lecture 10

Question 1

construal level and procrastination study exp 1:

Answer 1

subjects were asked to complete a pretest for a future experiment, had to write in a diary and open a bank account and was asked to write 2 sentences about personality characteristics associated with the tasks or steps needed to accomplish the task

Question 2

construal level and procrastination study exp 2:

Answer 2

same design but asked to complete an example of a bird (concrete) or a bird is an example of (abstract)

Question 3

construal level theory:

Answer 3

greater psychological distance (FAR) associated with more abstract, higher level construal

Question 4

independent variable of this study was:

Answer 4

to get a more concrete and abstract state of mind

Question 5

study results:

Answer 5

more people developed an abstract mind rather than concrete mind. think concretely about things you don’t want to procrastinate about

Question 6

statistics:

Answer 6

the collection, analysis and interpretation of data

Question 7

descriptive statistics do what?

Answer 7

summarizes data

Question 8

inferential statistics does what?

Answer 8

helps us draw conclusions

Question 9

scale of measurement:

Answer 9

directly determines the type of statistical test you can use

Question 10

categories is called what kind of scale?

Answer 10

nominal scale

Question 11

rank is called what kind of scale?

Answer 11

ordinal

Question 12

ranks with equal intervals is what kind of scale?

Answer 12

interval

Question 13

rank, equal intervals, true zero is what kind of scale?

Answer 13

ratio

Question 14

categorical/nominal variables examples:

Answer 14

occupation, gender, major

Question 15

ordinal/rank examples:

Answer 15

top 10 songs of year, first second and third place winners in a race

Question 16

interval/ranks with equal intervals example:

Answer 16

temperature in farenheight

Question 17

ratio example:

Answer 17

length measures in centimeters, exam scores

Question 18

median:

Answer 18

divides distribution in half

Question 19

mode:

Answer 19

score that occurs the most often

Question 20

mean:

Answer 20

arithmetic average

Question 21

pie charts are good for:

Answer 21

percentages

Question 22

histogram:

Answer 22

quantitative variables arranged in order

Question 23

bar graph:

Answer 23

qualitative variables that cannot be arranged in order

Question 24

range:

Answer 24

difference between largest and smallest scores

Question 25

variance:

Answer 25

total amount of variability (standard deviation squared)

Question 26

standard deviation:

Answer 26

square root of variance; tells us important things about a normal distribution