Psychological Methods

Which of the following is NOT one of the general scientific research steps?

• Forming a research question

• Testing a hypothesis

• Basing conclusions on personal opinions

• Analyzing the results of a test

What is a type of study in which the participants are unaware of whether they are in the control group or the experimental group?

• Single-Blind Study

• Case-Study

• Double-Blind Study

• Controlled Experiment

All of the following are reasons that the findings of surveys may not be completely accurate EXCEPT

• People may not be honest about their attitudes or behavior

• Some may fear that their responses will not be confidential

• Others may try to please the interviewers

• Interviewers are unable to reach every single person in a target population

Recording behavior of kids on a playground is an example of what?

• Survey

• Naturalistic Observation

• Population and Samples

• Laboratory Observation

A type of sample drawn in such a way that known subgroups within a population are represented in proportion to their numbers in the general population is a ...

• Stratified sample

• Biased sample

• Random sample

• Simple sample

Which of the following measures the distance of every data point in a study to the mean?

• Range

• Standard Deviation

• Mode

• Median

A tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors is the...

• Observation Effect

• False Consensus Effect

• Placebo Effect

• Wording Effect

Which of the following is NOT a method of observation?

• Case Study

• Longitudinal Method

• Double-Blind Study

• Naturalistic Observation

Study how quickly rats can go through a maze is an example of what?

• Cross-Sectional Method

• Naturalistic Observation

• Case Study

• Laboratory Observation

Psychologists must be willing to adjust or modify their hypotheses if their findings do not support them.

• True

• False