Practice questions from lecture Flashcards

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Explain an advantage of the repeated measures experimental
design.

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  • It is a cheap method of experimental design
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Memory experiment on a class where half had to memorise a list of words using visual
imagery, and the other half had to memorise the list using verbal
repetition.

What kind of experimental design was used in this experiment?

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Memory experiment on a class where half had to memorise a list of words using visual
imagery, and the other half had to memorise the list using verbal
repetition.

Explain one advantage of this experimental design.

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Memory experiment on a class where half had to memorise a list of words using visual
imagery, and the other half had to memorise the list using verbal
repetition.

Explain one disadvantage of this experimental design.

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5
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Identify one kind of experimental design

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6
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What does emprical mean?

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7
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The first step towards conducting a research project is to?

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8
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What is a hypothesis?

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9
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A researcher watched the behaviour of students in the student’s union bar, and wrote notes about what she saw. Which research method was she using?

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A researcher wanted to know what it was like to live in a student dormitory, so she rented a room in a campus dormitory and lived there for one term, keeping notes about her experiences. What research method did she use?

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Which research method does not involve control of an IV?

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A researcher wanted to understand the possible causes of a famous artist’s creativity. The researcher collected all of the available information about the artist, talked with the artist, and gave her psychological tests. Which research method was used?

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13
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What is a limitation of case studies?

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14
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Which research method is useful to find out about something which is very unusual?

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15
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What is a limitation of observation studies?

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16
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A researcher wants to find out if personality is related to ability to deal with life stress. Which research method would be most practical?

17
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What is correlation?

18
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What does a correlation coefficient do?

19
Q

What do the numerical and sign (+/-) aspects of a correlation
coefficient show?

20
Q

What is a positive correlation?

21
Q

Which of the following coefficients shows a moderate strength negative correlation?
a) 0.03
b) -0.1
c) -0.6
d) -0.3
e) -0.03

22
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Which of the following coefficients shows a strong positive correlation?
a) 0.3
b) 0.1
c) -0.8
d) 0.6
e) 0.05

23
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What is one strength of correlational designs/analysis?

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What is one weakness of correlational designs/analysis?

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