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1
A tentative idea or question that is waiting for evidence to support or refute it is called a _________.
A)proposal
B)intuition
C)hypothesis
D)prediction
2
Which of the following is considered an informal research question rather than a formal hypothesis?
A)How much television does a child usually watch in a day?
B)Preschool children are more aggressive after viewing aggressive behavior.
C)Students have higher exam scores when the exam is administered in the same place that the students studied for the test.
D)Employees who bring their pets to work are more productive than those who leave their pets at home.
3
Which of the following is considered TRUE of formal hypotheses?
A)They are simply questions about behavior.
B)They are usually formulated on the basis of past research and theory.
C)They are very general in nature.
D)They are stated in nonspecific terms.
4
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A)Results of a study can prove the hypothesis and support the prediction.
B)Results of a study can confirm the prediction and prove the hypothesis.
C)Results of a study can prove the hypothesis and reject the prediction.
D)Results of a study can confirm the prediction and support the hypothesis.
5
Individuals who take part in survey research are best referred to as _________.
A)subjects
B)participants
C)informants
D)respondents
6
__________ is a term used to refer to individuals who help researchers understand the dynamics of particular cultural or organizational settings.
A)Investigators
B)Respondents
C)Informants
D)Participants
7
Does the "squeaking wheel get the grease" or does the "quacking duck get shot"? When researchers try to answer questions such as these, what source of ideas are they utilizing?
A)observation of the world
B)common sense
C)theories
D)practical problems
8
Jose conducted a new research project and accidentally made an amazing discovery. His discovery is the result of __________.
A)serendipity
B)common sense
C)conditioning
D)theoretical knowledge
9
One of the important functions of theories is to provide a framework that __________ and __________ a variety of specific facts or descriptions of behavior.
A)explains; proves
B)evaluates; confirms
C)arranges; proves
D)organizes; explains
10
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A)A theory generates new knowledge.
B)Research can reveal weaknesses in a theory.
C)A theory is "just an idea" that may or may not be true.
D)A theory can be modified to account for new research data.
11
Which of the following is NOT one of the five sources of research ideas discussed in the text?
A)past research
B)hypotheses
C)theories
D)common sense
12
Before designing and carrying out a research project, an investigator conducts a thorough __________.
A)survey of participant opinion
B)literature search
C)survey of popular opinion
D)background check on participants
13
The American Psychological Association has a computer database of abstracts called ___________.
A)EBSCO-host
B)APAInfo
C)AbstractFIRST
D)PsycINFO
14
An investigator should utilize __________ when trying to use a "key article" to search for subsequent articles that cited this key article.
A)the Annual Review of Psychology
B)PsycINFO
C)Social Sciences Citation Index
D)PsycLIT
15
What are the five major sections in a research article?
A)theory, background, method, findings, discussion
B)abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion
C)theory, introduction, procedure, results, conclusion
D)abstract, background, procedure, findings, summary
16
Jim wants to conduct a literature review using PsycINFO. He wants to search for the word attachment in research done on children. Which operation would Jim most likely utilize?
A)OR
B)AND
C)NOT
D)*
17
Ken is doing a literature review on traits. What tool should Ken use to find other psychological terms he should search for?
A)SCI
B)SSCI
C)Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
D)Google
18
In which part of a research article would you look to find out what stimulus materials were presented to subjects in the study?
A)results
B)discussion
C)literature review
D)method
19
In which part of a research article would the author discuss possible alternative explanations for the reported findings?
A)results
B)discussion
C)abstract
D)method
20
The abstract of a journal article cannot have more than _____ words.
A)100
B)120
C)200
D)250
21
Which of the following is an APA maintained databases?
A)PsycArticles
B)ERIC
C)LexisNexis Academic
D)sources Information Center







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