Aims and Hypotheses in Research Quiz

Which of the following best describes the purpose of an aim in a research study?

• To indicate what the researcher intends to investigate or find out

• To provide a step-by-step procedure for the study

• To summarize the results of the research

• To list the equipment used in the study

Which of the following best describes the aim of the psychologist’s study?

• To investigate whether productivity levels are affected by the amount of sleep a person gets

• To find out if people prefer sleeping for 4 hours or 8 hours

• To measure how many people can stay awake for 24 hours

• To test if participants can remember instructions

What was the main aim of the experiment described in the lesson?

• To test whether adults can correctly identify a person who asked them for directions from a set of photographs.

• To see how many adults know the location of the train station.

• To determine if adults prefer to talk to male or female researchers.

• To find out if adults can remember the names of researchers.

How many adults did Dave approach in total for directions to the train station?

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

What is a hypothesis?

• A scientific, testable, prediction.

• A random guess with no basis.

• A proven fact.

• An untestable opinion.

What would be a valid way to operationalise sport and happiness?

• get pps to choose a sport and ask if they are happy

• get ppps to play football and then say if they look happy

• get pps to play football for one hour and record how often they smile

• get pps to play football for one hour and tick when they are happy

What does "operationalising a variable" mean in the context of psychological research?

• Giving a general definition

• Specifying exactly how a variable will be measured or manipulated

• Ignoring the variable

• Asking students to guess the meaning

Which of the following would be an appropriate directional hypothesis for a memory experiment?

• There will be no difference in memory performance between the two groups.

• Participants taught the memory improvement strategy will recall more pictures than those not taught the strategy.

• All participants will recall the same number of pictures.

• Participants will recall fewer pictures if taught a strategy.

According to the study described, what was the main variable being investigated in relation to conformity?

• The age of the participants

• The gender of the participants

• The difficulty of the task

• The number of confederates

Which of the following would be a suitable directional hypothesis for a conformity study?

• Task difficulty will have no effect on conformity.

• Participants will conform more in the easy task condition than in the difficult task condition.

• Participants will conform more in the difficult task condition than in the easy task condition.

• The number of confederates will affect conformity.