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WorksheetsAP Psych Unit 2 Research (1)
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If a researcher wants to be able to predict if two variables are related to each other they would use
a)
experimental research
b)
correlational research
c)
case study
d)
illusory research
2.
What is the scientific word that means “I knew it”?
a)
Gut feeling
b)
Hindsight bias
c)
Curious Skepticism
d)
Functionalism
3.
What is the definition of gut feeling?
a)
Believing after finding out something that might have been foreseen
b)
Knowing something is right or wrong
c)
Knowing more than we do
d)
How the brain finds order in everything
4.
What is naturalistic observation?
a)
Recording behavior in natural environments
b)
A way to study an individual or a group
c)
Human brain tries to find order or patterns in everything
d)
Tend to think we know more than we do, we look for information to confirm our judgement
5.
Which is an example of perceiving order in random events?
a)
Seeing a face on the moon
b)
Hearing satanic messages in music
c)
Perceiving images on grilled cheese
d)
All of the above
6.
What are the three parts to the scientific attitude?
a)
Curious, Smart, Humble
b)
Curious, Skeptical, Humble
c)
Honest, Curious, Smart
d)
Kind, Honest, Skeptical
7.
An explanation usiing an integrated set of principles that oragnizes observations and predicts behaviors or events are __________.
a)
Hindsight Bias
b)
Critical Thinking
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Theory
8.
What is NOT part of the 7 ethical guidelines that safeguard human participants?
a)
Withdrawal
b)
Justified
c)
People come first
d)
Mode
9.
Study in which people of different ages are compared to one another at a single point in time is what definition word?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Cross-sectional
c)
Correlate
d)
Correlational
10.
What is a testable prediction that is often implied by a theory?
a)
Replication
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Naturalistic Observation
d)
Survey
11.
What is a theory?
a)
A testable prediction
b)
A statement of the exact procedures used in a study
c)
An explanation of behavior or events
d)
A repitition of a study
12.
A positive correlation has a slope in a scatterplot closest to ____.
a)
0.5
b)
0
c)
1
d)
-1
13.
What happens with positive correlation?
a)
2 variable rise together
b)
2 variables fall together
c)
1 variable rises, 1 stays the same
d)
1 variable rises, 1 falls
14.
The most frequently occurring score(s) in a distriution is the ______.
a)
Mode
b)
Mean
c)
Median
d)
Range
15.
What is the median of the data?
a)
The most frequently occuring score
b)
The middle score of a distribution
c)
The arithmetic average
d)
The difference between the highest and lowest score
16.
A bar graph depicting a frequency distribution is a ___________.
a)
Scatter Plot
b)
Histogram
c)
Scewed Distribution
d)
Standard Deviation
17.
Which form of correlation does the given data set have? Increase in time spent playing sports, decrease in grade point average.
a)
Posotive Correlation
b)
No Correlation
c)
Discriminating Correlation
d)
Negative Correlation
18.
Which of these answers is not one of the three ways that scientists use to observe and study behavior?
a)
Case Study
b)
Correctional Method
c)
Naturalistic Observation
d)
Survey
19.
What is the tendency to believe that after learning the outcome that one would have foreseen it?
a)
Intuition
b)
Overconfidence
c)
Hindsight Bias
d)
Humility
20.
What is an explanation that organizes observations?
a)
Theory
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Operational Definition
d)
Scientific Method
21.
An employer wants to gen an overall opinion about a new model of a car, what research method should be used to get the result he wants?
a)
Case Study
b)
Survey
c)
Naturalistic Observation
d)
Cross-Sectional Study
22.
The less soda I drink, the more energy I have. What kind of correlation is this?
a)
No correlation
b)
Positive
c)
Negative
d)
All the above
23.
A teacher wants to find out the average score of their class' test. What should she use to figure it out?
a)
Mode
b)
Mean
c)
Median
d)
Range
24.
In an experiment, what is the procedure where neither the researcher or the experimental know who has the placebo?
a)
Random Assignment
b)
Blind procedure
c)
Double blind procedure
d)
Experimental Assignment
25.
What is the definition of standard deviation?
a)
A compute score that shows how much scores vary
b)
An average of the scores used to create a bell curve.
c)
A form of descriptive statistics.
d)
The mean divided by the range.
26.
Which of the following is NOT an ethical principle that must be followed in any scientific study?
a)
Deception must be justified
b)
Research must be proved through evidence
c)
Confidentiality
d)
People come first
27.
What is being open to know about new thoughts/idea called?
a)
Curious Skepticism
b)
Critical Thinking
c)
Humility
d)
Overconfidence
28.
What do scientist do with study to prove the findings to be reliable?
a)
Operational Definitions
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Theory
d)
Replicate
29.
What is intuition?
a)
Thinking we know more than we do
b)
My opinion doesn’t matter but what science reveal does
c)
Gut feeling or just knowing something
d)
I knew it all along
30.
What are the one of the three main components related to critical thinking?
a)
Humility
b)
Theory
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Gut Feeling
31.
Q: What is Mean?
a)
Difference between the highest score and the lowest score
b)
Middle score
c)
Average score
d)
Most occurring score
32.
What is the definition for curious skepticism?
a)
Open to new thoughts and ideas
b)
They ask questions
c)
Opinion doesnt Matter
d)
Think we know more than we do
33.
What is a placebo effect?
a)
The "cause" variable
b)
The variable that is affected
c)
Experimental results caused by expectations alone
d)
Stays the same
34.
Which one is NOT an ethics?
a)
People come first, research second
b)
Don't have to debrief at the end
c)
Confidentiality
d)
Informed Consent
35.
Which one is NOT a measure of central tendancy?
a)
Standard deviation
b)
Mean
c)
Median
d)
Range
36.
Which one is a definition for dependant?
a)
Cause
b)
Variable affected
c)
Manipulate
d)
Variable not exposed
37.
what is hindsight bias?
a)
our gut feeling- knowing something is right or wrong
b)
thinking we know more than we do
c)
the brain finding a pattern in everything
d)
the tendancy to believe after learning the outcome that one would have foreseen it
38.
the correlation is positive if the variables both
a)
rise and fall together
b)
one rises one falls
c)
have no pattern
d)
form a horizontal line
39.
which of the following is not an ethical guideline created to safe guard human participants?
a)
informed consent
b)
protection from a physical or emotional harm or discomfort
c)
participants may not withdraw at any time
d)
confidentiality
40.
which is not a good scientific attitude?
a)
skeptical
b)
argumentative
c)
curious
d)
humble
41.
what is the most common frequently occuring score in measures of tendancy
a)
mode
b)
mean
c)
median
d)
maximum
42.
Organization, observations, and self reports that lead to a hypothesis are characteristics of what?
a)
a good theory
b)
critical thinking
c)
scientific method
d)
hypothesis
43.
What produces an unrepresentable sample?
a)
sample bias
b)
population
c)
correlation studies
d)
Survey
44.
What is the definition of overconfidence?
a)
humans think we know more than we do
b)
just knowing something
c)
brain tries to find an order or patterns
d)
My opinion doesn’t matter, but what science reveals does
45.
Phineas Gage had a lead pipe go through his brain. What is this an example of?
a)
case study
b)
naturalistic observation
c)
wording effect
d)
random sampling
46.
What's is the definition of longitudinal studies?
a)
Studies same group over long period
b)
people of different age compared to another group
c)
two variables change together
d)
group of people being studied
47.
What is the definition of Hindsight bias?
a)
Having the tendency to believe after learning the outcome that one would have for seen it
b)
Thinking that we know more that we actually do
c)
Believing that we are higher up that everyone else
d)
Trying to find order in everything that we do
48.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
A test that has been completed
b)
A statement that is made after an observation
c)
A testable prediction
d)
A type of critical thinking
49.
What is a case study?
a)
A self reporting of a particular group
b)
Study of an individual group
c)
Recording the behavior in natural environments
d)
Getting evidence from the random public
50.
When do we use Correlational Studies
a)
Seeing the differences between two variables
b)
When there are 3 or more variables
c)
When trying to find out if two variables are related to each other
d)
When they are testing if two studies are closely related
51.
What is an operational definition?
a)
Summary of the research
b)
Writing down the ending results of a research study
c)
An educated answer
d)
Carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study
52.
What is hindsight bias?
a)
The gut feeling just knowing something is right or wrong
b)
The tendency to believe after the outcome that one would have forseen it
c)
When humans tend to think we know more then we do
d)
When the human brain tries to find patterns in everything
53.
What is correlational studies?
a)
Studying the same group of people over a long period of time
b)
Self reporting attitudes or behavior of a particular group of people
c)
Study in which people of different ages are compared to one another at single point of time
d)
Relationship between two variables (how they change together)
54.
Which one of these is NOT apart of a double blind procedure?
a)
The participants do not know whether they are getting a placebo or not.
b)
The researchers do not know who received placebos
c)
Participants are randomly assigned to a placebo or the control group
d)
The reason behind the procedure is so no one can influence/manipulate results
55.
Which of these is NOT a way to measure variation?
a)
Range
b)
Standard Deviation
c)
Normal Curve
d)
scatter plot
56.
What is Naturalistic Observation?
a)
Recording behavior in natural enviornments
b)
A way to study an individual or a group in depth study
c)
Self reporting attitudes or behavior of a particular group of people
d)
Goal is to estimate attitudes or behaviors of a population
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