Question 1

Which of the following is an alternative to using deception in experiments?

Accepted Answer

A)  mundane realism 
B)  role-playing 
C)  random assignment of participants 
D)  survey methods 
E)  all of the above 
A)  mundane realism 
B)  role-playing 
C)  random assignment of participants 
D)  survey methods 
E)  all of the above

Question 2

A group of persons chosen to be representative of a larger population is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  a subject pool 
B)  a sample 
C)  a subject variable 
D)  a cohort 
E)  a cross-section 
A)  a subject pool 
B)  a sample 
C)  a subject variable 
D)  a cohort 
E)  a cross-section

Question 3

To investigate how the average age at marriage has changed over the century, one would use:

Accepted Answer

A)  the archival approach 
B)  case studies 
C)  a questionnaire study 
D)  a field study 
E)  laboratory experiments 
A)  the archival approach 
B)  case studies 
C)  a questionnaire study 
D)  a field study 
E)  laboratory experiments

Question 4

Suppose that the local newspaper asks its readers to tear out a form from the paper, and indicate on it whether or not they are for or against allowing user fees to be imposed for medical services. Seventy-five percent of those who respond are against user fees. What can we conclude?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most people in your city are opposed to user fees 
B)  Most readers of the newspaper are opposed to user fees 
C)  The results are not interpretable because the sampling process is unrepresentative 
D)  The findings apply only to readers of that newspaper 
E)  people who opposed user fees are newspaper readers 
A)  Most people in your city are opposed to user fees 
B)  Most readers of the newspaper are opposed to user fees 
C)  The results are not interpretable because the sampling process is unrepresentative 
D)  The findings apply only to readers of that newspaper 
E)  people who opposed user fees are newspaper readers

Question 5

The behaviourist perspective in social psychology emphasizes:

Accepted Answer

A)  that our beliefs, feelings and behaviour are influenced by external reinforcement 
B)  the importance of how individuals construe their environment 
C)  the importance of individual participants 
D)  the influence of personality on behaviour 
E)  the effect of behaviour on behaviour 
A)  that our beliefs, feelings and behaviour are influenced by external reinforcement 
B)  the importance of how individuals construe their environment 
C)  the importance of individual participants 
D)  the influence of personality on behaviour 
E)  the effect of behaviour on behaviour

Question 6

In an experiment set up to study whether participants become more or less aggressive when they view either a violent or a non-violent film, what is the independent variable?

Accepted Answer

A)  the violence level of the films 
B)  the participants' aggression 
C)  the participants' perceptions of violence 
D)  the participants' gender and age 
E)  the difference in aggression between the groups 
A)  the violence level of the films 
B)  the participants' aggression 
C)  the participants' perceptions of violence 
D)  the participants' gender and age 
E)  the difference in aggression between the groups

Question 7

An extraneous variable is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the variable that is manipulated by the researcher 
B)  an unanticipated variable that affects the results 
C)  the behavioural variable of interest 
D)  the experimental variable 
E)  the one measured by the researcher 
A)  the variable that is manipulated by the researcher 
B)  an unanticipated variable that affects the results 
C)  the behavioural variable of interest 
D)  the experimental variable 
E)  the one measured by the researcher

Question 8

_____ method is best at getting an in-depth understanding of an individual instance of a phenomenon.

Accepted Answer

A)  The self-report 
B)  The archival 
C)  The correlational 
D)  The case study 
E)  The field study 
A)  The self-report 
B)  The archival 
C)  The correlational 
D)  The case study 
E)  The field study

Question 9

The cognitive perspective in social psychology emphasizes:

Accepted Answer

A)  that most of human behaviour is learned through imitation 
B)  that our beliefs and feelings are influenced by external reinforcement 
C)  how individuals construe their environment 
D)  the small group approach to understanding behaviour 
E)  the importance of individual differences 
A)  that most of human behaviour is learned through imitation 
B)  that our beliefs and feelings are influenced by external reinforcement 
C)  how individuals construe their environment 
D)  the small group approach to understanding behaviour 
E)  the importance of individual differences

Question 10

Two aspects of debriefing are:

Accepted Answer

A)  dehoaxing and desensitization 
B)  dehoaxing and informed consent 
C)  desensitization and decompression 
D)  dehoaxing and destroying 
E)  desensitization and decontamination 
A)  dehoaxing and desensitization 
B)  dehoaxing and informed consent 
C)  desensitization and decompression 
D)  dehoaxing and destroying 
E)  desensitization and decontamination

Question 11

Which variable is the one which the experimenter sets out to study?

Accepted Answer

A)  the dependent variable 
B)  the third variable 
C)  the extraneous variable 
D)  the independent variable 
E)  the intervening variable 
A)  the dependent variable 
B)  the third variable 
C)  the extraneous variable 
D)  the independent variable 
E)  the intervening variable

Question 12

A measure is __________ if it measures what it is supposed to measure.

Accepted Answer

A)  reliable 
B)  valid 
C)  operational 
D)  effective 
E)  standard 
A)  reliable 
B)  valid 
C)  operational 
D)  effective 
E)  standard

Question 13

A major disadvantage of laboratory research is:

Accepted Answer

A)  its lack of internal validity 
B)  its lack of control over extraneous variables 
C)  the inability to assign participants randomly 
D)  the difficulty of generalizing results from the laboratory to the real world 
E)  all of the above 
A)  its lack of internal validity 
B)  its lack of control over extraneous variables 
C)  the inability to assign participants randomly 
D)  the difficulty of generalizing results from the laboratory to the real world 
E)  all of the above

Question 14

Random assignment is necessary to:

Accepted Answer

A)  ensure mundane realism 
B)  allow correlational inferences to be drawn 
C)  avoid the naturalistic fallacy 
D)  control for pre-existing differences between different groups of participants 
E)  eliminate experimenter effects 
A)  ensure mundane realism 
B)  allow correlational inferences to be drawn 
C)  avoid the naturalistic fallacy 
D)  control for pre-existing differences between different groups of participants 
E)  eliminate experimenter effects

Question 15

A longitudinal study:

Accepted Answer

A)  is a correlational approach 
B)  involves measuring two or more variables on the same participants at various points in time 
C)  can, with sophisticated statistical analysis, provide some degree of causal inference 
D)  both a and b 
E)  all of the above 
A)  is a correlational approach 
B)  involves measuring two or more variables on the same participants at various points in time 
C)  can, with sophisticated statistical analysis, provide some degree of causal inference 
D)  both a and b 
E)  all of the above

Question 16

Which term does NOT belong with the others?

Accepted Answer

A)  correlation 
B)  cause and effect 
C)  experimental method 
D)  manipulated variable 
E)  treatment effect 
A)  correlation 
B)  cause and effect 
C)  experimental method 
D)  manipulated variable 
E)  treatment effect

Question 17

An operational definition of fatigue might be:

Accepted Answer

A)  number of yawns in a five minute period 
B)  number of hours without sleep 
C)  subject's rating of fatigue on a rating scale 
D)  both a and b 
E)  all of the above 
A)  number of yawns in a five minute period 
B)  number of hours without sleep 
C)  subject's rating of fatigue on a rating scale 
D)  both a and b 
E)  all of the above

Question 18

Lewin describe an approach to research in which the researcher obtains data about a problem, feeds those data into the relevant group or institution to effect change, measures the change and then repeats the process. He called it:

Accepted Answer

A)  applied research 
B)  pioneering research 
C)  action research 
D)  useful research 
E)  useless research 
A)  applied research 
B)  pioneering research 
C)  action research 
D)  useful research 
E)  useless research

Question 19

Case studies:

Accepted Answer

A)  are an accurate method of obtaining experimental data 
B)  are useful in stimulating research and theory, but not in arriving at reliable conclusions about cause and effect 
C)  are useful in helping the researcher arrive at conclusions about alternative explanations but not in stimulating research 
D)  can be replicated in the laboratory 
E)  are not liable to the research biases 
A)  are an accurate method of obtaining experimental data 
B)  are useful in stimulating research and theory, but not in arriving at reliable conclusions about cause and effect 
C)  are useful in helping the researcher arrive at conclusions about alternative explanations but not in stimulating research 
D)  can be replicated in the laboratory 
E)  are not liable to the research biases

Question 20

Which of the following is a participant effect (bias) in research?

Accepted Answer

A)  double-blind 
B)  demand characteristics 
C)  quasi-experimental 
D)  mundane realism 
E)  external validity 
A)  double-blind 
B)  demand characteristics 
C)  quasi-experimental 
D)  mundane realism 
E)  external validity

Which of the following is an alternative to using deception in experiments?

A group of persons chosen to be representative of a larger population is known as:

To investigate how the average age at marriage has changed over the century, one would use:

Suppose that the local newspaper asks its readers to tear out a form from the paper, and indicate on it whether or not they are for or against allowing user fees to be imposed for medical services. Seventy-five percent of those who respond are against user fees. What can we conclude?

The behaviourist perspective in social psychology emphasizes:

In an experiment set up to study whether participants become more or less aggressive when they view either a violent or a non-violent film, what is the independent variable?

An extraneous variable is:

_____ method is best at getting an in-depth understanding of an individual instance of a phenomenon.

The cognitive perspective in social psychology emphasizes:

Two aspects of debriefing are:

Which variable is the one which the experimenter sets out to study?

A measure is __________ if it measures what it is supposed to measure.

A major disadvantage of laboratory research is:

Random assignment is necessary to:

A longitudinal study:

Which term does NOT belong with the others?

An operational definition of fatigue might be:

Lewin describe an approach to research in which the researcher obtains data about a problem, feeds those data into the relevant group or institution to effect change, measures the change and then repeats the process. He called it:

Case studies:

Which of the following is a participant effect (bias) in research?

Social Perception and Cognition

The Social Self

Attitudes, Ideologies and Values

Attitude Change

Social Influence

Language and Communication

Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships

Prosocial Behaviour

Cooperation and Conflict

Aggression

Social Identity, Groups and Leadership

Prejudice

Crowds and Collective Behaviour

Applied Social Psychology

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Exam 1: Studying Social Behaviour

Which of the following is an alternative to using deception in experiments?

A group of persons chosen to be representative of a larger population is known as:

To investigate how the average age at marriage has changed over the century, one would use:

Suppose that the local newspaper asks its readers to tear out a form from the paper, and indicate on it whether or not they are for or against allowing user fees to be imposed for medical services. Seventy-five percent of those who respond are against user fees. What can we conclude?

The behaviourist perspective in social psychology emphasizes:

In an experiment set up to study whether participants become more or less aggressive when they view either a violent or a non-violent film, what is the independent variable?

An extraneous variable is:

_____ method is best at getting an in-depth understanding of an individual instance of a phenomenon.

The cognitive perspective in social psychology emphasizes:

Two aspects of debriefing are:

Which variable is the one which the experimenter sets out to study?

A measure is __________ if it measures what it is supposed to measure.

A major disadvantage of laboratory research is:

Random assignment is necessary to:

A longitudinal study:

Which term does NOT belong with the others?

An operational definition of fatigue might be:

Lewin describe an approach to research in which the researcher obtains data about a problem, feeds those data into the relevant group or institution to effect change, measures the change and then repeats the process. He called it:

Case studies:

Which of the following is a participant effect (bias) in research?

Social Perception and Cognition

The Social Self

Attitudes, Ideologies and Values

Attitude Change

Social Influence

Language and Communication

Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships

Prosocial Behaviour

Cooperation and Conflict

Aggression

Social Identity, Groups and Leadership

Prejudice

Crowds and Collective Behaviour

Applied Social Psychology

Filters