Deck 10: Grooming Tips for Psychology Papers

Question 1

Which is correct?

A)The participants completed several personality inventories, including: the Bad Personality Scale, the Good Personality Scale, and the No Personality Scale.
B)The participants completed the following personality inventories: the Bad Personality Scale, the Good Personality Scale, and the No Personality Scale.
C)The participants completed several personality inventories, including: the Bad Personality Scale, the Good Personality Scale and the No Personality Scale.
D)The participants completed the following personality inventories: the Bad Personality Scale, the Good Personality Scale and the No Personality Scale.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

How could you write a grammatically correct sentence to improve the problem in the following sentence? If a participant fell down, an experimenter picked them up.

A)If a participant fell down, an experimenter picked him or her up.
B)If participants fell down, an experimenter picked them up.
C)a and b are both correct
D)only b is correct

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is wrong with this sentence? Men scored higher on the sociability scale.

A)It is not likely to be true.
B)It is not clear who or what got the lower score.
C)It is a fragment.
D)Nothing is wrong with the sentence.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which is correct?

A)The participants wrote brief responses to the survey, filled out a demographic questionnaire, and, received their extra credit documentation.
B)The participants wrote brief responses to the survey; filled out a demographic questionnaire; and received their extra credit documentation.
C)The participants wrote brief responses to the survey, filled out a demographic questionnaire and received their extra credit documentation.
D)The participants wrote brief responses to the survey, filled out a demographic questionnaire, and received their extra credit documentation.

Question 5

Which is correct?

A)The most common errors were: spelling mistakes, broken promises, and mealtime rudeness.
B)The most common errors were as follows, spelling mistakes, broken promises, and mealtime rudeness.
C)The most common errors were spelling mistakes, broken promises, and mealtime rudeness.
D)The most common errors were errors such as, spelling mistakes, broken promises, and mealtime rudeness.

Question 6

Which is correct?

A)Participants wrote for two minutes, ate pepperoni pizza, and reported their impressions of the experimenter.
B)Participants wrote for two minutes before the pepperoni pizza arrived.
C)Participants were given paper, pepperoni pizza, and a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas.
D)all of the above

Question 7

Which is correct?

A)Participants were all married, blue-eyed, and overweight.
B)Participants were all women, college graduates, and professional athletes.
C)Participants were all crying, laughing, or sleeping.
D)all of the above

Question 8

Which is correct?

A)The theory has not been supported by evidence before now, however, the current experiment is the first to support it.
B)The theory has not been supported by evidence before now.Therefore, the current experiment is the first to support it.
C)The theory has not been supported by evidence before now, thus, the current experiment is the first to support it.
D)The theory has not been supported by evidence before now, consequently, the current experiment is the first to support it.

Question 9

How could you write a grammatically correct sentence to improve the problem in the following sentence? The theory has not been supported by evidence before now, the current experiment is the first to support it.

A)The theory has not been supported by evidence before now; the current experiment is the first to support it.
B)The theory has not been supported by evidence before now.The current experiment is the first to support it.
C)The theory has not been supported by evidence before now, and the current experiment is the first to support it.
D)all of the above

Question 10

Which is correct?

A)The participants that were in the second session did better than those in the first session.
B)The participants who were in the second session did better than those in the first session.
C)The participants which were in the second session did better than those in the first session.
D)none of the above