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Research methods

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term refers to whether research relates to everyday life?

a)

ecological validity

b)

face validity

c)

internal validity

d)

population validity

2.

What type of experiment is conducted in a real life setting?

a)

field

b)

lab

c)

natural

d)

quasi

3.

What is the key term that is used to describe when participants form an interpretation of the experiment's purpose and change their behaviour to fit that interpretation.

a)

Demand characteristics

b)

Bad behaviour

c)

Experimenter bias

d)

Participant effect

4.

The variable that is manipulated

(a)  

5.

The variable that is measured

(a)  

6.

To what extent can the findings be generalised to real life?

(a)  

7.

Where the same group of participants are used in different conditions, is which experimental design

a)

Independent groups

b)

Matched participants

c)

Repeated measures

d)

Separate groups

8.

in Psychological research, Ethics are about ensuring

a)

the protection of all participants

b)

all ethnic groups are considered

c)

experiments are well planned

d)

the results are clear

9.

there are two types of Hypothesis - the Alternative and the

a)

Testable

b)

Operationalised

c)

Null

d)

Optional

10.

what refers specifically to which conditions of the experiment participants are arranged into and will take part in

a)

Methodology

b)

Experimental design

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Sampling