W2 - The Science

What does it mean by the scientific approach?

• a system of collecting data in which bias and mistakes are minimized.

• a systematic research that aims to solve a problem.

• a disciplined way of carrying out experiments.

• a psychological discipline aimed to explore the human mind carefully.

Psychologists conduct studies to ... behavior.

• describe

• mind-read

• explain

• predict

• control

When Ali said, "He read because he loves seeking knowledge and being on top of things." He has ... a behavior.

• described

• explained

• predited

• controlled

There are two major types of research that can be used to study psychological events, ... and ...

• descriptive

• evidence-based

• experimental

• interview

• developing research questions

Observing a behavior in a natural setting like what a student does in a classroom, is a research method called ...

• survey

• naturalistic observation

• laboratory observation

• experiment

Studying a person's personality like Barack Obama or a specific event refers to the research method called ...

• case experiment.

• case-study.

• individual deliberation.

• individual experiment.

What is a disadvantage of naturalistic observation?

• unable to report details about a behavior

• less genuine behavior by the people being observed

• the hard research method to be done

• not supported by peer researchers

The tendency of participants to change their behavior when knowing that they are being observed is called ...

• observation focus

• observer effect

• observer bias

• observer manipulation

The tendency of observers to see what they expect to see is called ...

• observation trick

• observer effect

• observer bias

• observer manipulation

What is the advantage of case-study that is not in other types of studies?

• Able to study large group of people.

• Able to study sensitive issues from people.

• Able to study incidents that cannot be reproduced again.

• Able to study correlations between cases in a culture.