Exam 5: Ethical Issues and Research Methods

The school psychologist observes Sandy and records the number of times he raises his hand in class to answer a question. She then provides individual daily counseling to increase self concept for one week. She observes Sandy in class on the last day of the counseling week and notices that hand?raising behavior has increased significantly. Sandy is observed again, one week after counseling is terminated, and the psychologist finds that hand?raising behavior has regressed back to baseline levels. Counseling is re?introduced and hand?raising increases once again. This is an example of

One of the difficulties with the within?subject design is that there is a need to control for

All of the following represent issues in defining competence in children, except

Which of the following is not one of the goals of the Scientific Method?

A radio announcer is talking about the number of new cases of the flu reported last week by the department of health. This is an example of

A researcher is studying the effect of noise level on concentration. In this study, noise level is the

Provide an example of an ABAB‐Reversal Design for Mindy who has ADHD and who will be starting medication to increase on‐task behavior.

Which of the following is true regarding the age of majority?

Which of the following is false regarding "emancipated minor" status?

The study cited above would be expected to have high __________ validity

The text cites four biases that could possibly distort perceptions. Which of the following is not one of the biases stated?

Which of the following research designs has the greatest internal validity?

A researcher is examining whether aggressive behavior demonstrated in the early years can predict school drop?out rates. He asks teachers to complete behavioral rating scales for 20 children in Grade 9. He returns a year later and has the teachers complete the same form, for the same 20 children. The same procedure is repeated until they graduate or drop out. This is an example of

Researchers have found that, as family income increases, youth high school drop?out rates decrease. This is an example of a

A researcher is investigating how Ms. Smith's Grade 3 classroom design contributes to enhanced learning, compared to Ms. White's Grade 3 classroom. Classroom design is an example of

I am given a questionnaire and I believe that the researcher is trying to obtain my impression about gender and employment. I have a strong belief that women do not earn enough money in the workplace, relative to men, so I answer the questions with that hypothesis in mind. This is an example of

Results of a survey of APA Psychologists conducted by Pope & Vetter (1992) revealed that, at that time, the top two ethical challenges for psychologists related to

A Researcher wants to know if children watch more television in the summer or the winter. He does a survey and finds that as the temperature increases the amount of television viewing decreases. The researcher concludes that hot weather causes less TV viewing. Answer the following questions about this study. a) What is the study method? b) What is the nature of the relationship between television viewing and weather? c) If this relationship was drawn on a graph, what would it look like? d) Is the researcher correct in his conclusion, and why?

I want to investigate if boys become more aggressive after watching a violent video game. In this study, aggression is an example of a _____________ variable.

State laws can influence decision?making in all the following ways, except