Doing research in psychology

Question 1

Observing some phenomenon at a close range is

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participant observation.

Question 2

What’s a limitation with participant observation?

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not all behaviors can be observed as they happen private

Question 3

Trying to understand people from their own point of view is

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ethnography

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The level of agreement between two or more people who independently observe and code a set of data is called?

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Inter-judge reliability

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Simply asking people questions using written questionnaires or interviews is referred to as

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surveys

Question 6

A research designed to examine the nature of the relationship between two or more naturally occurring variables is

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Correlation

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Are variables in correlation research manipulated?

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No, it observes naturally occurring variables

Question 8

A statistical technique that assesses how well you can predict one variable from another is…

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Correlation Coefficient

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How can a researcher determine the direction and strength of the relationship between variables?

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Using correlation coefficient

Question 10

The calculation of correlation coefficient will you a figure between…

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-1.00 to 1.00

Question 11

What research method can one use to observe behaviors that cannot be created in the laboratory?

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Correlation method

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What’s the main challenge with the correlation research method ?

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one cannot determine cause and effect

Question 13

Teenage pregnancy leads to school dropout and vice versa. What problem of correlation is this ?

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Reverse causality

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A research method where one variable is systematically manipulated to see its impact on another variable is?

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Experiment

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The variable manipulated is called?

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Independent variable

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Outcome measures and produced by an independent variable is called

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dependent variable

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Does manipulation take place in the control group or experimental group?

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latter

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Are the people in field experiments aware that they’re experienced are in fact an experiment?

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they are unaware

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Can field experiments be generalized? why?

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yes because people exhibit their true character since they have no idea about an experiment

Question 20

What is the most appropriate tool to investigate institutions and organizations?

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Field experiment

Question 21

The study of people’s cultures and values is referred to as…

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ethnography

Question 22

In which type of research method is participant observation a primary method?

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Ethnography

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What is Hawthorne effect?

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This is where individuals change their behavior because they know they are being observed

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What is theory?

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an attempt by researchers to answer a why question

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Predictions derived from a formulated theory is called?

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hypothesis

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Knowledge generation is a cyclical process of

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testing-retesting and testing

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The tendency on the part of researchers to become personally involved with their theories such that their focus shifts from testing to confirming it is called?

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Confirmation bias

Question 28

When a researcher ignores data that conflicts with their theory or manipulate data or designs his study in such a way that they are confirmed falls under…

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confirmation bias

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A research technique where one withholds or conceals information about the purposes or procedures of a study from participants is called?

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Deception

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Deception is basically

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misleading participants about the true purpose of a study

Question 31

Which research method do researchers use confederates or accomplices?

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Deception

Question 32

Prior to participants’ decision making to take part in a research, they are given full description of the procedures to be followed thus they know what they are getting into. What research procedure does this fall under?

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Informed consent

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A procedure where participants are made aware of the true purpose of the study and why particular approaches or procedures were used at the end of a research is called?

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Debriefing