Psychology Research Methods Quiz

What is a hypothesis?

• A prediction or assumption about behavior that is tested through scientific research

• A research technique for acquiring data about the attitudes or behaviors of a group of people

• An in-depth investigation of an individual or small group

• A measure of how closely one thing is related to another

What is a random sample?

• A representative portion of a target population

• Individuals selected by chance from the target population

• Subgroups in the population represented proportionally to the sample

• A predisposition to a certain point of view

What is a case study?

• A prediction or assumption about behavior that is tested through scientific research

• A research technique for acquiring data about the attitudes or behaviors of a group of people

• An in-depth investigation of an individual or small group

• A measure of how closely one thing is related to another

What is a controlled experiment?

• A controlled scientific procedure to determine whether certain variables manipulated by the researcher have an effect on other variables

• Factors that are measured or controlled in a scientific study

• The factor that is manipulated by the researcher to determine its effect on another variable

• The factor that is being measured and may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable

What is informed consent?

• An agreement by an individual to participate in research after receiving information about the purpose of the study and the nature of the treatment

• A measure of the distance of every score to the mean

• Rules and standards for proper and responsible behavior

• Observations that occur in natural settings

concepts that enable one to discuss something that cannot be seen, touched, or measured directly

• Construct

• Hypothesis

• Behavior

• Sample

to repeat a research study, usually with different participants and in different situations, to confirm the results of the original study

• Control Group

• Case Study

• Replicated

• Controlled Experiment

a research technique for acquiring data about the attitudes or behaviors of a group of people, usually by asking questions of a representative sample

• Stratified Sample

• Random Sample

• Target Population

• Survey

the total group to be studied or described and from whom samples may be drawn

• Random Sample

• Stratified Sample

• Target Population

• Sample

a representative portion of a target population

• Target Population

• Sample

• Random Sample

• Stratified Sample