Research in Psychology

Which choice below is not a type of Research approach that Psychologists use?

• Descriptive Studies

• Correlational Studies

• Causal Studies

Select all of the types of Descriptive Studies that we discussed:

• Case Studies

• Causal Experimentation

• Interview Method

• Survey Method

• Naturalistic Obersevation

What is "a variation of naturalistic observation → observing people with psychological problems while they receive help from a mental health professional."

• Correlational Method

• Clinical Method

• Experimental Method

• Case Method

True or False: The biggest difference between naturalistic observation and correlational studies → correlational studies uses quantitative measures (use numbers)

• True

• False

The _______________ variable is the variable whose quantitative value is independently controlled by the researcher

• Dependent

• Independent

• Experimental

• Control

The _________________ variable is the variable whose quantitative value is expected to depend on the effects of the independent variable

• Independent

• Dependent

• Experimental

• Control

The ________________ group is the group that receives some value of the independent variable in a research experiment

• Control

• Blind

• Experimental

• Independent

The __________ group is the group not exposed to independent variable, is used for comparison with the treatment group

• Experimental

• Independent

• Control

• Blind

True or False: The more “blind” the study, the more bias is eliminated, so many researchers think blind studies are best.

• True

• False

True or False: Ethics in psychology do not really matter, as long as you get the results you were hoping for.

• True

• False