Psychology Research Method

Question 1

three ethical principles of the Belmont Report

Answer 1

Respect, Benefit, Justice.

Question 2

the purpose and responsibilities of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Answer 2

to understand animals for their own sake,

to understand humans (many processes can be generalized from nonhumans to humans),

to conduct research that is impossible to conduct using human participants

Question 3

What are the descriptive descriptive statistics?

Answer 3

Descriptive statisticsare methods that help researchers organize, summarize, and simplify the results obtained from research studies.

Question 4

What is the inferential statics?

Answer 4

Inferential statisticsare methods that use the results obtained from samples to help make generalizations about populations

Question 5

What is the goal of the Publication Manual

Answer 5

To establish a standardized style and format for scientific reports so that readers will know exactly where to find specific information within a report and will not be distracted by tangential topics or personalized writing styles.

Question 6

Frequency distribution

Answer 6

The set of categories that make up the scale of measurement.

The number of individuals with scores in each of the categories.

Question 7

What is the goal Descriptive research strategy

Answer 7

to obtain a description of specific characteristics of a specific group of individuals

Question 8

A research strategy is determined by:

Answer 8

The kind of question the research hopes to answer

Question 9

What is the goal correctional research strategy

Answer 9

To examining the relationship between variables by measure the two variables for each individual

Question 10

The goal of experimental research strategy:

Answer 10

answer cause-and-effect questions about the relationship between two variables

Question 11

What is the goal of the experimental research strategy is

Answer 11

To establish the existence of a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables.

Question 12

What type of statistical analysis is most appropriate to use with a single factor multiply group design with an interval or ratio level outcome measure

Answer 12

ANOVA

Question 13

What type of statistical analysis is most appropriate to use with a single factor multiply group design in which the outcome measures are categorical and yield proportions

Answer 13

Chi-Square

Question 14

Similar to experiments, quasi-experimental study and I’ll researchers to draw unambiguous cause an effect conclusions

Answer 14

F

Question 15

Correlational research studies, attempt to determine whether a causal relationship exists between variables

Answer 15

F

Question 16

The purpose of the descriptive research strategy is to describe the relationship between two variables

Answer 16

F

Question 17

The liability of a research study is degree to which the study accurately answer the question it was intended to answer

Answer 17

F

Question 18

The validity of the search study is concerned with the truth of the research or the accuracy of the result

Answer 18

T

Question 19

A research study has internal validity if it produces a single unambiguous explanation for the result

Answer 19

T

Question 20

Any a factor that allows for an alternative explanation of the result of a study is a threat to external validity

Answer 20

F

Question 21

An extraneous variable is it any viable that is part of a research study, but not directly investigated

Answer 21

T

Question 22

Demand that characteristics occur when participants, modify their natural behavior in response to the fact that they are participating in a research study

Answer 22

F

Question 23

An experiments have at least two different level for the independent variable

Answer 23

T

Question 24

The purpose for manipulation in an experiment is to eliminate the directionality problem

Answer 24

T

Question 25

An experiment the number of treatment condition correspond to the number of independent variable

Answer 25

T

Question 26

An experiment the researcher can shows extraneous variables in attempt to eliminate the third variable problem

Answer 26

T

Question 27

An extraneous variable can be eliminated completely by holding it constant

Answer 27

T

Question 28

Randomization guarantees against confounding

Answer 28

F

Question 29

And experiment compare a treatment group with a treatment control group has no independent variable

Answer 29

F

Question 30

Or experiments must have either a non-treatment group control group or placebo control group

Answer 30

F

Question 31

Using an explicit measure of dependent variable is a way to check the manipulation

Answer 31

F

Question 32

Simulation in the field study are used to increase the external identity of experiment

Answer 32

T

Question 33

One characteristic between subject design is a data consist exactly one score for each subject

Answer 33

T

Question 34

A Between subject experiment with 25 scores in treatment one and 25 scores in treatment two must have a total of 25 participants in experiment

Answer 34

F

Question 35

Between subject designs are often called, repeated measures design

Answer 35

F

Question 36

What vantage of a between subject design is that each score is completely independent of the other scores in the data

Answer 36

T

Question 37

What vantage of a between subject design is that they require small number paricpants

Answer 37

F