Psych Quiz 2

What is the most important advantage of surveys?

• Surveys can really focus on one person or phenomena.

• Surveys can gather lots of information very quickly and cheaply.

• Surveys can gather lots of information very quickly and cheaply.

• Surveys are the best way to get in-depth information about people.

What is a weakness of case studies?

• They can be biased based on the questions asked.

• It is hard to generalize conclusions about one person.

• They are very quick and cheap to complete.

• They gather too much information.

Which is a weakness of observation?

• If people know they are observed, their behavior may change.

• It takes too long.

• It is hard to generalize the conclusions.

• The questions used can be biased.

What is the difference between correlation and causation?

• Two variables may be related, and also cause the changes.

• Two variables may be causing changes without being related to each other.

• Correlation tells us what is happening, causation tells us why it is happening.

• Causation tells us what is happening, correlation tells us why it happened.

Reliability is which of the following?

• The degree to which the evidence is consistent and repeatable.

• A measure of how valid the data will be when the experiment is repeated.

• The degree to which the evidence accurately represents the topic being studied.

• A measure the relationship between two variables.

Validity is which of the following?

• The degree to which the evidence is consistent and repeatable.

• A measure of how valid the data will be when the experiment is repeated.

• The degree to which the evidence accurately represents the topic being studied.

• A measure the relationship between two variables.

Research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is

formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.

• critical inquiry

• scientific method

• argumentative response

• classical conditioning

Knowledge received by means of the senses, particularly by observation and experimentation.

• Theory
• Empirical Evidence
• Applied Psychology
• Psychiatry

What is the biggest problem with a survey done by mail?

• It is not ethical

• The sample will be too large to be accurate

• The sample is probably not a representative sample

• It is not double-blind

Which comes first in an experiment?

• Creating a hypothesis

• Collecting data

• Analyzing data

• Dividing subjects into groups