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17Multiplechoicequestions
1.c)skewed
A.

Apsychologiststudiestheplaybehaviorofyoungchildrenbywatchinggroupsduringrecessatlunch.Whichtypeof

researchisbeingused?
a)correlation
b)casestudy
c)experimentation
d)naturalisticobservation
B.

Alopsidedsetofscoresthatincludesanumberofextremeorunusualvaluesissaidtobe:

a)symmetrical
b)normal
c)skewed
d)dispersed
C.

Toensurethatotherresearcherscanrepeattheirwork,psychologistsuse:

a)controlgroups
b)randomassignment
c)double-blindprocedures
d)operationaldenitions
D.

Afterdetailedstudyofagunshotwoundvictim,apsychologistconcludesthatthebrainregiondestroyedislikelytobe

importantformemoryfunctions.Whichtypeofresearchdidthepsychologistusetodeducethis?
a)thecasestudy
b)asurvey
c)correlation
d)experimentation
2.Thescienticattitudeofskepticismisbasedonthebeliefthat:
a)peoplearerarelycandidinrevealingtheirthoughts
b)mentalprocessescan'tbestudiedobjectively
c)thescientist'sintuitionaboutbehaviorisusuallycorrect
d)ideasneedtobetestedagainstobservableevidence
A.

d)overcondence

B.

c)independentvariable

C.

d)ideasneedtobetestedagainstobservableevidence

D.

d)principlesthathelptoorganizeobservationsandpredictbehaviorsorevents

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3.c)thedierenceisnotlikelytobeduetochancevariation
A.

Whenadierencebetweentwogroupsisstatisticallysignicant,thismeansthat:

a)thedierenceisstatisticallyrealbutoflittlepracticalsignicance
b)thedierenceisprobablytheresultofsamplingvariation
c)thedierenceisnotlikelytobeduetochancevariation
d)alloftheabove
B.

Theoriesaredenedas:

a)testablepropositions
b)factorsthatmaychangeinresponsetomanipulation
c)statisticalindexes
d)principlesthathelptoorganizeobservationsandpredictbehaviorsorevents
C.

Whichofthefollowingisthemeasureofcentraltendencythatwouldbemostaectedbyafewextremescores?

a)mean
b)range
c)median
d)mode
D.

Inanexperimenttodeterminetheeectsofexerciseonmotivation,exerciseisthe:

a)controlcondition
b)interveningvariable
c)independentvariable
d)dependentvariable

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4.b)peoplewithsmallfeettendtohavehighIQs
A.

Todeterminetheeectsofanewdrugonmemory,onegroupofpeopleisgivenapillthatcontainsthedrug.Asecond

groupisgivenasugarpillthatdoesnotcontainthedrug.Thissecondgroupconstitutesthe:
a)randomsample
b)experimentalgroup
c)controlgroup
d)testgroup
B.

Whichofthefollowingisthemeasureofcentraltendencythatwouldbemostaectedbyafewextremescores?

a)mean
b)range
c)median
d)mode
C.

Inanexperimenttodeterminetheeectsofexerciseonmotivation,exerciseisthe:

a)controlcondition
b)interveningvariable
c)independentvariable
d)dependentvariable
D.

IfshoesizeandIQarenegativelycorrelated,whichofthefollowingistrue?

a)peoplewithlargefeettendtohavehighIQs
b)peoplewithsmallfeettendtohavehighIQs
c)peoplewithsmallfeettendtohavelowIQs
d)IQisunpredictablebasedonaperson'sshoesize
5.Todeterminetheeectsofanewdrugonmemory,onegroupofpeopleisgivenapillthatcontainsthedrug.Asecondgroupis
givenasugarpillthatdoesnotcontainthedrug.Thissecondgroupconstitutesthe:
a)randomsample
b)experimentalgroup
c)controlgroup
d)testgroup
A.

c)controlgroup

B.

c)canbiasbothscienticobservationandinterpretationofdata

C.

d)randomsample;population

D.

d)naturalisticobservation

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6.Theoriesaredenedas:
a)testablepropositions
b)factorsthatmaychangeinresponsetomanipulation
c)statisticalindexes
d)principlesthathelptoorganizeobservationsandpredictbehaviorsorevents
A.

d)principlesthathelptoorganizeobservationsandpredictbehaviorsorevents

B.

d)ideasneedtobetestedagainstobservableevidence

C.

d)experiment

D.

d)operationaldenitions

7.Whichofthefollowingisthemeasureofcentraltendencythatwouldbemostaectedbyafewextremescores?
a)mean
b)range
c)median
d)mode
A.

c)skewed

B.

c)canbiasbothscienticobservationandinterpretationofdata

C.

a)mean

D.

d)randomsample;population

8.WhichofthefollowingisNOTabasicresearchtechniqueusedbypsychologists?
a)description
b)replication
c)experimentation
d)correlation
A.

d)principlesthathelptoorganizeobservationsandpredictbehaviorsorevents

B.

d)operationaldenitions

C.

b)replication

D.

b)peoplewithsmallfeettendtohavehighIQs

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9.d)naturalisticobservation
A.

IfshoesizeandIQarenegativelycorrelated,whichofthefollowingistrue?

a)peoplewithlargefeettendtohavehighIQs
b)peoplewithsmallfeettendtohavehighIQs
c)peoplewithsmallfeettendtohavelowIQs
d)IQisunpredictablebasedonaperson'sshoesize
B.

Alopsidedsetofscoresthatincludesanumberofextremeorunusualvaluesissaidtobe:

a)symmetrical
b)normal
c)skewed
d)dispersed
C.

Psychologists'personalvalues:

a)havelittleinfluenceonhowtheirexperimentsareconducted
b)donotinfluencetheinterpretationofexperimentalresultsbecauseoftheuseofstatisticaltechniquesthatguardagainst
subjectivebias
c)canbiasbothscienticobservationandinterpretationofdata
d)havelittleinfluenceoninvestigativemethodsbutasignicanteectoninterpretation
D.

Apsychologiststudiestheplaybehaviorofyoungchildrenbywatchinggroupsduringrecessatlunch.Whichtypeof

researchisbeingused?
a)correlation
b)casestudy
c)experimentation
d)naturalisticobservation

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10.c)canbiasbothscienticobservationandinterpretationofdata
A.

Whichofthefollowingisthemeasureofcentraltendencythatwouldbemostaectedbyafewextremescores?

a)mean
b)range
c)median
d)mode
B.

Whichofthefollowingwouldbebestfordeterminingwhetheralcoholimpairsmemory?

a)casestudy
b)naturalisticobservation
c)survey
d)experiment
C.

Psychologists'personalvalues:

a)havelittleinfluenceonhowtheirexperimentsareconducted
b)donotinfluencetheinterpretationofexperimentalresultsbecauseoftheuseofstatisticaltechniquesthatguardagainst
subjectivebias
c)canbiasbothscienticobservationandinterpretationofdata
d)havelittleinfluenceoninvestigativemethodsbutasignicanteectoninterpretation
D.

Apsychologiststudiestheplaybehaviorofyoungchildrenbywatchinggroupsduringrecessatlunch.Whichtypeof

researchisbeingused?
a)correlation
b)casestudy
c)experimentation
d)naturalisticobservation
11.Well-donesurveysmeasureattitudesinarepresentativesubset,or...,ofanentiregroup,or...
a)population;randomsample
b)controlgroup;experimentalgroup
c)experimentalgroup;controlgroup
d)randomsample;population
A.

c)canbiasbothscienticobservationandinterpretationofdata

B.

d)randomsample;population

C.

d)alloftheabove

D.

c)controlgroup

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12.Inanexperimenttodeterminetheeectsofexerciseonmotivation,exerciseisthe:
a)controlcondition
b)interveningvariable
c)independentvariable
d)dependentvariable
A.

c)independentvariable

B.

c)skewed

C.

d)experiment

D.

d)ideasneedtobetestedagainstobservableevidence

13.Toensurethatotherresearcherscanrepeattheirwork,psychologistsuse:
a)controlgroups
b)randomassignment
c)double-blindprocedures
d)operationaldenitions
A.

b)replication

B.

d)operationaldenitions

C.

d)overcondence

D.

d)experiment

14.Ingeneralizingfromasampletothepopulation,itisimportantthat:
a)thesampleberepresentativeofthepopulation
b)thesamplebelarge
c)thescoresinthesamplehavelowvariability
d)alloftheabove
A.

d)randomsample;population

B.

d)alloftheabove

C.

d)ideasneedtobetestedagainstobservableevidence

D.

d)principlesthathelptoorganizeobservationsandpredictbehaviorsorevents

15.Afterdetailedstudyofagunshotwoundvictim,apsychologistconcludesthatthebrainregiondestroyedislikelytobe
importantformemoryfunctions.Whichtypeofresearchdidthepsychologistusetodeducethis?
a)thecasestudy
b)asurvey
c)correlation
d)experimentation
A.

a)thecasestudy

B.

c)canbiasbothscienticobservationandinterpretationofdata

C.

d)principlesthathelptoorganizeobservationsandpredictbehaviorsorevents

D.

c)thedierenceisnotlikelytobeduetochancevariation

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16.Tyeagerlyopenedanonlinetradingaccount,believingthathismarketsavvywouldallowhimtopickstocksthatwouldmake
himarichdaytrader.Thisbeliefbestillustrates:
a)aplaceboeect
b)illusorycorrelation
c)hindsightbias
d)overcondence
A.

d)operationaldenitions

B.

c)thedierenceisnotlikelytobeduetochancevariation

C.

d)overcondence

D.

d)ideasneedtobetestedagainstobservableevidence

17.d)experiment
A.

IfshoesizeandIQarenegativelycorrelated,whichofthefollowingistrue?

a)peoplewithlargefeettendtohavehighIQs
b)peoplewithsmallfeettendtohavehighIQs
c)peoplewithsmallfeettendtohavelowIQs
d)IQisunpredictablebasedonaperson'sshoesize
B.

WhichofthefollowingisNOTabasicresearchtechniqueusedbypsychologists?

a)description
b)replication
c)experimentation
d)correlation
C.

Whichofthefollowingisthemeasureofcentraltendencythatwouldbemostaectedbyafewextremescores?

a)mean
b)range
c)median
d)mode
D.

Whichofthefollowingwouldbebestfordeterminingwhetheralcoholimpairsmemory?

a)casestudy
b)naturalisticobservation
c)survey
d)experiment

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