Exam 4: The Psychologists Toolbox: Tools for Building Better Designs

Louis is looking for data to address his research question, which asks whether athletes are more organized than non-athletes. What types of behavioral trace data could he use in order to investigate his hypothesis?

Differentiate between the ceiling effect and the floor effect.

How can a researcher minimize the likelihood of social desirability bias in participants' self-report responses?

One advantage of Amazon's Mechanical Turk is that it is _____, but a disadvantage is that it is subject to _____.

Random error is:

What is the biggest disadvantage of convenience sampling?

Nonresponse bias is:

Ceiling effect is to upper boundary as:

Eddie is using a behavioral measure to assess participants' responses to reactance. He believes that when participants are told that they cannot do something, then they will respond by engaging in the forbidden behavior. In his study, Eddie is using behavioral observation to measure reactance. How can he minimize the possibility of observer bias in his results?

Explain why psychologists learn to use multiple research designs rather than the one "best" research design.

Researchers have _____ chance of eliminating bias as compared to random error.

Which is the most appropriate number of response options for a self-report measure?

Gael is interested in examining people's feelings toward the works of art in her new exhibition. In order to assess their feelings and opinions, she should use:

Behavioral observation is to real time as:

_____ is the extraneous influence that will cause the raw score to deviate from the true score.

Tristan is interested in understanding the study habits of college freshmen. He hypothesizes that males are more likely than females to procrastinate when stressed. For his study, Tristan randomly assigns participants to different stress conditions and measures their behavior. What type of study design is Tristan using?

Random error is:

The goal of a psychological measure is to:

If a researcher wanted to minimize participant reactivity, which one of the following would he/she want to employ?

Reality television shows demonstrate the potential issue of _____ when observing the behavior of others.