Exam 2: Methods in Psychology-Part A

Aaron trusts what he himself observes,not claims by others.Aaron takes a(n)_____ approach to knowledge acquisition.

What is the only way to determine a causal relationship between two variables?

People are more critical of new evidence that is:

According to the textbook,the second rule of critical thinking is to:

Octavia's research yielded results that are consistent with a hypothesis derived from a developmental account of decision making.Which conclusion is CORRECT regarding the theory?

Which characteristic does NOT describe a normal distribution?

Williams and Ceci (2015)sought to determine if gender biases exist in academic hiring practices.They studied almost 1,000 professors in a mock hiring situation in which each professor read the files of several job applicants and then rank-ordered the applicants in terms of most-to-least qualified.What the professors did not know was that the gender of the job applicants was randomly assigned to the professors.That is,if one professor read that job applicant A was a woman,another professor read that the same job applicant A was a man.As a result,an average rating of each applicant could be compared when that applicant was presented as a male and as a female.The authors reported that:

Reggie is curious about how many women versus men shake the handle of the gas pump after they finish fueling their automobiles.Reggie positions himself inside a minimart,where he appears to be a shopper,but all the while he is casually looking out a large window and recording the pump behavior of women and men at the fueling stations.What type of research is Reggie conducting?

The ethical analysis and reporting of scientific results is regulated by:

Doubting one's own conclusions is:

When presented with information that is inconsistent with their attitudes or beliefs,people generally ask themselves which question?

An experiment in which the true purpose is hidden from the researcher as well as from the participant is called a:

Which number represents the STRONGEST correlation coefficient (r)?

Experiments do not adequately control for third variables when:

A frequency distribution graphically displays the:

Researchers wanted to see if listening to calm music would reduce heart rates.Half of the research participants sat quietly and listened to calm music,and the other half sat quietly and listened to no music at all.The group that listened to the music is called the:

Which descriptive statistic is a measure of variability?

Which statement accurately summarizes the way psychologists gather research participants?

In an experiment,researchers exposed half the children to 2 hours of violence on television every day for a month and made sure the other half saw no violence on television at all.At the end of the month,they measured the level of aggressiveness in the children.What is/are the independent variable(s)?

The experimental and control groups differ on the dependent measure.Which result of an inferential statistic would indicate a statistically significant result?