Exam 14: Replicability, generalization, and the Real World

Which of the following studies is most likely to be conducted in generalization mode?

Why do studies conducted in theory-testing mode de-emphasize ecological validity?

In a direct replication,which of the following is NOT allowed to be dissimilar from the original study?

Which of the following is NOT true of theory-testing mode?

Who determines the population to which a study's findings generalize?

According to the textbook,which of the following is NOT a component of WEIRD people?

Dr.Tropez conducts a study examining the relationship between exposure to religion in popular media and religiosity (defined as "the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power,especially a personal God or gods").In his study,he randomly samples a group of 113 participants from his local community college.He generates a list of movies with religious themes (Year One,Dogma,Passion of the Christ)and asks participants to indicate how many they have seen.He then measures religiosity by asking participants how many times they have attended a house of worship (e.g. ,church,temple,synagogue,mosque)in the past year.He finds that having seen a higher number of religious-themed films is positively correlated with religious attendance. -What are the two aspects of external validity? Pose a question for each aspect of external validity as it relates to Dr.Tropez's study.

Explain what a meta-analysis is and how it is useful in understanding the importance of a scientific relationship.

Which of the following is another term for ecological validity?

Which of the following is an advantage of studies that are conducted in real-world settings?

Cindy decides to conduct a meta-analysis examining the relationship between daily stress and cardiovascular health for her senior psychology research project. -Which of the following is NOT a step Cindy will do in conducting her meta-analysis?

Which of the following is NOT a major type of replication?

Dr.Grayson,a health psychologist,conducts a study examining whether people eat more when they are exposed to pictures of food than when they are not exposed to pictures of food.She goes to a fast-food restaurant in downtown Chicago that has pictures of menu items on its menu board and measures the amount of food ordered during the lunch rush (11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. )on Tuesday.On Thursday,she does the same thing but at a fast-food restaurant that does not have pictures on their menu board (about two blocks away from the first restaurant).She finds that the restaurant with pictures of food sells more food than the restaurant that does not have pictures. -Because Dr.Grayson conducted her study in a field setting,which of the following is an advantage of her study?

Dr.Grayson,a health psychologist,conducts a study examining whether people eat more when they are exposed to pictures of food than when they are not exposed to pictures of food.She goes to a fast-food restaurant in downtown Chicago that has pictures of menu items on its menu board and measures the amount of food ordered during the lunch rush (11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. )on Tuesday.On Thursday,she does the same thing but at a fast-food restaurant that does not have pictures on their menu board (about two blocks away from the first restaurant).She finds that the restaurant with pictures of food sells more food than the restaurant that does not have pictures. -Dr.Grayson wants to conduct her study again,but this time she wants to conduct it in her laboratory.She wants people to feel and act the same way in her laboratory that they would when facing ordering choices in an actual fast food restaurant.To this end,she must try to enhance which of the following?

A cultural psychologist would be most interested in which of the following sets of participants?

Dr.Tropez conducts a study examining the relationship between exposure to religion in popular media and religiosity (defined as "the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power,especially a personal God or gods").In his study,he randomly samples a group of 113 participants from his local community college.He generates a list of movies with religious themes (Year One,Dogma,Passion of the Christ)and asks participants to indicate how many they have seen.He then measures religiosity by asking participants how many times they have attended a house of worship (e.g. ,church,temple,synagogue,mosque)in the past year.He finds that having seen a higher number of religious-themed films is positively correlated with religious attendance. -A colleague of Dr.Tropez questions how generalizable his study is to other participants by highlighting that he only studied 113 people.Dr.Tropez responds that generalizability comes not from the "how many" of the sample but the "how" of the sample.What does Dr.Tropez mean,and how generalizable is his study?

Cindy decides to conduct a meta-analysis examining the relationship between daily stress and cardiovascular health for her senior psychology research project. -Cindy's advisor recommends that she contact several researchers in the field for articles that were not published and/or that found null effects.Doing this will address which of the following?

Which of the following claims is always researched in generalization mode?

Explain why replication is important to science.Name a method that scientists use to determine whether a study is replicable.

What does it mean that a sample is WEIRD? (In other words,what does WEIRD stand for?)Why can WEIRD samples be problematic for research?