Question 1

Name the six basic sections of an empirical journal article.

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Which of the following is true of the distinction between scientific journals and popular magazines?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scientific journals are published quarterly; popular magazines are published monthly. 
B)  Scientific journals are published for scientists; popular magazines are published for the general public. 
C)  Scientific journal articles are peer reviewed; popular magazine articles are not. 
D)  Both a and c are true. 
E)  Both b and c are true.

Question 3

RESEARCH STUDY 2.1
Charlotte is studying subliminal messages and weight loss. She is curious whether people who hear in the music on their iPods subliminal messages that encourage weight loss ("don't eat that food," "you want to be thin") lose more weight than people who do not have subliminal messages in their music. She studies 40 people and finds the following results:
 
-Refer to Research Study 2.1 above to answer the following question. To understand whether the subliminal messages have an effect,Charlotte needs to consider all of the following cells in the chart above EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Cell A 
B)  Cell B 
C)  Cell C 
D)  Cell D 
E)  She must consider all of the cells

Question 4

When reading an empirical journal article "with a purpose," which two questions should you ask yourself as you read?

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A)  What is the argument? and What is the evidence to support the argument? 
B)  What were the methods? and What are the results? 
C)  What is the hypothesis? and What are the explanations? 
D)  What research exists on this topic? and What research needs to be conducted to answer the question? 
E)  None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT an example of "thinking what we want"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cherry-picking of evidence 
B)  Availability heuristic 
C)  Confirmatory hypothesis testing 
D)  Overconfidence 
E)  All of the above are examples of "thinking what we want"

Question 6

Controlled studies are superior to personal experience because:

Accepted Answer

A)  They include at least one comparison group 
B)  They avoid confounds 
C)  They use confederates 
D)  Both a and b 
E)  All of the above

Question 7

Diego is interested in examining the relationship between a person's attachment style and his or her relationship satisfaction.He finds 65 studies that have examined this topic.He combines the results of all these studies and calculates an effect size.His research is most accurately described as:

Accepted Answer

A)  A meta-analysis 
B)  A review journal article 
C)  An empirical journal article 
D)  A chapter in an edited book 
E)  A PsychWiki

Question 8

Which of the following is the first section of an empirical journal article?

Accepted Answer

A)  Introduction 
B)  Results 
C)  References 
D)  Abstract 
E)  Method

Question 9

Matthew is reading an empirical journal article and wants to know whether the authors used the Big Five Inventory (BFI-44)or the NEO-PI to measure extraversion.In which section would he find this information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Introduction 
B)  Method 
C)  Results 
D)  Discussion 
E)  References

Question 10

James is asked about what is the best way to study for an exam.He responds that the best way to study is by making flash cards.He easily thinks of all the times he used flash cards and he made A's.However,he fails to take into consideration all the times he made A's and did not use flash cards and the times he used flash cards and did not do well.His faulty thinking is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Oversimplification bias 
B)  Availability heuristic 
C)  Present/present bias 
D)  Asking biased questions 
E)  Cherry-picking evidence

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