Research Report and Term Two Labs Flashcards
The important result in the class associative priming experiment was:
Select one:
a. The difference in lexical decision time between word pairs and nonword pairs.
b. The difference in lexical decision time between associated and unrelated word pairs.
c. Lexical decision time to associated word pairs.
d. The difference in lexical decision time between nonword pairs, word pairs, and mixed word and nonword pairs.
b. The difference in lexical decision time between associated and unrelated word pairs.
In the associative priming lab experiment we measured the time taken to decide whether a pair of letter strings were both words in English or contained at least one string that did not form a word in English. Which of the following results would provide evidence of associative priming?
Select one:
a. Correct responses to pairs comprising common words were faster than to pairs comprising less common words
b. Correct responses to associated word pairs were faster than correct responses to pairs of words that were not associated
c. Correct responses to pairs comprising a word and a non word were slower than responses where pairs of non words were displayed
d. Correct responses to pairs comprising words from a single category were faster than to pairs where the words comprising a pair were from different categories.
b. Correct responses to associated word pairs were faster than correct responses to pairs of words that were not associated
In which of the following situations is it safe to consider response time differences between conditions in an experiment as due to the manipulations in the experiment?
Select one:
a. When most errors occur in the fastest conditions
b. When participants perform perfectly making no errors
c. When the rationale underlying the research hypothesizes response time differences, error rates are irrelevant
d. In none of the situations listed here is it safe to conclude that experimental manipulations are the cause of response time differences.
d. In none of the situations listed here is it safe to conclude that experimental manipulations are the cause of response time differences.
Where response time is the dependent variable strategies by participants to trade speed for accuracy require error rates to be taken into account. In which of the following is it safe to conclude that response time differences between conditions in an experiment result from the experimental manipulations and not differences in speed-accuracy trade-off ?
Select one:
a. No errors are made in any condition
b. Errors are more common in the slower conditions
c. Errors are more common in the faster conditions
d. None of these alternatives permits valid conclusions to be drawn about the effects of the independent variable(s) on response times.
b. Errors are more common in the slower conditions
The class Stroop experiment we measured the time taken to read words,which were colour names, and to name the display colour of the words and the colour of a string of @@@@@. Given the purpose of the experiment which result(s) was/were important?
Select one:
a. Colour names displayed in black were read more quickly than colour names printed in varied colours
b. Naming the display colour of words which were colour names took more time than naming the display colour of a string of @@@@@
c. Regardless of colours word reading was faster than colour naming
d. All of the above results are important
b. Naming the display colour of words which were colour names took more time than naming the display colour of a string of @@@@@
The purpose of the class Stroop experiment where we measured the time taken to read aloud colour name words or name the print colour or words or a string of @@@@@ was to show that:
Select one:
a. word reading is faster than colour naming because reading is a more practiced skill than colour naming
b. print colour slows the reading of incongruous colour names quite strongly because conflicting information is always confusing
c. where the task is to name the print colour of words, colour naming is strongly impeded when print colour and word meaning conflict because word reading is automatic
d. word meaning has no effect on colour naming because colour naming is a basic skill acquired when toddlers learn to speak.
c. where the task is to name the print colour of words, colour naming is strongly impeded when print colour and word meaning conflict because word reading is automatic
In the operant conditioning lab you taught Sniffy to press a bar to get a food pellet. A cumulative record was used to indicate Sniffy’s progress. How would the cumulative records of slow and fast learning rats differ?
Select one:
a. the cumulative record of the fast rat would be steeper
b. the cumulative record of the slow rat would be steeper
c. there is nothing about a cumulative record to indicate speed of learning
d. both rats would display a saw tooth pattern
a. the cumulative record of the fast rat would be steeper
In the operant conditioning lab you taught Sniffy to press a bar to get a food pellet. A cumulative record was used to indicate Sniffy’s progress. A cumulative record plots the ______ _______ of bar presses (y-axis) as a function of ________ (X-axis).
Select one:
a. timing, number of bar presses
b. total number, training time
c. a saw tooth pattern, number of bar presses
d. number, food pellets delivered
b. total number, training time
In the class classical conditioning experiment Raro crystals were repeatedly placed on the tongue at the same time as the wrist was tapped. In this experiment the unconditioned stimulus was ___________ _____________ , the unconditioned response was ________________ ________________, the conditioned stimulus was ___________________ ______________ and the conditioned response was ___________ ______________.
Select one:
a. tap, Raro crystals, neutral stimulus, increased salivation
b. Raro crystals, pretest salivation level, tap, increased salivation
c. Raro crystals, increased salivation, tap, increased salivation
d. tap, probe response, Raro crystals, increased salivation
c. Raro crystals, increased salivation, tap, increased salivation
In the class classical conditioning experiment the placement of Raro crystals on the tongue was repeatedly paired with a tap on the desk or wrist. During extinction trials the experimenter continued to present the ___________ alone. During these trials salivation estimates _________________ until finally they approximated the _________________ levels.
Select one:
a. tap, increased (response burst) before declining, earliest acquisition trial
b. tap, declined, earliest acquisition trial
c. tap, declined, pretest
d. Raro crystals, declined, acquisition trial
c. tap, declined, pretest
In the class classical conditioning experiment the placement of Raro crystals on the tongue was repeatedly paired with a tap on the desk or wrist. However, before the conditioning trials began a pretest was conducted in which participants reported the amount of saliva in response to a neutral stimulus. To be confident that the pairing of the tap with the Raro crystals is the cause of the salivation response to the tap alone why is it necessary to run the pretest?
Select one:
a. To ensure that participants were practiced at estimating their saliva response before the real experimental trials began
b. To ensure that the experimenter fully understood procedures before the real experimental trials began
c. To provide a baseline measure of salivation response to the neutral stimulus against which a conditioned response could be compared
d. The pretest was not really necessary because a tap (on a desk or wrist) cannot cause salivation
c. To provide a baseline measure of salivation response to the neutral stimulus against which a conditioned response could be compared
In the class classical conditioning experiment the placement of Raro crystals on the tongue was repeatedly paired with a tap on the wrist. Which of the following patterns of results indicates that conditioning has occurred?
Select one:
a. The more often the neutral stimulus and the Raro crystals are paired the stronger the salivation response coupled with a statement by the participant that they unable to withold salivation when presented with the conditioned stimulus
b. The more often the neutral stimulus and the Raro crystals are paired the stronger the salivation response and a probe trial salivation response that is similar to the response to Raro crystals which occurred before the pairing trials began.
c. The more often the neutral stimulus and the Raro crystals are paired the stronger the salivation response.
d. The more often the neutral stimulus and the Raro crystals are paired the stronger the salivation response and a probe trial salivation response that exceeds response to the neutral stimulus before the pairing trials began.
d. The more often the neutral stimulus and the Raro crystals are paired the stronger the salivation response and a probe trial salivation response that exceeds response to the neutral stimulus before the pairing trials began.
In a research report how do psychology researchers reference published work they have consulted?
Select one:
a. By including every publication they have consulted in a Bibiliography
b. Through the use of numbered footnotes to identify only sources cited in a report
c. In a Reference list that organizes by number only the articles actually cited in the report
d. A alphabetic list, ordered by first author family name, of articles cited in the report
d. A alphabetic list, ordered by first author family name, of articles cited in the report
The References section of a psychology research report should contain
Select one:
a. only sources cited in the research report
b. every source you have read in the process of preparing your report
c. only sources that are referred to in footnotes throughout the research report
d. a reference list is not required. Reference sources should be given in footnotes at the bottom of each page
a. only sources cited in the research report
In which sections or subsections of your research report on the sustained attention experiment would the following most appropriately be included: the proportion of male participants; a brief summary of the research and the important conclusions a detailed description of stimuli used Select one: a. results; summary; appendix b. participants; abstract; method c. method; introduction; method d. participants, abstract, stimuli
d. participants, abstract, stimuli
