Exam 2: Research Methods in Psychology

A statement about the putative relationship between two variables is termed a(n) _______.

What are carry-over effects in a repeated measures design?

IPA stands for __________ and it is an example of 'phenomenological psychology'. The focus of this analysis is on the individual's experience, for this reason it is known for using a(n) __________ approach.

Provide an example of quantitative measurement.

An experiment with poor __________ validity will likely produce results which are not generalizable to real-life situations.

Carol administered a survey about child abuse to 1000 anonymous new parents and found no reports of a parent exhibiting this type of behaviour. Knowing the number of incidences of child abuse reported each year, Carol suspected some type of bias attributed to the erroneous results. Which type of bias most likely affected this study?

What are the three key attributes for a good research?

Relationship is to effect as _______ is to ________.

Describe the experimental design known as 'Solomon's four-group'.

Which qualitative analysis is focused on how language conveys information about social interactions and individuals' interpretations of reality?

Which of the following factors does not influence reliability?

Observational methods can only be used by quantitative research.

Which of the following research methods allows the manipulation of one or more variables?

Which of the following sequences is the correct sequential process of an experiment?

Dr Jasper found a strong positive correlation between happiness and job type. Explain why Dr Jasper cannot conclude a cause and effect relationship between these two variables.

Which example of reliability without validity is reported in your textbook?

If a measure has __________ criterion validity, it should correlate with other measures of the same attribute over time.

Dr Foster wants to measure how the level of anxiety pre-exam influences exam performance in a sample of 134 university students. Dr Foster will likely conduct her research using:

The three attributes to consider for a good research are __________.

Describe the advantages of a pre-test/post-test design compared to a post-test-only design.