Midterm 1

Question 1

Advantages and disadvantages of lab experiment

Answer 1

A: Control keeping everything constant
D: external validity, questioning if the experiment will make it out into the real world.

Question 2

Representativeness of p’s

Answer 2

This represents the sample to whom you want to generalize in the population
Dealing: in order to generalize they need to randomly select

Question 3

Levels of IV

Answer 3

Factors or levels of the IV if they have an experimental group and control group that’s 2 levels

Question 4

InAdequacy of operationalization

Answer 4

IV and dv do not manipulate/measure the intended constructs

Dealing: conduct manipulation check

Question 5

Haynes et al. (2008)

Answer 5

Iv- AR
Dv- mastery, performance motivation and achievement
-no random assignment

Question 6

Field experiment

A and d

Answer 6

A: we will have great confidence in our external validity
D: we have much less control in a field experiment over the potential

Question 7

Participant observation

Answer 7

-takes extensive field notes, the researchers formally or informally interviews the participant
A: realism is high
D: experimenter expectancy

Question 8

Survey method

Answer 8

-researcher asking the sample of individuals of the population of interest the same set of questions in a predetermined order
A: go to great lengths to obtain a representative sample
D: deliberately tell us something that is not true

Question 9

Fritz Heider (1958)

Answer 9

Known as the father of attribution theory, he recommended it first

Question 10

Jones and davis (1965)

Answer 10

First to state attribution theory in testable terms, there goal was to try to explain how we go about making internal attributions through others behavior

Question 11

External attribution

Answer 11

Something people basically about the behavior that is causing her to do this

Question 12

Situational attribution

Answer 12

Synonym for external attribution

Question 13

Internal attribution

Answer 13

Attributing the cause of the behavior from something internal

Question 14

Kelley (1967)

Answer 14

“Covariation theory” trying to do it for us and other people

Question 15

Consensus

Answer 15

Agreement (other people are behaving the same way in the situation)

Question 16

Distinctiveness

Answer 16

The extent to which the actor acts the same way as in consensus very unusual behavior (high) not unusual behavior (low)

Question 17

Heuristic

Answer 17

Help us save time on cognitive effort. A shortcut strategy