Exam 2: Psychology and Science

A basic issue in the use of animals in research is:

According to the textbook,which group has the lowest incidence of ADHD?

Which of the following is not a commonly used method for answering questions?

Which of the following does the double-blind procedure control for?

If Wanda makes an educated,precisely worded guess about the behavior of her friends in a specific situation,she is making a:

A disadvantage of naturalistic observation is that:

The ethnicity of the person asking survey questions may affect the answer received.

The diagnosis of ADHD is difficult because:

A person suffering from anxiety predicts that he will make a fool of himself at a social gathering and,in fact,he does.A psychologist predicts that students in his morning class invariably outperform those in his afternoon class and,in fact,they do.What do the anxious person and the psychologist share in common?

You are conducting a survey on racism.You have a group of well-trained assistants,about half white,half African American.Should you keep track of which subjects are questioned by white assistants and which by African-Americans assistants?

A newspaper reporter wants to do a story on the controversy surrounding attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.She wants to focus on the biggest controversy.Based upon your reading of this Module,what should be the focus in her story?

Discuss the ethics of animal research.How has animal research expanded our understanding in psychology? What safeguards are in place to prevent mistreatment of animals?

In debriefing,a researcher asks a participant her feelings about being in the experiment.

Jocelyn wants to study in great depth the personality development,behaviors,and feelings of a young child.Jocelyn should utilize:

Grade school students are often given IQ tests because IQ tests:

If Christa wants to study the relationship between income and years of education,she ought to use the ____ method.

"I'm interested in whether playing classical music while studying has a positive effect on test scores." The most appropriate way to find out is to:

An advantage of randomly assigning subjects to groups is:

If you are conducting an experiment in a naturalistic setting,which of the following will you avoid?

Alfredo is conducting an experiment on the effects of exercise on concentration.The independent variable is ____ and the dependent variable is ____.