quiz 1

Question 1

What type of research is-
-Knowledge for knowledge sake
-conducted to evaluate theories or answer empirical questions
-little emphasis on application to real-world problems

Answer 1

Basic Research

Question 2

What type of research is motivated by a desire to improve a real world problem

Answer 2

applied research

Question 3

What specific type of applied research uses theory or previous research to address problems in the real world

Answer 3

translational research

Question 4

How are basic and applied research related?

Answer 4

-substantial overlap between basic and applied research
-each type of research has implications for the other

Question 5

Is Asch’s conformity study an example of basic or applied research?

Answer 5

basic

Question 6

Is using norms to decrease alcohol use an example of basic or applied research?

Answer 6

Applied researchI

Question 7

Is group identification & norms an example of basic or applied research?

Answer 7

basic

Question 8

What are the four goals of science?

Answer 8

Description
Explanation
Prediction
Control

Question 9

Which of the four goals of science the lowest level?

Answer 9

Description

Question 10

Which of the four goals of science is described by asking:
-What happens? How do people behave?
-How do people differ from one another?
-How does the same person’s behavior differ from one situation to another?

Answer 10

Description.

Question 11

Which of the four goals of science is described by asking:
-Why does it happen?
-Why do people respond differently to the same situation?
-why does the same person respond differently to different situations?

Answer 11

Explanation

Question 12

Which of the four goals of science is described by asking:
-when will a person engage in this behavior?
-which person will engage in the behavior?

Answer 12

Prediction

Question 13

Which of the four goals of science is described by asking:
-Can we get someone to engage in the behavior?
-Can we stop someone from engaging in the behavior?

Answer 13

Control

Question 14

Which of the four goals of science is the highest level and most difficult?

Answer 14

control

Question 15

A study to test how effective “Rams take Care, Rams take Action” is at encouraging students to intervene in alcohol poisoning is what type of research?

Answer 15

Applied because it is trying to solve a real world problem.

Question 16

Why are scientist empiricists?

Answer 16

They rely on data

Question 17

Science is:
a. Manipulating
b. observing
c. measuring
d. all of the above.

Answer 17

d. all of the above.

Question 18

something that can take on more than one value

Answer 18

Variable

Question 19

Which source includes a full report of a research study, including methodological details. Includes description of participants, procedures, and statistics?

Person who wrote the article collected the data.

Answer 19

Primary source

Question 20

Which source summarizes information from a primary source?

Answer 20

Secondary source

Question 21

-Suggest unobservable processes to explain why observable events occur
-more complex (multiple variables)
-include both observed and unoberved (inferred) variables
-explains the relationship between different variables

Answer 21

Theory

Question 22

simple (two or three variables)
-involves measured variables
-concrete and specific

Answer 22

Hypothesis

Question 22

What are the 3 criterias for inferring causality?

Answer 22

1. temporal sequencing (causes come before effects)
2. covariation (correlation)
3. Ruling out other possible explanations.

Question 22

which research design?
measures two or more variables and look for a relation among them

cannot infer causality

Answer 22

Correlational Research design

Question 23

which research design?
Manipulate one variable to see if it causes a change in another variable

possible to infer causality

Answer 23

experimental research design