Exam 2: The Ways and Means of Psychology

Harry has carried out an experiment and inferential statistics show a significant difference between the experimental and the control group. Why couldn't Harry conclude that his findings were important ones?

Three experimenters are independently observing the interactions of two college students who are participating in a study of moral issues. Later, the observations of the experimenters are compared for their consistency. This procedure (comparing the observations) is attempting to assess the

Research with animal subjects

One group that has devised ethical standards for conducting research with human subjects is the

The use of animals in research

Which of the following is NOT one of the ethical research values?

If we wanted to learn about the relationship between people's personalities and how much money they make, we would most likely conduct a(n)

Clinical psychologists will sometimes write a detailed description of the behaviour of an individual they are diagnosing or treating. This is termed a(n)

A study in which neither the experimenter nor the subject knows the value of the independent variable is called a __________ study.

In the hypothetical study in the text investigating detection of SIRD stereogram images, the independent variables was

We should assume that, in any experiment, the scores obtained from different groups of subjects

Professor Hargrove was interested in the causes of road rage. As part of his research he decided to manipulate the temperature in cars and to measure whether drivers became angry. Which step of the scientific method was he carrying out?

Before the groups in an experiment are exposed to the independent variable or placebo, they are likely to at least differ slightly by chance.

A set of statements used to explain a set of phenomena is called a(n)

Two sets of numbers can have the same mean and median and still differ with respect to

Dr. Harzem is studying the effects of drugs on memory. He varies the amount of the drug subjects are given. Then he gives his subjects a list of 100 nonsense words and measures their memory ability by asking them to write down all the nonsense words that they can recall in two minutes. Which of the following statements is true about this study?

Although the use of animals in research is sometimes controversial, it is clear that

Tissue samples and computer simulations are turning out to be useful substitutes for carrying out research with live animals.

In a set of numbers with a mean of 10 and a variance of 9 the standard deviation is

Dr. Clinton's experiment finds that his 20-year-old subjects, tested under cool temperatures, show little anger, whereas his 15-year-old subjects, tested under hot conditions, show significantly greater anger. In this experiment the two variables of age and temperature are