Psychology: Methods of Research and Problems

What are two methods of surveying?

• tests and interviews

• experiments and questionnaires

• interviews and questionnaires

• case studies and experiments

Cross-sectional studies are sometimes a better option than longitudinal studies because they

• are more risky

• have more variables

• cost more money

• can be completed more quickly

The disadvantage of this method of descriptive research is that the research may not be a representative sample of the general population and doesn’t yield reliable conclusions about behavior.

• Case Study
• Survey
• Observational
• Correlational
• Experiments

Subjects that are seen or recorded in their typical/natural environment without trying to manipulate and control the situation

• Case Study
• Survey of Nature
• Nature Observation
• Naturalistic Observation

What is a key factor about a Case Study?

• Subject to opinion
• Studies multiple people
• They can be replicated
• They can't be replicated

Pierce calls people and asks them a specified list of questions concerning their opinions of how irritating telemarketers can be. What kind of research is Pierce conducting.

• naturalistic observation

• survey

• case study

• experiment

The longitudinal method is concerned with observing

• the ways in which people change over time

• how people behave under controlled conditions

• people's views on a particular subject

• people's character traits and temperament

The greatest drawback of the longitudinal method is that participants in the study...

• do not know whether they are receiving the treatment

• may drop out

• may not act the same way outside the laboratory

• often display volunteer bias

Observing the way people eat in restaurants is an example of

• laboratory observations

• surveys

• naturalistic observations

• the longitudinal method

What is the placebo effect?

• Something that affects the neurological pathways causing people to do nonsensical things.

• When the subject believes the treatment in real, but it's not- but it still works

• A dangerous experiment that can harm the person that is experimented.

• When subjects don't get better because they got the "fake" medicine