Exam 3: Generating Research Hypotheses

Distinguish between a mediating variable and a moderator variable.

An experiment designed to test if people are more likely to lie when they have consumed alcohol would be testing a cause-effect hypothesis.

Repeating a study, but controlling for factors that were not controlled in the original study may result in a study that has more ____ than the original.

The null hypothesis can be

A good hypothesis will be found to be correct.

Repeating a study, but using participants who differed from those in the original study (e.g., women instead of men) may result in a study that has more ____ than the original.

If you use theory to provide a rationale for your hypothesis, be sure to refer to only one theory.

Mary hypothesizes that socially popular high school students score lower on the SAT test than unpopular students. The biggest challenge to testing this hypothesis would be to obtain or develop an operational definition of

Jim believes that women are more patient than men. Which of the following is a hypothesis that might be used to test this belief?

If you want to know how much exercise produces how much increase in mood, you are most interested in a

Thinking a practical problem is a legitimate way of generating research ideas.

The most important feature of a hypothesis is that it is

Theory can be used to change a trivial hypothesis into a meaningful hypothesis.

There is little point in trying to replicate previous research because it will contribute nothing new to our knowledge.

Testing common sense notions rarely leads to useful research questions.

Not manipulating a variable may

Questioning common sense is a time-tested way to generate research ideas.

Experiments are used to test cause-effect hypothesis.

Although a relationship between two variables has been well documented, there may still be exceptions to the observed relationship.

List five criteria for evaluating a potential research hypothesis.