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Unit 1 Quest Review: Research & Inquiry

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you send out a digital questionnaire to gather information on a targeted population, which data collection method are you using?

a)

Experiment

b)

Survey

c)

Participant Observation

d)

Existing Resources

2.

If you conduct observations of different groups, with one group being altered and a control group not being altered, which data collection method are you using?

a)

Experiment

b)

Survey

c)

Participant Observation

d)

Existing Resources

3.

If you want to conduct an experiment, a survey, or do participant observations you need to make sure your participants are willing and know the consequences. What is this called?

a)

Willing Participant

b)

Informed Consent

c)

Ethical Bias

d)

Agreeable Patient

4.

A hypothesis often uses the template of a ________ statement.

a)

If/Then

b)

Who/Where

c)

How/Why

d)

Then/How

5.
at the conclusion of the scientific method is the establishment of a _____.
a)
question
b)
hypothesis
c)
experiment
d)
theory
6.
A Hypothesis must be 
a)

wordy

b)
testable 
c)

A question

7.

Which is NOT a step in the Social Science Inquiry Model?

a)

Focus parameters of research

b)

Form a research question

c)

Form a hypothesis

d)

Repeat test 10 times

8.

What factor causes us to question the validity of the Little Albert study?

a)

The experiment was only done once on one child

b)

Little Albert's mother was paid $1

c)

The stimuli was paired with the scary sound 7 times over 7 weeks

d)

Little Albert was unable to give consent

9.

A experiment seeks to test whether coffee makes students smarter. Some students were given 12 oz of coffee and then made to write their test, while others were given decaf and made to write the test. Test scores were then compared. What are test scores an example of in this case?

a)

Dependent variable

b)

Independent variable

c)

Experimental group

d)

Control group

10.

A experiment seeks to test whether coffee makes students smarter. Some students were given 12 oz of coffee and then made to write their test, while others were given decaf and made to write the test. Test scores were then compared. What is the group who is given coffee called?

a)

Independent variable

b)

Dependent variable

c)

Experimental group

d)

Control group

11.

A blood test to check hormone levels in children reaching puberty is an example of which method of data collection?

a)

Observation

b)

Case Study

c)

Physiological measure

d)

Standardized test

12.

Correlational reearch involves:

a)

watching people and recording behavior

b)

looking at data to determine if there is a relationship between two factors

c)

carefully regulating a procedure & changing one or more factors to influence behavior

13.

What is logitudinal research?

a)

a study where participants of different ages are studied at the same time

b)

a mixed approach where people of different ages are studied, after several months studied again and new group added

c)

a study where the same participants are studied over a period of time

d)

a group of people born at a similar time, have shared experiences