WorksheetsGen Psych Experiments Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The Colorful Boss:
Jamie thought painting office cubicles blue would increase staff productivity, but painting them yellow would not help or might slow them down. She painted sales cubicles blue and PR cubicles yellow, then tracked how many projects each department finished in three months. Sales outperformed PR after painting.
What was Jamie's hypothesis in the "Colorful Boss" experiment?
Painting cubicles blue would increase productivity, while painting them yellow would have no effect or slow productivity.
Painting cubicles yellow would increase productivity, while blue would decrease it.
Painting cubicles any color would decrease productivity.
Painting cubicles would have no effect on productivity.
Jamie painted the sales cubicles blue and the PR cubicles yellow to see if color affects work productivity. She then measured how many projects each department completed.
In this experiment, what is the independent variable?
The number of projects completed
The color of the cubicles
The department (Sales or Public Relations)
The time of year
The Colorful Boss:
Jamie painted the sales department cubicles blue and the Public Relations cubicles yellow. She then tracked how many projects each department completed in the next three months.
How is the dependent variable measured?
By the number of projects each department completed in three months
By the number of employees in each department
By the color preference of the staff
By the amount of paint used
Jamie painted office cubicles blue for the sales department and yellow for Public Relations to see if color affects work. After two months, sales completed more projects than PR.
What is the main behavior being studied?
Productivity, defined as the number of projects completed
Happiness, defined as the number of smiles per day
Creativity, defined as the number of new ideas generated
Attendance, defined as the number of days present
John wants to study if drivers act more aggressively when frustrated, depending on the status of the car in front of them. He uses a high-status car (new Hummer) and a low-status car (old, dented car) and measures how long it takes for the driver behind to honk at a red light. What is the independent variable in this experiment?
The time of day
The type of car (high-status vs. low-status)
The number of honks
The weather conditions
John wants to study if socioeconomic status affects how drivers show aggression when frustrated. He uses a high-status car (new Hummer) and a low-status car (old, dented car) in a field experiment. He stops at red lights and waits until the driver behind honks before moving. His assistant times how long it takes for the car behind to honk. John thinks drivers will wait longer to honk behind the Hummer than the old car.
How is the dependent variable measured in the "Bad Driver" experiment?
By the number of cars on the road
By the time it takes for the car behind to honk
By the color of the car
By the distance driven
The Bad Driver:
John wants to study if drivers act differently when frustrated by high-status (new Hummer) vs. low-status (old, rusty car) vehicles. He will see how long it takes for drivers to honk when stopped at a red light by each car. He thinks drivers will wait longer to honk behind the high-status car.
What is the hypothesis in the "Bad Driver" experiment?
Drivers will honk faster behind a high-status car than a low-status car.
Drivers will never honk at any car.
Drivers will take longer to honk when behind a high-status car than a low-status car.
Drivers will only honk at red lights.
The Bad Driver:
John wants to study if drivers act differently when frustrated by cars of different status. He uses a high-status car and a low-status car, stopping at red lights and waiting for the car behind to honk before moving. His assistant times how long it takes for the honk. What is the behavior being studied, and how is it defined?
Aggression, defined as the time it takes to honk
Speed, defined as how fast the car moves
Patience, defined as the number of cars passed
Happiness, defined as the number of smiles
A social psychologist measures how long it takes someone to help in different parts of town.
What is the independent variable?
Amount of time it takes someone to stop
Kind of car driven
Different parts of town
the psychologist
A social psychologist measures how long it takes someone to help a stranded motorist.
What is the dependent variable?
Different parts of town
How long it takes someone to stop
The psychologist
Kind of car
A psychologist measures memory in quiet or noisy conditions.
What is the independent variable?
Number of items remembered
Quiet or noisy room
A psychologist measures the number of items remembered in quiet or noisy conditions.
What is the dependent variable?
Number of items remembered
Quiet or noisy room
A psychologist counts how many times someone says “um” during a speech, comparing professional speakers and non-professional speakers.
What is the independent variable?
Number of times they say "um"
People who do and people who don't do public speaking for a living
A behavioral Psychologist counts how many times someone says “um” during a speech, comparing professional speakers and non-professionals.
What is the dependent variable?
How many times they say "um"
People who do vs people who don't do public speaking for a living
An I/O Psychologist studies the number of cars produced during morning and evening shifts.
What is the independent variable?
Cars produced
morning and evening shifts
An I/O Psychologist studies the number of cars produced during different shifts.
What is the dependent variable?
Cars produced
Morning vs evening shifts
A psychologist observes how many words toddlers recall after being read stories in the morning or afternoon.
What is the independent variable?
Time of day (morning vs afternoon)
Number of words recalled
Alex wants to see if playing upbeat music at work affects how many tasks employees complete. He plays music one week and no music the next, recording the number of tasks finished.
How is the dependent variable measured?
By the number of employees present
By the type of music played
By the volume of the music
By the number of tasks completed each week
A social psychologist measures how many people help pick up dropped papers in two different locations.
What is the dependent variable?
Location (city square vs suburban park)
Number of people who help
Type of papers dropped
Time of day
Alex wants to test if playing upbeat music at work affects how many tasks employees complete. He plays upbeat music one week and no music the next, recording the number of tasks finished.
What is the independent variable in Alex's experiment?
The time of day
The number of employees
The type of music played (upbeat vs. no music)
The number of tasks completed each week
The Colorful Boss:
Jamie painted the sales department cubicles blue and the Public Relations cubicles yellow to see if color affected productivity. After two months, sales completed more projects than PR.
Which department served as the control group in Jamie's experiment?
Public Relations department
Both departments
Neither department
Sales department
John wants to study if drivers are less likely to honk at a high-status car (a new Hummer) than a low-status car (an old, rusty car). He drives the Hummer from 1-3 pm and the old car from 3-5 pm, waiting at red lights until the driver behind honks. What is a possible confounding variable in this experiment?
The weather conditions
The time of day each car is driven
The make of the car behind
The color of the traffic lights
When you have to tell participants what they will be doing in an experiment before they agree, what ethical guideline is that?
Debriefing
Confidentiality
Informed Consent
Do no harm
When the experiment is over and you have to tell the participants everything, what ethical guideline is that?
Informed consent
Confidentiality
Debriefing
Do no harm
After an experiment, a psychologist keeps all participant data private and does not share names or identifying information. Which ethical guideline is being followed?
Debriefing
Informed consent
Confidentiality
Do no harm
