Psych Research Quiz

What is the focus of a study?

• aim

• focus

• procedure

• hypothesis

This allows for a study to be easily replicated.

• Procedure

• Aim

• Population

• Validity

What is the difference between target population and participants?

• Not all members of the target population are participants.

• There is no difference

• The target population is not important in research.

• Participants are always needed for a study, whereas a target population is not.

A sample that is made up of similar proportions as a population is called

• representative sample

• opportunity sample

• snowball sample

• stratified sample

For a class experiment, you walk around school and ask people to answer a survey for you. This is an example of

• opportunity sampling

• stratified sampling

• snowball sampling

• self-selected sampling

If the target population of a study was all ISC parents and an email was sent out asking them to volunteer to take part in an online survey, which sampling method is this?

• self-selected sampling

• opportunity sampling

• random sampling

• stratified sampling

Psychologists are studying the effects of drugs on homeless adults. In order to get enough participants, the researchers ask participants for other people they know that may be homeless. This kind of sampling is called

• snowball sampling

• random sampling

• bad sampling

• opportunity sampling

In order to test theories, psychologists must gather

• empirical evidence

• sampling bias

• self-efficacy

• theories

Which of the following are ethical guidelines in psychology?

• Protection from undue stress/harm

• Deception

• Right to withdraw

• Informed consent

The final key to research are two terms we did not discuss in class but you read about. The first states that the true aims and purpose of the research must be revealed to the participants. Any deception must be justified. All participants should leave the study in the same physical and psychological state in which they arrived.

The second involves keeping all identities secret and never sharing information outside of the research team. These terms are

• Debriefing

• Anonymity

• Ethics

• Sampling Bias