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Psyc-Study Guide 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A(n) ________ is a well-developed set of ideas that proposes an explanation for observed phenomena. | theory |
| The first woman to earn the PhD degree in psychology was ________. | Margaret Floy Washburn |
| This organization, one of the largest professional groups of psychologists in the world, was founded in 1892. | The American Psychological Association |
| Psychological knowledge is advanced through a process known as ________, which involves a prescribed series of steps designed to achieve the desired knowledge. | the scientific method |
| The scientific process is ________, involving both inductive and deductive reasoning. | circular |
| 6. Dr. Guttierez is examining a research question and has posted a hypothesis, but his student points out, “Dr. G., the assumption that you have made cannot be disproven no matter what data we gather!” | This research study suffers from an absence of falsifiability. |
| Krista and Tatiana Hogan are participants in a(n) ________ of conjoined twins who are joined at the head. | case study |
| Dr. Mattar is interested in knowing more about brain injury to the occipital cortex, and he studies patients individually in order to gain in-depth knowledge about their behaviors. These studies would best be described as ________. | case studies |
| ________ is an anthropologist who contributed to our understanding of chimpanzee behavior in the wild, using naturalistic observation. | Jane Goodall |
| ________ is/are often conducted with large numbers of participants and can even be conducted by phone, email, or mail. | surveys |
| Simplicity of conducting the study is to ________ as ability to test large numbers of participants is to ________. | archival research; surveys |
| A group of preschool-age children are enrolled in a study that plans to follow them over time in order to assess behaviors and other characteristics that may predict later development of schizophrenia. This is an example of a(n) ________ design. | longitudinal |
| What kind of research is Saanvi conducting if she tracks six groups of participants, each group a different age, over several years, assessing them on her variable of interest once every six months? | longitudinal |
| In order to assess whether viewpoints on decriminalization of marijuana for medical purposes change with age, four groups of participants, ages 20, 30, 40, and 50, are asked whether they support this issue. What is one flaw of this design? | Social or cultural factors may influence the results, not age. |
| ________ is a reduction in the number of research participants as some drop out of the study over time. | attrition |
| ________ assesses the consistency of observations by different observers. | Inter-rater reliability |
| Which correlation coefficient best represents a moderate relationship showing fewer anxiety symptoms in people who report higher life satisfaction? | –0.53 |
| A negative correlation means ________. | one variable decreases as the other increases |
| Research shows that people who smoke cigarettes are more likely to get lung cancer than those who do not smoke. This research alone demonstrates that ________. | there is a relationship between smoking and lung cancer |
| A(n) ________ variable is a factor that affects both variables of interest in research and may falsely give the impression of a cause-and-effect relationship. | confounding |
| Sandra strongly believes that attending daycare is detrimental to children’s development so she decides to write her psychology term paper on this topic. She writes a paper using the sources that find negative associations with daycare attendance. | This is an example of confirmation bias. |
| The belief that strange behavior is linked to the occurrence of a full moon is an example of a(n) ________. | illusory correlation |
| Which of the following research designs will allow cause-and-effect conclusions? | experimental |
| A(n) ________ is a description of how the researchers will measure the variables of interest. | operational definition |
| A group of researchers investigated the effects of two vocabulary learning strategies on word retention two weeks later. In this example, learning strategy is the ________ variable and word retention is the ________ variable. | independent; dependent |
| Professor Devine and her colleagues are interested in assessing whether active versus passive play causes a preference for sweet/salty foods in toddlers. They assign children to either an active/passive play/no play group and record their food choices. | In this study, (type of play ) is the independent variable and (no play )is the control group. |
| In order to maximize the chances that experimental groups represent the population of interest, researchers should conduct ________ and ________. | random sampling; random group assignment |
| In a ________ study, both the researchers and the participants are unaware of the group assignments. | double-blind |
| A(n) ________ is conducted in order to determine whether there are meaningful differences between two groups in a study. | statistical analysis |
| Lesley, a sociology major, believes that money is the key to happiness. Her friend Stephen, a psychology major, believes that good health is the key to happiness. How might the two friends resolve their disagreement? | They could research peer-reviewed articles to see if either perspective is supported. |
| Stan and Jenny are in a psychology course that requires them to repeat an experiment that researchers have conducted in the past, in order to determine whether they produce the same results. This is called ________. | replication |
| The fact that some well-known studies have been repeated without finding results consistent with those in the initial report describes a(n) ________ that is currently affecting research in psychology and other fields. | replication crisis |
| The ability of a research study or psychological instrument to consistently produce a given result is called ________. | reliability |
| Which word is the most appropriate synonym for the term validity? | accuracy |
| ________ (IRB) reviews research that is involves the use of human participants. | Institutional Review Board |
| An upper-level psychology class is conducting an experiment on racial prejudice that involves having participants rate the likeability of faces in a set of photos. They tell participants that the study is about the effects of aging on likeability. | In this example, the class forgot to (debrief participants) in order to resolve the (deception) in the study. |
| Which of the following is not part of obtaining informed consent? | explaining the hypothesis to the participants |
| Studies that cannot ethically be conducted as experiments with typical human participants ________. | can sometimes be tested with animal studies |
| ________ are the most commonly used species for animal research. | rodents |
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