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1

A developmental psychologist who conducts a study to determine the attitudes of people in the United States about the effects of divorce on adolescents is being __________.
A)conceptual
B)ethical
C)analytic
D)objective
2

A personality psychologist who conducts a study to see if being the child of two extraverted parents predicts extraversion in the child is testing a __________.
A)law
B)theory
C)hypothesis
D)conclusion
3

An experimental psychologist measures learning by the number of times rats must run a maze to obtain a food reward before they can run the maze with no mistakes. This measurement is an example of an ____________________.
A)independent variable
B)unbiased measurement
C)operational definition
D)analytic measurement
4

A requirement in an applied psychology course is to conduct a study using the scientific method. The first thing students must do is _________________.
A)conceptualize a problem
B)collect data
C)draw conclusions
D)analyze data
5

Since every student at a college has an identification number, a computer program can be used to select groups of students in such a way that every student has an equal opportunity to be selected for any experiment conducted by the psychology department. Groups selected in this manner are _______________.
A)biased samples
B)random samples
C)experimental groups
D)control groups
6

A school psychologist administered an arithmetic calculation test to a student having difficulty with multiplication so that she could compare the student's score to the scores obtained by large numbers of students at the same grade level. Such a test she is said to be _______________.
A)standardized
B)unbiased
C)independent
D)inferential
7

An assignment in an experimental psychology course requires each student to administer a questionnaire about campus safety to 25 other students who live in dormitories. The assignment is intended to teach students how to conduct _______________.
A)experiments
B)case studies
C)surveys
D)naturalistic observations
8

A correlation coefficient equal to +1.00 between scores on a foreign language placement test and grade point averages in foreign language courses means that _______________.
A)prior knowledge of foreign language causes higher grades
B)higher placement scores are associated with lower grades
C)knowing student placement scores permits prediction of grades
D)there is no relationship between placement test scores and grades
9

A counseling psychologist working with two groups of college students to improve their reading ability uses two different methods of remedial reading instruction. After completing the instruction, the students in both groups take the same reading achievement test. Scores on the test are _______________.
A)the independent variable
B)the dependent variable
C)double-blinds
D)inferential statistics
10

A clinical psychologist is conducting therapy sessions for two groups of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder. A psychiatrist has prescribed a new form of lithium for one group, while the other group is taking a tablet that consists primarily of sugar. In this study, the sugar tablet is _______________.
A)the dependent variable
B)the independent variable
C)a form of experimenter bias
D)a placebo
11

In a double-blind experiment, which persons know which group is receiving the experimental treatment?
A)The investigator.
B)The experimental group.
C)The control group.
D)Neither the investigator nor the participants.
12

An environmental psychologist is rating the quality of the lighting in the library on a 5-point scale and notes that the most frequent rating is 4. The psychologist has determined the _______________.
A)mode
B)median
C)mean
D)standard deviation
13

A cognitive psychologist has compared the reading achievement scores of a group of children taught to read using phonics with the scores of a group of children taught with the whole word method. In order to conclude that one method is better than the other, the psychologist would use _____________________.
A)descriptive statistics
B)inferential statistics
C)correlation coefficients
D)levels of significance
14

An educational psychologist conducting a study to determine the better of two teaching methods has asked students to sign a statement that indicates that they understand the purpose of the study and agree to participate. The psychologist has ____________________.
A)debriefed the students
B)obtained informed consent
C)maintained confidentiality
D)avoided deception
15

An industrial psychologist has been hired to assess the attitudes of assembly line workers toward management. The psychologist has had all responses sent to his private office so that only he will see them in order to
A)obtain informed consent
B)maintain the confidentiality of the data collected
C)weigh the benefits of the potential results against possible harm
D)avoid any appearance of deception





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