Exam 2: Research Methods in Psychology

Which of the following is a way of reducing the amount of bias in an experiment?

According to the authors, when critically analyzing a study, it is important to evaluate the sample of the study to determine:

A key issue with survey research is

Statistics for assessing whether the results obtained with a sample are likely to reflect characteristics of the population as a whole are known as

I've decided to do an experiment that compares males and females in terms of their ability to judge the distance of a sound (a quacking duck). I am going to measure the accuracy of their perceptions. In this experiment, male and female are what kind of variable?

To better study depression, I will count how long an individual walks with their head angled down towards the ground as well as the number of times the person talks when in a social setting. I am thinking that the more depressed a person is, the more they will walk with their head down and the less they will talk to others. What I have done in this study is _____ depression.

Any phenomenon that can differ, or vary, from one situation to another, from one person to another, or from one time to another, is called a/an:

Any variable, other than the independent variable, that may be influencing the dependent variable in a systematic way is referred to as a/an _____ variable.

In order to accurately determine the extent to which sleep influences grades, I randomly assign my subjects to one of four groups: 4, 6, 8, or 10 hours of sleep per night. The four groups can be referred to as:

The variable that is measured by the experimenter is the:

According to Pennebaker's study, college students were healthier if they

The different levels or variations of the independent variable are referred to as:

I'm afraid that participants will not be reading the questions of my survey so I intentionally ask the same question more than once (in a different form, of course). The purpose of doing this is related to which ONE of the following?

Which of the following is not a weakness of experimental research?

Case studies are thought to have a number of limitations. Which of the following is a limitation according to your textbook?

Which of the following is NOT a type of validity discussed in the textbook?

When evaluating a study critically, your authors state that there are seven questions that should be considered. Which ONE of the following is NOT one of those questions?

The results of an experiment I conducted are found to be highly applicable to the way people behave in the real world. I can conclude that my experiment is high in:

Validity is present when:

To avoid biasing the participant, the experimenter will often try to reduce which ONE of the following?