Psychology Research Methods

Which option below is NOT a goal of Psychological Research?

• Description

• Explanation

• Prediction

• Deception

Which option best describes a hypothesis?

• An educated guess

• A new discovery

• An established theory

• Found at the end of an experiment

When following the Scientific Method, what should you do right after selecting a topic and asking a question?

• Write a survey

• Search the literature

• Conduct experiments

• Create conclusions

Any distortion of or withholding of fact with the purpose of misleading others is known as...

• Confirmation Bias

• Replication

• Deception

• Negative Correlation

Selecting participants randomly from a population is known as...

• Representative Sampling

• Experimental Group

• Random Sampling

• Control Group

The outcome variable. The factor that is being measured.

• Representative Sampling

• Independent Variable

• Control Group

• Dependent Variable

The type of design that tracks trends and patterns. Researchers examine relationships that are NOT manipulated by the researcher.

• Correlational Design

• Empirical Design

• Experimental Design

• Longitudinal Design

A type of design where researchers DO manipulate or change some characteristic(s) of the situation and then measure to determine the effects

• Ethical Design

• Experimental Design

• Naturalistic Observation

• Correlational Design

Which option below is NOT a type of Correlational Study?

• Naturalistic Observation

• Surveys

• Case Studies

• Placebo Effect

Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation is called...

• Case Study

• Longitudinal Study

• Naturalistic Observation

• Experimental Design