WorksheetsResearch Methods Review (9/25)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Students will be able to read a statement printed in the Comic Sans font faster than the same statement written in the Lucida Calligraphy font.
hypothesis
theory
replication
operational definition
correlation
Students will be able to read a statement printed in the Comic Sans font faster than the same statement written in the Lucida Calligraphy font.
Q. The dependent variable in an experiment based on the statement would be
the statement written in the Comic Sans font
the statement written in the Lucida Calligraphy font
the length of time it takes students to read the statements
the students who read the statements written in the Comic Sans font
the number of students who participate in the experiment
Q. Of the following, which research method would be most appropriate for investigating the relationship between political party membership and attitude toward the death penalty?
controlled experiment
naturalistic observation
survey
case study
John wants to study the effects of alcohol on the behavior of college students. For his study, he spends 5 hours every night for 2 weeks at a bar near a college watching how the patrons act before and after drinking alcoholic beverages. The research method John is employing is a
experiment
survey
naturalistic observation
case study
Ms. Costas owns a business with nine other employees. Ms. Costas’s annual salary is $90,000. Her manager’s salary is $60,000. Of her other employees, three earn $25,000 each and five earn $15,000 each. The range of this distribution is
$75,000
$50,000
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000
Ms. Costas owns a business with nine other employees. Ms. Costas’s annual salary is $90,000. Her manager’s salary is $60,000. Of her other employees, three earn $25,000 each and five earn $15,000 each. For this distribution, the mean is
lower than both the median and the mode
lower than the median, but higher than the mode
lower than the mode, but higher than the median
higher than both the median and the mode
the same as the median
Paulo thinks that if he and his friends get more sleep, they will do better on the tests they take. If he were able to set up an experiment to test his hypothesis, the independent variable would be
getting more sleep
the difference between the current number of hours they sleep and the longer amount of sleep
the scores they get on tests
the difference between the scores they currently get and those after the longer amount of sleep
the people who get more sleep
Daniella thought the psychology test her teacher made up was unfair because the exam tested topics the class had not studied. According to her argument, the test was not
statistically composed
reliable
valid
correlated
Which psychological approach is most concerned with the importance of the unconscious mind?
behavioral approach
cognitive approach
humanistic approach
psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approach
biopsychosocial approach
The focus of functionalists on the application of psychological findings to practical situations and adapting to the environment paved the way for
structuralists
behaviroists
developmental psychologists
cognitive psychologists
humanistic psychologists
