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

If you were conducting a research study on parent-child interactions, which of the following would be the best operational definition for the term "child"?

When individuals alter their performance or behaviors because others are observing them it's called:

Dr. Norris's research samples generally include young white men and women under the age of 30 years old. Choose a limitation of Dr. Norris's research based on this information.

Kiyoko is wondering which friend sends and receives the most text messages, on average, during a 1-week period. Kiyoko records the number of text messages received and sent for each friend at the end of each day. Which measure of central tendency would most accurately answer Kiyoko's question?

Bribes, a common discipline practice, is operationally defined as verbal promises to give a child something to increase more positive behavior and therefore are considered a means of:

Dr. Quinlan is examining teacher behaviors in relation to male and female students. She is interested to see if male students are called on more often in class than female students. She will most likely use:

Which of the following is the symbol for the average for a given dataset?

According to the text and recent studies, spanking remain a common practice in the United States, with approximately _____ of parents still using this form of discipline.

(Scenario I) The type of research design in Scenario I is best described as:

In most nonconcealed observations it is best to use _____ disclosure.

You are socializing with your friends Rolanda and Zackary. Another couple who you don't know, Alyse and Tyn, joins the gathering. You see Rolanda and Zackary discipline their son with a tap on the hand for sticking his fingers in the potato salad and you see Alyse and Tyn discipline their daughter by tapping her bottom for throwing the potato salad. You react with harsher judgment to the punishment by Alyse and Tyn than to the punishment by Rolanda and Zackary. One potential reason for this discrepancy could be:

Drs. Eng and Bernhart are studying behaviors on a romantic first date. They have several different research questions, but one in particular is the amount of time between the beginning of the date and the end of the date. Drs. Eng and Bernhart believe there may be many factors that influence the length of a first date. This research question would be best addressed by:

Dr. Calloway is in the process of classifying and arranging data from his recent observations while on safari in Africa. He has grouped subjects into three classifications: mammals, reptiles, and birds. Dr. Calloway is grouping subjects based on a(n):

If a variable is labeled "high" or "low" in a coding system, that variable is:

Research practices that utilize behavioral choice may introduce:

Who is the worst candidate to be an observer in a study?

Which observational method is more prone to demand characteristics and social desirability affects?

A study in which an observer must make accurate decisions as to the relationship an individual has with another person (e.g., friend, parent, sibling, romantic partner) without being able to question the individuals being observed would rely heavily on:

Admissions counselors use _____ to determine whether GPA is predictive of success during a student's freshmen year in college.

Dr. Alier is examining psychopathic tendencies among prisoners and nurses. He decided to provide a self-report questionnaire to prisoners and nurses and asked them to complete it. Dr. Alier and his research assistants then followed up with individual interviews for all of the participants. Scores on the self-report scale ranged from 0 to 106. In this example psychopathic tendencies are a(n):