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The great strength of ___________________________ is that it tends to occur in real-world settings where it can examine questions regarding important factors like race, sex, and education. |
| | A) | correlational research |
| | B) | field experimentation |
| | C) | laboratory experimentation |
| | D) | quasi-experimentation |
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Which of the following distinguishes the correlational method from experimentation? |
| | A) | The correlational method uses a smaller group of research participants. |
| | B) | The correlational method enables researchers to study social attitudes. |
| | C) | No attempt is made to systematically manipulate one or more factors with the correlational method. |
| | D) | Findings from correlational research are more likely than those from experiments to be contaminated by the experimenter's values. |
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To determine whether changing one variable (like education) will produce changes in another (like income), we need to conduct ___________________________ research. |
| | A) | survey |
| | B) | correlational |
| | C) | experimental |
| | D) | statistical |
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"Random assignment" means that each person taking part in an experiment must |
| | A) | have an equal chance of being in a given condition in the experiment. |
| | B) | be assigned to all the conditions of the experimental treatment. |
| | C) | be randomly selected from the larger population. |
| | D) | be given random responses to the experimenter's questions. |
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An experiment has mundane realism if |
| | A) | the experimental task is similar to tasks in everyday life. |
| | B) | it involves and absorbs people. |
| | C) | it is conducted in the field. |
| | D) | the experimenter deceives subjects. |
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The experimental factor that the experimenter manipulates is called the _______________ variable. |
| | A) | dependent |
| | B) | control |
| | C) | independent |
| | D) | experimental |
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In an experiment, the variable being measured is called the __________________ variable. |
| | A) | control |
| | B) | experimental |
| | C) | independent |
| | D) | dependent |
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An experiment which absorbs and involves its participants has |
| | A) | mundane realism. |
| | B) | content validity. |
| | C) | correlational generalizability. |
| | D) | experimental realism. |
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In an experimental study of the effects of failure on self-esteem, self-esteem would be the |
| | A) | control condition. |
| | B) | independent variable. |
| | C) | dependent variable. |
| | D) | correlational condition. |
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A research psychologist manipulates the level of fear among participants in a laboratory study and then examines what effect the different levels of fear have on the participant's reaction times. In this study, reaction time is the _______________ variable. |
| | A) | dependent |
| | B) | independent |
| | C) | correlational |
| | D) | experimental |
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You would like to know the relationship between the number of psychology courses people take and their interpersonal sensitivity. You survey college students to determine how much psychology they have taken, and ask them to complete a test of social sensitivity. Finally you plot the relationship. This is an example of a |
| | A) | laboratory experiment. |
| | B) | field experiment. |
| | C) | correlational study. |
| | D) | participant observation. |
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Before beginning an experiment, Professor Good describes to all of the participants the purpose of the study and what they will be asked to do during the experiment. Professor Good is telling the participants this in order to obtain |
| | A) | generalizability of the experimental results to real life. |
| | B) | mundane realism. |
| | C) | random assignment. |
| | D) | informed consent. |
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Which of the following research methods would be most effective in demonstrating that the presence of others improves our performance of a task? |
| | A) | an experiment |
| | B) | a correlational study |
| | C) | a survey |
| | D) | a realistic assignment study |
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A correlation between a high degree of wealth and a low likelihood of being involved in criminal activity would indicate that |
| | A) | poverty makes people more likely to commit a crime. |
| | B) | the poor are more likely to be involved in criminal activity than are the wealthy. |
| | C) | being involved in criminal activity usually prevents people from accumulating wealth. |
| | D) | a third variable, such as high education levels, causes both wealth and level of criminal activity. |
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