Exam 2: Research Methods in Psychology

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of experimental research?

You cannot believe the findings of an experiment I have conducted. The findings are just too unbelievable. You decide to run the exact same experiment all over again to see if you get the same findings that I did. You are:

Descriptive statistics:

I am running an experiment in which my participants have a drink and then drive a car. To ensure that I have good results, my participants should

If the sum of all the scores is divided by the number of scores, then the _____ has been calculated.

When I look at the number of hours a student sleeps on an average night and the student's overall GPA, I find that the data form an inverted (upside down) U. Students who get too little sleep or too much sleep do poorly whereas those who get about 7-8 hours do well. What kind of correlation should I see?

Any variable that is comprised of groupings or classifications such that a person must be in one group or another is referred to as a/an:

In my experiment, there are several indicators that I am interested in how much eating chocolate helps people study for exams. These cues in the experimental situation that reveal the purpose of the experiment are known as

Which of the following statements regarding the ethics of Milgram's studies is true?

A theory is defined as a:

Which of the following might threaten the internal validity of a study?

To better help my students, I conduct an experiment examining the relationship between the students' average grade in the class (from 0 to 100) and the number of hours they spend socializing with friends. It is determined that the more hours that students socialize, the lower their grade. What kind of research is this?

Which one of the following is NOT a type of descriptive research?

Which type of research primarily attempts to demonstrate cause-and-effect relationships among variables?

Good psychological research uses ìstandardized proceduresî in order to:

With regard to face validity, which of the following is true?

Which of the following is NOT a step in conducting an experiment?

Having a number of ways of asking for the same information is a manner of determining:

There are many ways of studying the exact same behavior. Identify the five (5) research methods discussed in Chapter 2. Describe each one in about 1-2 sentences.

Psychologists refer to the ____, which is just another name for the average.