9-3 Psychological Methods Ch2 Sec 1 and Review

​Psychological Methods
Ch 2 Section 1 and Review

By Mary Wiggins

Reorder

Order these steps of the Scientific Method in the correct order they should be completed in.

• Forming a Research Question

• Forming a Hypothesis

• Testing the Hypothesis

• Analyzing the Results

• Drawing Conclusions

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Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a flaw of the Hawthorn Plant Productivity Study?

• Limited sample size
• Lack of control groups
• Use of qualitative data
• Inconsistencies in participants

Multiple Choice

What is the Hawthorne Effect?

• The Hawthorne Effect is a psychological disorder.
• The Hawthorne Effect is the change in behavior of individuals when they know they are being observed.
• The Hawthorne Effect refers to a type of lighting used in factories that helps in observing workers.

• The Hawthorne Effect is a flawed method of data collection in research.

Multiple Choice

What is replication?

• cloning the scientist who first did an experiment

• doing an experiment for the first time

• doing an experiment again and getting different results

• Doing an experiment again and getting the same results

Multiple Choice

What is a theory?

• a guess on how something works

• a tested conclusion accepted as true

• a story explaining how the world works

• an assumption

Multiple Choice

To improve behavior and mental processes is one of the goals of psychology. Which of these are the other 4?

• Observe, analyze, interpret, and modify behavior and mental processes.

• Describe, explain, predict, and control behavior and mental processes.

• Study, comprehend, forecast, and manipulate behavior and mental processes.

• Investigate, understand, anticipate, and influence behavior and mental processes.

Multiple Choice

Behavior is an action that can be observed or:

• felt

• measured

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a behavior?

• heart rate

• blood pressure

• dreaming

• cheering

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of a cognitive process?

• thoughts

• memories

• perceptions

• walking

Multiple Select

Psychological constructs are _________________ theoretical concepts used to discuss something that cannot be observed, touched, or measured _______________.

• simple, directly

• complex, directly

• complex, indirectly

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of a psychological construct?

• love

• sitting

• creativity

• intelligence

Multiple Choice

Psychological research attempts to use the scientific method.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

 emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior  

• evolutionary perspective
• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Researchers use psychological constructs to describe things that cannot be seen, touched, or measured directly. 

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

 a group of people who share a common religion, color, or national origin 

• human group
• psycho group
• ethnic group
• sans group

Multiple Choice

private, unmeasurable mental processes such as dreams, perceptions, thoughts, and memories

• behavior

• action initiative

• cognitive activities

• psychology

Multiple Choice

theoretical entities, or concepts, that enable one to discuss something that cannot be seen, touched, or measured directly

• social interaction

• social distortion

• psychological distortion

• psychological constructs