WorksheetsAP Psychology Methods
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If a researcher wants to be able to predict if two variables are related to each other they would use
a)
experimental research
b)
correlational research
c)
case study
d)
illusory research
2.
A way to study an individual or a group is an example of ___?
a)
Naturalistic observation
b)
Case study
c)
Survey
d)
Random Sampling
3.
What is a double blind procedure?
a)
Participants don't know which group they're in
b)
Researchers don't know which group the participants are in
c)
Neither participants nor researcher knows who is in which group
d)
Both researcher and participants know who is in each group
4.
What is curious skepticism?
a)
Closed to new ideas
b)
Goes along with anything
c)
Doesn't ask questions but also doesn't accept new ideas
d)
Open to new ideas but still questions them
5.
What is a theory?
a)
An explaination using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events
b)
A testable prediction
c)
A carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study
d)
Allows other scientists/researchers to replicate the research
6.
Which person do we aften refer to as the example of using case studies?
a)
John Locke
b)
Phineas Gage
c)
Francis Bacon
d)
Sigmund Freud
7.
The tendency to believe, after learning the outcome, that you knew it all along is the definition of...
a)
Overconfidence
b)
Hindsight Bias
c)
Perceiving order in random events
d)
Critical thinking
8.
If there was a boy who claimed he could see into the future, what kind of research method would you use to study him?
a)
Case study
b)
Survey
c)
Naturalistic observation
d)
Operational study
9.
All those in a group being studied is referred to as the...
a)
Random sample
b)
Representative sample
c)
Population
d)
Sampling bias
10.
If two sets relate inversely, then it has a ___ correlation
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Causation
d)
There is no correlation
11.
The best way to assure that there is no bias in a study is to have a...
a)
Control group
b)
Random assignment
c)
Confounding variable
d)
Double-blind procedure
12.
The tendency to believe, after learning the outcome, that one would have foreseen it
a)
Intuition
b)
Hindsight bias
c)
Overconfidence
d)
Perceiving order in random events
13.
When people have the tendency to think they know more than they do
a)
Intuition
b)
Hindsight bias
c)
Overconfidence
d)
Perceiving order in random events
14.
Recording behavior in natural environment
a)
Survey
b)
Wording effect
c)
Naturalistic observation
d)
Case study
15.
Predicts the result of a theory
a)
Hypothesis
b)
Observation
c)
Scientific method
d)
Operational definition
16.
A procedure in which researchers nor participants know which group is the experimental group and which is the control group
a)
Double blind procedure
b)
Blind procedure
c)
Placebo Effect
d)
Validity
17.
What is that gut feeling or knowing that something is wrong or right?
a)
Hidsight bias
b)
Intuition
c)
Perceiving order
d)
Critical thinking
18.
A way to deepen a study on an individual or group is?
a)
case study
b)
survey
c)
random sampling
d)
wording effects
19.
When a participant doesn't know the group they're in is called?
a)
validity
b)
placebo effect
c)
blind procedure
d)
double blind procedure
20.
A way of measurement that shows how much the scores depart from a mean?
a)
range
b)
reliability
c)
inferential statistics
d)
standard deviation
21.
WEIRD stands for?
a)
wishes, emotions, impersonal, recommendations, desire
b)
weird, entities, in, rightful, domination
c)
western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic
d)
wonderful, exciting, interesting, real, different
22.
What is the gut feeling you have when you know that something is right or wrong, often times this is right?
a)
Hindsight Bias
b)
Intituation
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Overconfidence
23.
Why do humans tend to think we know more than we actually know?
a)
Overconfidence
b)
Humility
c)
Theory
d)
Curious Skepticism
24.
After the student council election, a friend tells you he has known for weeks who would be elected president. What does this seem to illustrate?
a)
Overconfidence
b)
Hindsight bias
c)
Critical thinking
d)
Perceiving order in random events
25.
What are the 3 most important traits for a psychologist?
a)
Curiosity, skepticism, and humility
b)
Intelligence, humility, humor
c)
Curiosity, ignorance, organized
d)
Smart, nice, skeptical
26.
What type of research method relies on self reporting attitudes or behaviors of a particular group of people?
a)
Random sampling
b)
Wording effects
c)
Case studies
d)
Survey
27.
What is the tendency to believe after the outcome that one would have foreseen it?
a)
Intuition
b)
Humility
c)
Hindsight bias
d)
Overconfidence
28.
What term is described when an explanation is using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events?
a)
Hypothesis
b)
Theory
c)
Scientific Method
d)
Operational Definitions
29.
In order to understand whether two variables are related to each other a researcher would use what type of research method?
a)
Case study
b)
Survey
c)
Observation
d)
Correlation
30.
What is a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study?
a)
Hypothesis
b)
Theory
c)
Operational definition
d)
Case study
31.
Which of the following shows a negative correlation?
a)
As the temperature goes up, the amount of ice cream sales increases
b)
The more absences Henry has, the lower his grades are
c)
The taller you are, the more candy you eat
d)
When you eat more food, your weight increases
32.
After receiving a bad score on a test, you say that you knew you had the wrong answer on many of the questions. This is an example of __.
a)
Hindsight Bias
b)
overconfidence
c)
Skepticism
d)
Critical thinking
33.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of a case study?
a)
takes too long
b)
not specific enough
c)
may not be a reliable representation of everyone - only that individual
d)
They may not be honest
34.
It is commonly believed that going outside when the weather is cold and rainy, you will get a cold. This is not true. This is an example of a(n) __.
a)
Illusory correlation
b)
placebo effect
c)
random assignment
d)
experiment
35.
A corelation coefficient __.
a)
tells what is being compared
b)
shows the factor being manipulated
c)
is the expirament
d)
describes the strength and direction of the relationship of two variables
36.
The study over a long period of time using the same group of people is called what?
a)
Longitudinal study
b)
Case study
c)
Survey
d)
Cross sectional study
37.
A graphed cluster of dots that represent the value of 2 variables is called what?
a)
Correlation
b)
Random shaping
c)
Sampling bias
d)
Scatter plot
38.
Which correlation coefficient demonstrates the highest correlation?
a)
0.92
b)
-0.38
c)
-0.11
d)
0.67
39.
A statement of procedure used to define research variables is what?
a)
Operational definition
b)
Case study
c)
Naturalistic observation
d)
Survey
40.
A way to study a group of people or one person is called what?
a)
Random shaping
b)
Experimental research
c)
Naturalistic observation
d)
Case study
41.
In a study of how much water an average marathon runner would drink along the route, it was found that the results had a p-value of .035. What does that mean?
a)
The results are not significant and the null hypothesis should be accepted
b)
The results are significant and the null hypothesis should be rejected.
c)
The results tell us that the standard deviation is 15 from the mean
42.
What is the mode of the following data set?
3, 5, 1, 6, 5, 8, 2
a)
3
b)
6
c)
5
d)
1
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