Quiz Bank 2 cont'd

Question 1

Simply expecting something to happen can make it happen. This describes ________.

Answer 1

placebo effect

Question 2

The ________ is controlled by the experimenter.

Answer 2

independent variable

Question 3

Harrison et al. are conducting a study assessing the ability of depressed versus non-depressed participants to remember negative emotions in a short story about a family whose car breaks down. They plan to ask participants to read the story and then make a list of the emotions expressed in the story. Before beginning the study, they make a list of negative emotions (e.g., sadness and anger) that they will record from the participants’ responses. In this example, negative emotions are the ________.

Answer 3

dependent variable

Question 4

A sample that_____ is most likely to yield generalizable results.

Answer 4

is large and randomly selected

Question 5

A(n) ________ is conducted in order to determine whether there are meaningful differences between two groups in a study.

Answer 5

statistical analysis

Question 6

Peer reviewers ________.

Answer 6

help ensure quality control in reporting scientific findings

Question 7

________ refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result.

Answer 7

reliability

Question 7

________ is the tendency to ignore evidence that disproves ideas or beliefs.

Answer 7

confirmation bias

Question 8

________ refers to the ability of an instrument or tool to accurately measure what it is supposed to measure.

Answer 8

validity

Question 9

Ethics need to be considered when ________ scientific research.

Answer 9

designing, conducting, and reviewing

Question 10

________ are the most commonly used species for animal research.

Answer 10

rodents

Question 11

An upper-level psychology class is conducting an experiment on racial prejudice that involves having participants rate the likeability of faces in a set of photos. However, they tell participants that the study is about the effects of aging on likeability. When participants are finished, they are thanked for their time and leave the experiment. In this example, the class forgot to ________ in order to resolve the ________ in the study.

Answer 11

debrief participants; deception

Question 12

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was ethically problematic because ________.

Answer 12

Participants were not available to seek treatment.

Question 13

________ are subjects of psychological research.

Answer 13

participants

Question 14

The ________ variable measures effects of the independent variable.

Answer 14

dependent

Question 15

A major advantage of case studies is ________.

Answer 15

detailed information

Question 16

________ is/are often conducted with large numbers of participants and can even be conducted by phone, email, or mail.

Answer 16

surverys

Question 17

A(n) ________ case study is conducted by gathering detailed information about participants who are psychological patients.

Answer 17

clinical

Question 18

The only way to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables is to conduct a(n) ________.

Answer 18

experiment

Question 19

The scientific process is ________, involving both inductive and deductive reasoning.

Answer 19

circular