCEPT:

According to the famous Asch (1951) study individuals feel:

The operational definition of "striking the bottom of another person with an open hand" refers to:

Inter-observer reliability calculations can range from:

Dr. LeCrane is initiating a naturalistic observation of children and their parents. Which of the following is NOT absolutely necessary to continue with the naturalistic observation study?

Dr. Juni is organizing data from his recent study on aggression. He decided to classify participants based on their self-reported hair color: blond, brown, red, and black. Dr. Juni then runs analyses using these groupings. Dr. Juni is grouping the participants based on a(n):

An example of intra-observer reliability would be: