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1. I conduct a study in which people are asked to judge people A, B, and C. In order to ______________ I ask some participants to judge the people in A, B, C, order and others to judge the people in B, A, C order. . Counter balance conditionsRandomly select conditionsCreate bivalent conditionsCr
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1. RAT 2 quiz game
2. 1. I conduct a study in which people are asked to judge people A, B, and C. In order to ______________ I ask some participants to judge the people in A, B, C, order and others to judge the people in B, A, C order. Counter balance conditions
Randomly select conditions
Create bivalent conditions
Create testing effects
3. 2 A. Counter balance conditions
4. 2. A correlational study: examines how strongly two variables are related to one another.
can be used to establish a cause-and-effect relationship.
is no longer allowed under today's ethical guidelines.
Is similar to other descriptive methods.
5. 2 A. examines how strongly two variables are related to one another.
6. 3. Researchers at the Allied Mental Health Center are conducting a study to determine how quickly symptoms of depression are reduced by different forms of psychotherapy. What is the independent variable in this study? change in the symptoms of depression
the method used to recruit participants for the study
the cost of the study
the medical center
the type of psychotherapy used to treat depression
7. 3. E. the type of psychotherapy used to treat depression
8. 4.Which of the following is NOT an internal validity threat? A. cohort effects
B. practice effects
C. maturation
D. relative to the mean
9. 4. D. relative to the mean
Regression to the mean: the tendency that participants who receive extreme scores when tested, will tend to have less extreme scores when re-tested.
10. 5. Asking individuals to respond to Becks Depression Inventory is an example of Naturalistic observation technique
Survey observation technique
Systematic observation technique
Archival observation technique
11. 5 B. survey
12. 6. A researcher who examine the relationship between romantic relationships and peoples ability to cope with stress is using the _____________ research design. A. experimental
B. quasi-experimental
C. correlational
D. case-study
13. 6. B. Romantic relationship status is a subject variable
14. 7. A researcher examines the relationship between amount of masturbation one engages in and subjective well being is using a _____________ research design. A. Experimental
B. Quasi-experimental
C. Correlational
D. Observational
15. 7. C.
Correlational
Similar to quasi,-experimental designs; in both cases you cannot make causal inferences
But usually this is something you could conceivably manipulate
Its usually continuous
Note these are rules of thumb
An easy way to spot a participant variable:
Can you manipulate it? No (no random assignment)
Is it a pre-existing condition? Yes
Is it dichotomous or categorical? Yes, most likely
16. 8. A researcher examine the career choices of those who color code their socks versus those who do not color code their sock drawer. Which design is likely being used? A. Correlational
B. Experimental
C. Quasi experimental
D. Case Study
17. 8. C. Quasi-experimental
How you keep your drawers is a pre-existing condition
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18. 9. A researcher observes that her measure of nerdiness correlates with time spent on the computer, enjoyment of sci-fi, and propensity to talk about the philosophy of science during dinner. Her measure of nerdiness is likely A. Reliable
B. Valid
C. Accurate
D. Testable
19. 9. B. Valid
Since it correlates with things it should, in theory, be related to it can be said to have construct validity. It appears that the scale measures what it is supposed to measure.
20. 10. You are your team watch an episode of Battlestar Galactica and measure the number of times people say Frack. Afterwards you examine whether your scores are similar. You and your team were interested in A. Construct validity
B. Predictive validity
C. Inter-rater reliability
D. Split-test reliability
21. 10. C. Inter-rater reliability
22. 11. John was always pointing out problems with others peoples studies suggesting that a variable, other than the IV, was affecting the DV. We gave John a nickname. Which of the following is a likely nickname for John? A. The reliability renegade
B. Bad news bear
C. The confound cowboy
D. External validity ewok
23. 11. C. Confound Cowboy
24. 12.Since movie stars wear a lot of make up, you determine that a measure of their beauty would not be ___________ if beauty scores were obtained first thing in the morning and then again when on a movie set. A. valid
B. accurate
C. reliable
D. operational
25. 12. C Reliable (test-retest)