Module 6 Quiz Flashcards
A student named Jake gets an A on his psychology exam. That evening, Jaketells his girlfriend that it was a hard test and he’d studied a lot, so it felt really good to do well. Glancing at her watch, his girlfriend says, “Should we get pizza or sushi for dinner?” After dinner, Jake calls his mom and tells her his good news. She asks him how he’s doing in his Biology and Chemistry classes, pointing out that medical schools will probably care a lot more about good grades in those classes than in Psychology classes. Shelly Gable would probably classify his girlfriend’s response as ____ and his mom’s response as_____.
a. passive-destructive; active-constructive
b. passive-destructive; active-destructive
c. active-destructive; passive destructive
d. active-constructive; active-destructive
b. passive-destructive; active-destructive
Your friend tells you that for her Directed Studies project, she plans to replicate Moreland and Beach’s experiment, with confederates coming to class and sitting quietly in the front row. She will also add a condition in which the confederates will have extended conversations with students in the class, so the students have a chance to get to know the confederates. She predicts that students who get to know the confederates will rate them less positively than students who simply see the confederates regularly. What research is your friend most likely drawing on, in making this novel prediction?
a. Gillian Sandstrom’s research on the liking gap (discussed during a recent ALS)
b. Mike Norton’s research on online dating
c. Art Aron’s research on the value of novelty
d. Shelly Gable’s research on capitalization
e. Both a and b
b. Mike Norton’s research on online dating
Imagine that shortly after Finkel et al’s (2013) article was published, you saw a bunch of people sharing the results of the study on Twitter/X. Of course, you know that on social media, many people who post about an article haven’t actually read it carefully. Which of the following tweets was probably written by someone who did NOT really read the article?
a. @AdviceFromAda tweets, “Changing the way you think about a conflict in your marriage might just reduce the distress you feel about it.”
b. @Barry75 tweets, “Just talking about a conflict once for 21 minutes can help protect your marriage!”
c. @CanaKing tweets, “New study shows a simple intervention can reverse declines in marital quality. Try it and your marriage will get better and better!”
d. Neither @AdviceFromAda nor @Barry75 read the article
e. Neither @Barry75 nor @CanaKing read the article
e. Neither @Barry75 nor @CanaKing read the article
Which of the following is a limitation of Finkel et al’s (2013) study?
a. They relied on a longitudinal design, rather than conducting a true experiment.
b. They included only heterosexual couples.
c. They only examined one narrow aspect of marital quality.
d. Both a and b.
e. All of the above.
b. They included only heterosexual couples.
As you know, in your upcoming term paper, you are required to propose a study that uses experimental methodology. Which of the following studies or demos would meet this requirement?
a. The demo in which 308 students were asked to rate Nat’s personality, but different students were told that she was talking about different topics.
b. The ALS demo in which students were assigned to the role of CEO, VP, or Engineer.
c. Jess Tracy’s study on pride with blind and sighted athletes
d. Ambady and Rosenthal’s study in which undergrads rated instructors
e. None of the above
e. None of the above
