Exam 6: B: Observational Research: The Many Forms of Discipline in Parents Bag of Tricks

Dr.Reef wanted to study relationship break-ups in natural settings.She enlisted several of her research assistants to recruit couples for the study.She fully disclosed the goals of the study to one of the individuals in the couple and only told the other individual that the study was focused on relationships.Dr.Reef devised "natural" scenarios where a break-up would occur and gained permission from both parties to observe.Dr.Reef was not fully honest with both participants for the sake of her research question,but the deception may not have been justifiable.Which of the following is true?

Pilot studies are important in order to do all of the following,EXCEPT:

Who is the worst candidate to be an observer in a study?

In the study examining parental discipline practices associations with child behaviors in an international sample,the results indicated that:

As discussed in the text,most child discipline research focuses on:

Demarco is initiating a naturalistic observation of children and their parents.Which of the following is NOT absolutely necessary to continue with naturalistic observation study?

Researchers at a local advocacy center are interested in the types of behaviors foster children engage in when in the presence of their foster family in comparison with their biological family.This would be indicative of:

Dr.Pryor is continuing previous research on suicidality by interviewing families as to the occurrence of completed and attempted suicides in the last four generations.Dr.Pryor will most likely use:

Loretta and her friend Simon sat on a bench in the food court at the mall all day on Saturday to observe communication and eating patterns of different ages,sexes,and ethnicities.Loretta and her friend Simon needed this information to complete a paper for their sociology class and had decided on what behaviors they were going to focus on prior to their observation on Saturday.This is an example of:

A researcher is interested in what behaviors are common among individuals during summers of intense and atypical heat waves.This would be indicative of a(n):

In most nonconcealment observations it is best to use _____ disclosure.

The goals of training observers include all of the following,EXCEPT how to:

Gemma is studying young White women between the ages of 18 and 25 years.Choose a limitation of her study based on this provided information.

Gershoff and colleagues (2010)found that:

Admissions counselors use _____ to determine whether GPA is predictive of success during a student's freshmen year in college.

Catrina wants to determine which book on the summer reading list is most preferred by her students.She has collected data at the beginning of the school year for the last 3 years.What statistic should she use to show the most frequently reported preferred book?

In early research it has been found that the presence of others negatively influences:

When evaluating the observations of two research trainees using a new coding system you notice that there is little consensus among their ratings.This lack of consensus may illuminate issues with all of the following,EXCEPT:

The 2007 study that focused on how individuals react to insult took place on a local train in:

Triny has been recording the number of times she says "um" for the last 7 days to help improve her public-speaking grade.She recorded the following data for the last 7 days: 23,27,12,10,5,5,5.What is the approximate average number of times she says "um" over the 7-day period?