Question 1

Choose which description would be best termed authoritative parenting.

Accepted Answer

A)  Samantha's parents are warm and affectionate,but have high expectations for Samantha. 
B)  Tony's parents are warm and affectionate,but have very few,if any,expectations for Tony. 
C)  Sylvia's parents are neither warm nor affectionate and have very few,if any,expectations for Sylvia. 
D)  Taylor's parents are not warm and affectionate,but have very high expectations for Taylor. 
A)  Samantha's parents are warm and affectionate,but have high expectations for Samantha. 
B)  Tony's parents are warm and affectionate,but have very few,if any,expectations for Tony. 
C)  Sylvia's parents are neither warm nor affectionate and have very few,if any,expectations for Sylvia. 
D)  Taylor's parents are not warm and affectionate,but have very high expectations for Taylor.

Question 2

Researchers may experience several difficulties when engaging in participant observation.Which of the following is NOT a problem associated with participant observation?

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic underestimation of events 
B)  systematic overestimation of events 
C)  impartiality 
D)  erroneous conclusions 
A)  systematic underestimation of events 
B)  systematic overestimation of events 
C)  impartiality 
D)  erroneous conclusions

Question 3

Sarah's mother does not communicate the reasons behind her actions,but rather uses corporal punishment or another immediate punishment to discipline Sarah.Sarah's mother most likely falls into what category of discipline?

Accepted Answer

A)  nonaggressive power assertion 
B)  induction 
C)  aggressive power assertion 
D)  aggression power compliance 
A)  nonaggressive power assertion 
B)  induction 
C)  aggressive power assertion 
D)  aggression power compliance

Question 4

Dr.Alier is examining psychopathic tendencies among prisoners and nurses.He decided to provide a self-report questionnaire to prisoners and nurses and asked them to complete it.Dr.Alier and his research assistants then followed up with individual interviews for all of the participants.Scores on the self-report scale ranged from 0 to 106.In this example psychopathic tendencies are a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  interval variable. 
B)  continuous variable. 
C)  ordinal variable. 
D)  categorical variable. 
A)  interval variable. 
B)  continuous variable. 
C)  ordinal variable. 
D)  categorical variable.

Question 5

Tiana wants to see if individuals react differently to negative feedback from men than from women.This would be an example of a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  analogue study. 
B)  laboratory observation. 
C)  systematic observation. 
D)  participant observation. 
A)  analogue study. 
B)  laboratory observation. 
C)  systematic observation. 
D)  participant observation.

Question 6

Dr.Yanira is an education specialist and has begun observing various schools throughout the county.Dr.Yanira randomly selected a private school in the area with the highest per-capita income to be her first school observation.She decided to base her request for budget,school supplies,school lunches,among many other things on that single observation.What is the main issue with her results from that single observation?

Accepted Answer

A)  low ecological validity 
B)  low external validity 
C)  lack of representativeness 
D)  observer bias 
A)  low ecological validity 
B)  low external validity 
C)  lack of representativeness 
D)  observer bias

Question 7

Which of the following scenarios would be best suited for descriptive research?

Accepted Answer

A)  providing positive feedback to one group of students and negative feedback to another group of students to observe their subsequent behaviors 
B)  conducting home visit observations and in-depth parent interviews to determine why certain behavior problems exist for students 
C)  dividing students in classrooms based on their IQ and then implementing a certain teaching style 
D)  interviewing teachers regarding problem behaviors in their classrooms 
A)  providing positive feedback to one group of students and negative feedback to another group of students to observe their subsequent behaviors 
B)  conducting home visit observations and in-depth parent interviews to determine why certain behavior problems exist for students 
C)  dividing students in classrooms based on their IQ and then implementing a certain teaching style 
D)  interviewing teachers regarding problem behaviors in their classrooms

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?

Accepted Answer

A)  M 
B)  R2 
C)  Mo 
D)  Mdn 
A)  M 
B)  R2 
C)  Mo 
D)  Mdn

Question 9

Euna is a 22-year-old college student.Given the principle of social desirability she is likely to _____ the number of alcoholic beverages she consumed at a party this past weekend.

Accepted Answer

A)  underreport 
B)  overreport 
C)  to not report 
D)  to challenge 
A)  underreport 
B)  overreport 
C)  to not report 
D)  to challenge

Question 10

Developing a research question to determine what a person feels,thinks,or does would be best suited for:

Accepted Answer

A)  descriptive research. 
B)  experimental research. 
C)  correlational research. 
D)  quasi-experimental research. 
A)  descriptive research. 
B)  experimental research. 
C)  correlational research. 
D)  quasi-experimental research.

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of observational research?

Accepted Answer

A)  increase in Cohen's d 
B)  identify key factors related to phenomenon 
C)  identify connections between variables of interest 
D)  assist in formulation of theories 
A)  increase in Cohen's d 
B)  identify key factors related to phenomenon 
C)  identify connections between variables of interest 
D)  assist in formulation of theories

Question 12

Which describes the common and accepted practice of conceptually defining terms for research?

Accepted Answer

A)  making up new definitions not based on the literature 
B)  not checking literature for existing definitions 
C)  using previously existing definitions from the literature 
D)  developing a vague and broad definition of terms 
A)  making up new definitions not based on the literature 
B)  not checking literature for existing definitions 
C)  using previously existing definitions from the literature 
D)  developing a vague and broad definition of terms

Question 13

Mr.Chapman is a local scientist studying germ incubation times for varying fungi.He records the incubation times to the second,minute,and hour.This would be an example of a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  nominal variable. 
B)  ordinal variable. 
C)  continuous variable. 
D)  categorical variable. 
A)  nominal variable. 
B)  ordinal variable. 
C)  continuous variable. 
D)  categorical variable.

Question 14

Deliberately making children misbehave to observe parental reactions would be a(n)_____ research behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  ethical 
B)  unethical 
C)  moral 
D)  fitting 
A)  ethical 
B)  unethical 
C)  moral 
D)  fitting

Question 15

Which of the following is the most appropriate calculation to determine the level of agreement between two observers coding categorical items?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cohen's kappa 
B)  Cohen's f 
C)  Cohen's d 
D)  Cohen's alpha 
A)  Cohen's kappa 
B)  Cohen's f 
C)  Cohen's d 
D)  Cohen's alpha

Question 16

Research suggests that a value of _____ or higher indicates high inter-observer reliability.

Accepted Answer

A)  .05 
B)  .5 
C)  .7 
D)  1.2 
A)  .05 
B)  .5 
C)  .7 
D)  1.2

Question 17

Chanelle needs to choose a measure of central tendency that is less influenced by outliers.Which measure of central tendency would be most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

A)  the mode 
B)  the median 
C)  the mean 
D)  the range 
A)  the mode 
B)  the median 
C)  the mean 
D)  the range

Question 18

Dante had to complete a project for his statistics class.He was tasked with going to a nursing home and recording the various types of physical activity and how often residents engaged in each activity on a given day.Dante then had to organize the information in a clear and concise manner.Dante probably displayed his information in a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  observation schedule. 
B)  coding system. 
C)  frequency distribution. 
D)  mode. 
A)  observation schedule. 
B)  coding system. 
C)  frequency distribution. 
D)  mode.

Question 19

Dr.Haltyn was conducting a case studying on an adolescent male in the school setting.She attended all of his classes and sat in the back of the room and recorded all of the adolescent male's behaviors in each class throughout the day.This would be an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  continuous recording. 
B)  duration recording. 
C)  interval recording. 
D)  frequency-count recording. 
A)  continuous recording. 
B)  duration recording. 
C)  interval recording. 
D)  frequency-count recording.

Question 20

Dr.Keefer is skeptical of using laboratory observation designs as he knows they are susceptible to both _____ and social desirability.

Accepted Answer

A)  demand characteristics 
B)  natural behaviors 
C)  artificiality 
D)  personality characteristics 
A)  demand characteristics 
B)  natural behaviors 
C)  artificiality 
D)  personality characteristics

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

Choose which description would be best termed authoritative parenting.

Researchers may experience several difficulties when engaging in participant observation.Which of the following is NOT a problem associated with participant observation?

Sarah's mother does not communicate the reasons behind her actions,but rather uses corporal punishment or another immediate punishment to discipline Sarah.Sarah's mother most likely falls into what category of discipline?

Tiana wants to see if individuals react differently to negative feedback from men than from women.This would be an example of a(n):

Which of the following scenarios would be best suited for descriptive research?

Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?

Euna is a 22-year-old college student.Given the principle of social desirability she is likely to _____ the number of alcoholic beverages she consumed at a party this past weekend.

Developing a research question to determine what a person feels,thinks,or does would be best suited for:

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of observational research?

Which describes the common and accepted practice of conceptually defining terms for research?

Mr.Chapman is a local scientist studying germ incubation times for varying fungi.He records the incubation times to the second,minute,and hour.This would be an example of a(n):

Deliberately making children misbehave to observe parental reactions would be a(n)_____ research behavior.

Which of the following is the most appropriate calculation to determine the level of agreement between two observers coding categorical items?

Research suggests that a value of _____ or higher indicates high inter-observer reliability.

Chanelle needs to choose a measure of central tendency that is less influenced by outliers.Which measure of central tendency would be most appropriate?

Dr.Haltyn was conducting a case studying on an adolescent male in the school setting.She attended all of his classes and sat in the back of the room and recorded all of the adolescent male's behaviors in each class throughout the day.This would be an example of:

Dr.Keefer is skeptical of using laboratory observation designs as he knows they are susceptible to both _____ and social desirability.

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B: Psychology As Science: Thinking Like a Researcher

C: Psychology As Science: Thinking Like a Researcher

D: Psychology As Science: Thinking Like a Researcher

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Psychology As Science: Part 2

A: The Research Process: Ideas to Innovations

B: The Research Process: Ideas to Innovations

C: The Research Process: Ideas to Innovations

D: The Research Process: Ideas to Innovations

The Research Process: Part 1

The Research Process: Part 2

A: Ethics: Making Ethical Decisions in Research

B: Ethics: Making Ethical Decisions in Research

C: Ethics: Making Ethical Decisions in Research

D: Ethics: Making Ethical Decisions in Research

Ethics: Part 1

Ethics: Part 2

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C: The Psychologists Toolbox: Tools for Building Better Designs

D: The Psychologists Toolbox: Tools for Building Better Designs

The Psychologists: Part 1

The Psychologists: Part 2

A: Qualitative Research: Getting Into the Mind of a Serial Killer

B: Qualitative Research: Getting Into the Mind of a Serial Killer

C: Qualitative Research: Getting Into the Mind of a Serial Killer

D: Qualitative Research: Getting Into the Mind of a Serial Killer

Qualitative Research: Part 1

Qualitative Research: Part 2

A: Observational Research: The Many Forms of Discipline in Parents Bag of Tricks

C: Observational Research: The Many Forms of Discipline in Parents Bag of Tricks

D: Observational Research: The Many Forms of Discipline in Parents Bag of Tricks

Observational Research: Part 1

Observational Research: Part 2

A: Survey Design and Scale Construction: Is Going Greek a Great Idea

B: Survey Design and Scale Construction: Is Going Greek a Great Idea

C: Survey Design and Scale Construction: Is Going Greek a Great Idea

D: Survey Design and Scale Construction: Is Going Greek a Great Idea

Survey Design and Scale Construction: Part 1

Survey Design and Scale Construction: Part 2

A: Two-Group Design: Texting: I Cant Get You Out of My Mind

B: Two-Group Design: Texting: I Cant Get You Out of My Mind

C: Two-Group Design: Texting: I Cant Get You Out of My Mind

D: Two-Group Design: Texting: I Cant Get You Out of My Mind

Two-Group Design: Part 1

Two-Group Design: Part 2

A: Multi-Group Design: Im Feeling Hot, but Is the Earth Hot, Too

B: Multi-Group Design: Im Feeling Hot, but Is the Earth Hot, Too

C: Multi-Group Design: Im Feeling Hot, but Is the Earth Hot, Too

D: Multi-Group Design: Im Feeling Hot, but Is the Earth Hot, Too

Multi-Group Design: Part 1

Multi-Group Design: Part 2

A: Within-Subjects Designs: Can Watching Reality Tv Shows Be Good for Us

B: Within-Subjects Designs: Can Watching Reality Tv Shows Be Good for Us

C: Within-Subjects Designs: Can Watching Reality Tv Shows Be Good for Us

D: Within-Subjects Designs: Can Watching Reality Tv Shows Be Good for Us

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Within-Subjects Designs: Part 2

A: Factorial Design: I Lost My Phone Number, Can I Borrow Yours Do Pickup Lines Really Work

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