Exam 2: B: The Research Process: Ideas to Innovations

Movie-trailer is to the feature-length film as:

When is the ethical review of a study by the IRB conducted?

Thaddeus is a graduate student in a health psychology program.He decides that for his dissertation project he is going to replicate one of his advisor's studies,but extend the original hypothesis.Instead of just investigating the role of exercise on risk for heart disease,he wants to examine how much exercise is optimally beneficial.To do so,he examines quantity and intensity of the exercise.Which of the following strategies is Thaddeus using to develop a good hypothesis?

Which step in the research process is akin to a "fact-checker"?

Which of the following is designed to ensure that participants take part in the study voluntarily?

Endorsement of horoscopes is likely the result of:

During a meeting,your research advisor says,"Remember,you don't have to reinvent the wheel." His use of this axiom is most likely referring to the importance of _____ in developing your hypothesis.

Ming wants to investigate whether there is a relationship between narcissism and bathing suit selection.She hypothesizes that people higher in narcissism are more likely to wear a two-piece as compared to a one-piece swimsuit.If she observes women on a beach and then administers a narcissism measure to each one,what type of study is she conducting?

The text describes work by Dr.Benjamin Rush,a famous 18th century American physician,who hypothesized that bloodletting was the best treatment for those suffering from a high fever.Dr.Rush's technique,which was often more dangerous than the fever itself,demonstrates how _____ may be an issue for hypotheses that are not falsifiable.

Debriefing is:

The criterion variable is the:

If you want to design a study that focuses on why something occurs,then you will likely use a(n)_____ design.

In a nonexperimental design the ____ is the potential causal variable,whereas the _____ is the outcome variable.

Tovah owns a bakery and wants to make doughnuts in a new color to catch people's attention.She decides that purple is her best option,since it is her favorite color.In this example,Tovah is using which strategy to develop a hypothesis?

To establish probabilistic conclusions about the relationship between variables,researchers use:

The ethical review is designed to ensure:

How does a researcher decide which research method to use?

_____ is a detailed series of steps that lets the researcher know the order in which to administer the study and provides a script of what the researcher should say and do.

An independent variable is a variable that:

If Salima begins working with a colleague on a study that has neither an independent nor dependent variable,she is most likely conducting a(n):