WorksheetsACW Psychology Lesson 1 semester 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is a psychological experiment?
An scientific experiment where people are tested on their level of intelligence.
An scientific experiment where people are exposed to different things to see what they think.
A scientific test in which people's behaviours are compared.
A scientific test about psychology which is done in order to discover what happens to something in specific conditions.
What does the word "reproducible" mean?
Something that is done over and over again.
Something that can be shown, done or made again.
Something that keeps repeating itself.
Something that people do when they copy other people's work.
What does "finding" mean in research?
It means to discover new information especially by a detailed scientific study.
It is the final part of a research project.
Information that has been discovered especially by a detailed scientific study.
In research findings means that when researchers are looking for an answer and they find an unexpected result.
What does the word "significance" mean in a scientific study?
Significance of the study in research refers to the potential importance, relevance or impact of the findings.
Significance means that the scientific study subject is very important in psychology.
It means that in research the findings are to be discussed by higher authorities.
It means simply that the study itself is very relevant to everyday life.
What is meant by study population?
It refers to people who are involved in a scientific study, but not fully part of it.
It refers to groups of individuals (participants) that take part in a scientific study.
It refers to some individuals who are conducting a scientific research.
It is the researchers and the participants together who conduct and take part in a scientific study.
What is the statistical threshold?
It is a threshold beyond which the results are not usable or in other words they are insignificant.
It is a point in statistics that shows the results in numbers and tells the researchers if their results can be published.
The statistical threshold is a point in a graph that shows either positive or negative results.
The statistical threshold is the point which divides statistics in different groups (usually statistically significant and insignificant)
What does the word "stringent" mean?
Stringent is when scientific researchers come up with an idea or hypothesis and they test it.
Stringent means that the regulations, conditions or requirements are strict, exact and precise.
Stringent means that the conditions in the scientific research are variable to a degree.
Stringent is a word that is often used in psychological researches and it means to use the same research methods.
What is a manuscript?
It is the transcription of a video that is presenting a scientific research.
It is a written document given to all participants during a scientific research.
Manuscript is the official name for all research articles.
A written document submitted to a publisher by a scientific researcher.
What is a framing effect?
Framing effect occurs when people are presented with the same thing but in a different way (either positive or negative way).
Framing effect occurs when people are restricted to do only part of a research project.
Framing effect occurs when people find themselves in a study that they cannot stop or cannot leave from.
Framing effect occurs when a psychology study is presented in a particular statistical way.
What is a p-value?
P-value is a way to measure how important a scientific study is, the higher the p-value is the better.
P-value is a way researchers calculate the findings of their studies and is expressed in a statistical number.
P-value is a value that is important in research, because one can measure how important one's research is.
P-value measures the probability of the observed results, the lower the p-value is the better.
