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Psychological Research Questions

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main characteristic of naturalistic observation?

a)

Psychologists manipulate the environment

b)

Psychologists observe the subject in a natural setting without interfering

c)

Psychologists conduct experiments in a lab

d)

Psychologists interview the subjects

2.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a Stratified Sample when surveying Valley High School students?

a)

Testing only honors students

b)

Testing a proper representation of the population

c)

Testing only tall people

d)

Testing only women

3.

A research method in which people respond to questions.

a)

crime

b)

norms

c)

sanctions

d)

survey

4.

What are two methods of surveying?

a)

tests and interviews

b)

experiments and questionnaires

c)

interviews and questionnaires

d)

case studies and experiments

5.

Case Study: involves an intensive ​ (a)   a ​ (b)   , small group or event

Choose from the below words
investigation
person
experimentation
celebration
6.

Which is NOT involved in a case study?

a)

research

b)

experiments

c)

observations

d)

interviews

7.

Match the following

a)

longitudinal study

1.

study over a long period of time

b)

cross sectional

2.

study: shorter time and different people

c)

survey

3.

many questions to a lot of people

d)

case study

4.

intense study on one person

8.

​ (a)   is not ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
Correlation
causation
Association, effect
Relationship, outcome
Connection, result
9.

What does Correlation is NOT causation mean?

4 lines
10.

What is the strongest correlation coefficient?

a)

.90

b)

-.55

c)

10.0

d)

.50

11.

What is the strongest correlation coefficient?

a)

-.88

b)

-.55

c)

.01

d)

.50

12.

This is an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth.

a)

Survey

b)

Case Study

c)

Exploratory study

d)

Experiment

13.

What kind of relationship?

a)

Positive Correlation

b)

Negative Correlation

c)

No Relationship

14.
A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other. The mathematical expression of the relationship, ranges from -1 to +1
a)
scatterplot
b)
survey
c)
correlation
d)
observation
e)
case study
15.
A correlation coefficient of 0.8 is a _______________ and suggests that as one variable ____________, the other variable ______________.
a)
strong positive | increases | increases
b)
weak positive | increases | increases
c)
strong positive | increases | decreases
d)
weak positive | increases | decreases