Research Methods Review

Which of the following is not a general category of research in psychology?

• Descriptive

• Experimental

• Characteristic

• Correlational

A researcher allows himself to be imprisoned to better understand attitudes of prison inmates

• participant observation

• naturalistic observation

• correlation study

• experiment

In statistical terms, a population is:

• A small representative subset of people being studied

• A large group of people

• Number of people who live somewhere

• entire group of people or things being studied

Do you: strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, or strongly disagree?

• Mokken Scale

• Discan Scale

• Likert Scale

• Rosenberg Scale

These establish clear definitions for observational research

• placebos

• dependent variables

• independent variables

• operational definitions

Which of the following research methods allows us to draw "cause—effect" relationships?

• Descriptive Research

• Correlation Research

• Experiments

• Participant Observation Studies

Which of these correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship?

• -1.00

• -.25

• 0.00

• .7

Elevation and temperature are __________ correlated.

• Positively

• Negatively

• Not correlated

The ... is improvement due to the expectation of improvement despite ineffective treatment.

• Hindsight bias

• Placebo Effect

• Placebo Group

The most frequently occurring score in a distribution of scores is the:

• Range

• Mean

• Median

• Mode