Exam 2: The Measure of Mind Methods of Psychology

Arthur has developed a hypothesis and now is designing a study to test it.Which of the following can provide the best guidance regarding his choice of measures,types of data to be collected,and methods for interpreting the data?

Research using animals must demonstrate a(n)____.

A statistical analysis of many previous experiments on a single topic is called a ____.

Cali has gathered extensive data regarding the stress levels workers with green cards in five U.S.cities.She arranges the data from low to medium to high and notes how many workers with green cards are in each category using a bar chart.This is called a ____.

A measure of the direction and strength of the relationship between two variables is called ____.

Which term describes a research design in which neither the participant nor the experimenter observing the participant knows which participants were given an active substance and which were given a placebo?

The news headline "Recession Spurs Young in U.S.to Forgo or Delay Marriage" describes ____.

Which of the following is a drawback of longitudinal studies?

Which correlational coefficient represents the strongest relationship?

In Dr.Segal's study of the effects of television watching on the language development of children under the age of two,which of the following would you recommend to operationalize the dependent variable?

The mean,median,and mode are all measures of a data set's ____.

Dr.Jonas wants to know whether men or women are better drivers.He designs a study to examine this question,and before he begins to collect data,he writes up the plan for the research,including his hypothesis.Which of the following would represent a null hypothesis for this study?

Dr.Harmon has conducted a study of social networks and health within an isolated community.Which of the following would breach a research participant's right to privacy?

Mary Jane,a psychologist,would like to conduct research in the form of naturalistic observation of marijuana sales and use among teenagers in her city's poorest neighborhood without their knowledge.What problem does this raise?

A group that experiences all experimental procedures with the exception of exposure to the independent variable is called a ____.

At the core of ethical standards for human research is the idea that participation should involve ____.

Which of the following is the most appropriate research method for studying the effects of moderate to heavy parental smoking on infants from birth to 1 year of age?

An experimental study focuses on the effects that the amount of exercise has on the number of calories consumed per day.The number of calories that a participant consumes is represented by the ____.

Defining variables in measurable terms is called ____.

Research methods including surveys,case studies,and observations are called ____.