Exam 2: Sources of Information: Evaluating, finding, and Reading Information

Name the six basic sections of an empirical journal article.

Looking for which of the following in a trade book will give you a hint as to its scientific rigor?

Charlotte is studying subliminal messages and weight loss.She is curious whether people will lose more weight if they hear subliminal messages that encourage weight loss ("don't eat that food," "you want to be thin")in the music on their iPods than will people who do not have subliminal messages in their music.She studies 40 people and finds the following results: -Although Charlotte is concerned with exposure to subliminal messages,she collects data from people not exposed to subliminal messages.What is this group called? Why must this group be included in her study?

When reading an empirical journal article "with purpose," which section should you read first?

Name three examples of biases of intuition.

Hannah just finished reading an empirical journal article for a class project.What information might she get out of reading the references section of her article?

Which of the following has the sections of an empirical journal article in the correct order?

James is asked about what is the best way to study for an exam.He responds that the best way to study is by making flash cards.He easily thinks of all the times he used flash cards and he made As.However,he fails to take into consideration all the times he made As and did not use flash cards and the times he used flash cards and did not do well.His faulty thinking is an example of:

Which of the following sources is most likely to contain only information that has been rigorously peer-reviewed?

Lana is writing her first empirical journal article.Although she thinks she knows why she found the results she did,she also wants to mention some alternative explanations for her findings.In which section will she mention these alternative explanations?

The two biases of intuition discussed in the text are:

Describe three ways that scientific journals/journal articles are different from popular magazines/magazine articles.

Psychological scientists may choose to publish their work in all of the following EXCEPT:

Matthew is reading an empirical journal article and wants to know whether the authors used the Big Five Inventory (BFI-44)or the NEO-PI to measure extraversion.In which section would he find this information?

Angela reads about a study in which cell phone use is associated with migraine headaches.She says,"Well,that study is not valid because I use a cell phone more than anyone I know and I never get migraines." Based on her comment,Angela may be forgetting which of the following?