Psychology: Ch 2 Test Prep (Research Methods & Stats)

Multiple Choice

A ________ is all the subjects that you wish to study.

• group

• population

• sample

• subject

Multiple Choice

A __________ is a sub-set of the population.

• subject

• sample

• population

• group

Multiple Choice

A ________ is an individual within a study.

• group

• population

• sub-set

• subject

Multiple Choice

A sample is considered __________ if it accurately reflects the population.

• appropriate

• realistic

• representative

• non-negotiable

Multiple Choice

In a _________ sample, all members of a population have an equal chance to be selected.

• ridiculous

• mixed

• simple

• random

Multiple Choice

__________________ is not accomplished if the research is completed in a laboratory.

• A random sample

• Naturalistic observation

• Actual research

• True happiness

Multiple Choice

A ____________ is when research is completed on one significant person or group.

• case study

• simple study

• detailed study

• rebel study

Multiple Choice

You _________ generalize a case study to a population.

• often

• cannot

• can

• rarely

Multiple Choice

There are two types of surveys and include, _________ and _________.

• Sponge Bob; Patrick Star

• interviews; surveys

• questionaries; interviews

• surveys; questionaries

Multiple Choice

An extensive, long term study is called a ________ study.

• simple

• longitudinal

• qualitative

• quantitative

Multiple Choice

A longitudinal study allows researchers the ability to see subjects ____________________.

• change over time

• change as the y-axis variable changes

• change with the addition of money

• watch and adapt to good vibes

Multiple Choice

The main concern in a longitudinal study is the ____________ over time.

• government cancelling the contracts

• gaining of subjects

• loss of funding

• loss of subjects

Multiple Choice

In a _____________ study, subjects are grouped by age.

• coalesced

• longitudinal

• gravitational

• cross-sectional

Multiple Choice

A correlation does not prove __________.

• hyperinflation

• causation

• demonstration

• improvisation

Multiple Choice

In a ________ correlation, as one variable goes up, so does the other.

• equidistant

• scatterplot

• negative

• positive

Multiple Choice

The ____________ gets the independent variable.

• control group

• best sample

• experimental group

• stratified sample

Multiple Choice

The ______ publishes the principles that psychological experiments must abide by.

• FBI

• ABA

• APA

• CIA

Multiple Choice

In a ___________ experiment, only the participants do not know who is getting the independent variable.

• single-blind

• all-blind

• legally-blind

• double-blind

Multiple Choice

In the _________ Experiment, participants were told to continue shocking the subjects when they got the questions wrong.

• Pilgrim

• Hawthorn

• Milgram

• Jones

Multiple Choice

There are three measures of ____________, and they include the mean, median, and mode.

• centeredness

• normal distribution

• abnormal distribution

• central tendency