Question 1

A participant who does a meaningless task over and over is showing the effects of experimenter bias.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

List the three role attitudes, and show how each might affect the outcome of your experiment.

Accepted Answer

The three role attitudes are task-orient

Question 3

A ceiling effect exists if the value of your dependent variable quickly reaches its upper limit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In an experiment on memory, you ask participants to recall three important events from the past. In this case, you are using:

Accepted Answer

A)  frequency of responding. 
B)  a prospective verbal report. 
C)  a retrospective verbal report. 
D)  None of the answers is correct. 
A)  frequency of responding. 
B)  a prospective verbal report. 
C)  a retrospective verbal report. 
D)  None of the answers is correct.

Question 5

Measurement on a ratio scale allows you to say that one effect was twice as great as another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

For measures of opinion, attitude, and similar psychological variables, in which the problem is to estimate the average value of the variable in a given population based on a sample drawn from that population, the precision of the estimate is called the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  role attitude cues 
B)  margin of error 
C)  split-half reliability 
D)  concurrent validity 
A)  role attitude cues 
B)  margin of error 
C)  split-half reliability 
D)  concurrent validity

A participant who does a meaningless task over and over is showing the effects of experimenter bias.

List the three role attitudes, and show how each might affect the outcome of your experiment.

A ceiling effect exists if the value of your dependent variable quickly reaches its upper limit.

In an experiment on memory, you ask participants to recall three important events from the past. In this case, you are using:

Measurement on a ratio scale allows you to say that one effect was twice as great as another.

For measures of opinion, attitude, and similar psychological variables, in which the problem is to estimate the average value of the variable in a given population based on a sample drawn from that population, the precision of the estimate is called the _____.

Explaining Behavior

Developing and Evaluating Theories of Behavior

Getting Ideas for Research

Choosing a Research Design

Choosing and Using Research Subjects

Understanding Ethical Issues in the Research Process

Doing Nonexperimental Research

Doing Survey Research

Using Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Experimental Designs

Using Specialized Research Designs

Using Single-Subject Designs

Describing Data

Using Inferential Statistics

Using Multivariate Design and Analysis

Reporting Your Research Results

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Exam 5: Making Systematic Observations

A participant who does a meaningless task over and over is showing the effects of experimenter bias.

List the three role attitudes, and show how each might affect the outcome of your experiment.

A ceiling effect exists if the value of your dependent variable quickly reaches its upper limit.

In an experiment on memory, you ask participants to recall three important events from the past. In this case, you are using:

Measurement on a ratio scale allows you to say that one effect was twice as great as another.

For measures of opinion, attitude, and similar psychological variables, in which the problem is to estimate the average value of the variable in a given population based on a sample drawn from that population, the precision of the estimate is called the _____.

Explaining Behavior

Developing and Evaluating Theories of Behavior

Getting Ideas for Research

Choosing a Research Design

Choosing and Using Research Subjects

Understanding Ethical Issues in the Research Process

Doing Nonexperimental Research

Doing Survey Research

Using Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Experimental Designs

Using Specialized Research Designs

Using Single-Subject Designs

Describing Data

Using Inferential Statistics

Using Multivariate Design and Analysis

Reporting Your Research Results

Filters