Exam 3: Personality Psychology As Science: Research Methods

Reliability is ________ for validity.

The most touted advantage of the experimental method is that ________.

According to principles described in the text, it would be relatively difficult to create a reliable measure of attitudes toward ________.

Psychologists expect to reach a final answer to their research questions.

Recently, a group of researchers raised concerns about the use of so-called WEIRD participants in the majority of psychological studies. Who are WEIRD participants? Why is this issue a potential concern to psychological researchers (e.g., do WEIRD participants hurt reliability)? What steps can be taken to address the concerns about WEIRD participants?

Jane recently completed a new test that was designed to measure her IQ. She took the test twice and each time received the same score. The test administrator told her that her scores indicate she is extremely intelligent. However, Jane scored well below average when she completed the Stanford-Binet and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), two well-established intelligence tests. Based on this pattern of results, it appears that the new measure of IQ was a ________

Many researchers study the behavior of college students and then assume that what they learn applies to people in general. However, this strategy may place limits on ________.

Which of the following is an ethical issue involved in the research process?

A method or instrument that provides the same information repeatedly is ________.

Dr. Rogers tries to motivate aggression in the laboratory by manipulating the room temperature as either hot (95°F) or normal (75°F). She then measures multiple kinds of aggression. If these were the only temperature manipulations used by Dr. Rogers, the results of her studies may lack ________.

Which design is best suited for addressing the third-variable problem?

Dr. Jones uses a wide range of manipulations to frustrate his participants. He then measures aggression by counting the number of times a research participant hits an inflatable "Bobo doll." If this is the only way Dr. Jones measures aggression, the results of his studies may lack ________.

Psychologists have several concerns with the concept of statistical significance.

According to the text, a ________ would receive technical training, whereas a ________ would receive scientific education.

Applied psychologists involved in personnel selection are less concerned with error variance than are research psychologists.

What is generalizability? What are the different facets of generalizability described in the book, and how does each one relate to the broad idea of generalizability?

According to Cronbach and Meehl's (1955) terminology, psychological attributes such as intelligence and sociability are examples of ________, whereas an IQ test and extraversion questionnaire are both examples of specific tests or measurements.

According to the text, the goal of a scientific education is ________.

On Friday, Terence completes the Self-Monitoring Scale and receives a score of 49. On the following Tuesday, he fills out the scale again and receives a score of 28. Terence's scores on the Self-Monitoring Scale do not appear to be ________.

What is the big disadvantage of the case study method?