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RAT 1 Practice

1. The statement ?the results are not very likely to have occurred by chance" best describes what concept? . A. practical significanceB. clinical significance C. statistical significanceD. Meta analysis . 2. The statement ?depression scores will be measured based on significance scores

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RAT 1 Practice

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    1. RAT 1 Practice Choose the best answer, deliberate with your team, and then hold up your teams choice. Winners will gain an extra point on RAT 1 Ties will be settled with rock, paper, scissors or a dance off whichever is nerdier.

    2. 1. The statement “the results are not very likely to have occurred by chance” best describes what concept? A. practical significance B. clinical significance C. statistical significance D. Meta analysis

    3. 2. The statement “depression scores will be measured based on significance scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BD)” best describes a(n): hypothesis. variables operational definition. empirical evidence.

    4. 3. Which of the following correlations are strongest? a. -.65 b. .13 c. .60 d. .-13

    5. 4 Dr. Asch wants to know what causes people to conform to the behaviors of their friends. He is most likely a __________ psychologist. A) social B) developmental C) humanistic D) evolutionary

    6. 5. Memory— language developmental problem-solving— and memory are all topics that are of interest to a ______________ psychologist. A) biological B) humanistic C) cognitive D) evolutionary

    7. 6. A(n) __________ is a tentative statement that describes the relationship between two or more variables. A) operational definition B) hypothesis C) statistic D) theory

    8. 7. If you wanted to study the flirting behavior of college students at a dance, you would be most likely to use: A) a pseudoscience B) a survey C) naturalistic observation D) a case study

    9. 8. Which of the following correlational coefficients indicates the strongest relationship between two variables? A) -.87 B) +.02 C) -.38 D) +.64

    10. 9. Professor Stuart is studying the relationship between room temperature and examination score. Which of the following is most likely the dependent variable in this study? A) room temperature B) examination score C) the students being observed D) the teaching method used by Professor Stuart

    11. 10.Which of the following statements regarding the ethics of conducting research is false? A) The American Psychological Association does not condone the use of animals as research subjects B) Research participants may withdraw their participation at any time C) Researchers are permitted to deceive their participants if the deception is justified D) Research participants must be debriefed after their participation in the research is concluded

    12. 11. Also called a confounding variable— a(n) __________ variable might produce inaccurate results by affecting the outcome of an experiment. A) extraneous B) placebo C) control D) demand

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