Psychology Quiz

After reading a news article about a psychological study, Demitri believes he "knew all along" that the study would find a strong connection between personality traits and career success. Which cognitive bias is Demitri displaying?

• Confirmation Bias

• Hindsight Bias

• Overconfidence

• Social Desirability Bias

Demitri is conducting a psychological survey to study the link between stress and job satisfaction. However, he only selects participants from his circle of friends. This type of sample is most accurately referred to as:

• Representative Sample

• Random Sample

• Convenience Sample

• Peer-reviewed Sample

In his psychology study, Demitri collects data from participants using a survey. However, some participants may overstate positive qualities about themselves in their responses. This potential source of error is known as:

• Self-report Bias

• Experimenter Bias

• Falsifiability

• Social Desirability Bias

Demitri is designing an experiment to test a new educational technique. To avoid potential experimenter bias and placebo effects, he ensures that neither the participants nor the researchers know who is in the control group and who is in the experimental group. What research method is Demitri using?

• Random Assignment

• Single-Blind Procedure

• Double-Blind Procedure

• Meta-Analysis

Demitri conducts a survey and finds that as stress levels increase, job satisfaction decreases. This relationship would most likely be shown using which of the following tools?

• Scatterplot

• Case Study

• Naturalistic Observation

• Falsifiable Hypothesis

Demitri believes that people who work in creative fields are more likely to be introverted. When reading research on this topic, he tends to focus only on findings that support his belief and ignores evidence to the contrary. This is an example of:

• Hindsight Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Illusory Correlation

• Regression Toward the Mean

Demitri wants to study the relationship between sleep habits and memory performance. However, because both variables are naturally occurring, he chooses not to manipulate any variables. What type of research method is Demitri using?

• Experimental Method

• Non-Experimental Method

• Random Assignment

• Double-Blind Procedure

Demitri hypothesizes that students who receive tutoring perform better on exams. He defines "tutoring" as a session lasting at least one hour, twice a week, and "better performance" as an increase of 5 points on the next exam. This is an example of a(n):

• Hypothesis

• Operational Definition

• Theory

• Meta-Analysis

After analyzing data from a large survey on job satisfaction, Demitri notices that participants who reported high levels of job satisfaction also tended to report high levels of overall life happiness. What might be an issue with concluding that job satisfaction causes life happiness in this situation?

When Demitri observes interactions in a public park to study social behaviors, he does not interfere or manipulate any variables. What type of research method is Demitri most likely using?

• Experiment

• Case Study

• Naturalistic Observation

• Random Sampling