Module 1 Exam

A  Temporal precedence

B  Skepticism

C  Illusory correlation

D  Falsifiability

A  relies on the fundamental sciences such as chemistry or biology, whereas applied research relies on the social sciences such as psychology or sociology.

B  focuses on fundamental questions, often of a theoretical nature, whereas applied research focuses on identifying and resolving practical problems.

C  focuses on identifying and resolving practical problems, whereas applied research focuses on fundamental questions, often of a theoretical nature.

D  relies on the social sciences such as psychology or sociology, whereas applied research relies on the fundamental sciences such as chemistry or biology.

A  Determining the causes of behavior

B  Describing behavior

C  Understanding behavior

D  Predicting behavior

A  “Measurement of reaction times to different colored lights”

B  “Increasing recycling of styrofoam containers: A test at an amusement park”

C  “Cognitive factors influencing logical reasoning”

D  “The influence of a food reward on maze running behavior in kittens”

A  It is considered more valuable than basic research.

B  It is often guided by the findings of basic research.

C  It is of value only if the results are published.

D  It is designed to answer fundamental questions about the nature of behavior.

A  Scientific evidence is peer reviewed.

B  Scientists are not alone.

C  Science is adversarial.

D  Data play a central role.

A  Researcher’s funding source

B  Reputation of the institution represented by the individual

C  Credentials of the individual

D  Methods of study used by the researcher

A  Providing an objective set of rules for gathering and evaluating information

B  Providing an objective set of rules for reporting information

C  Recommending whether a study should be published or not

D  Making scientific evidence obtainable

A  supported by the results.

B  established as a fact and cannot be challenged.

C  proven to be a hypothesis.

D  neither supported nor challenged by the results.

A  locate published works on a particular topic on the entire Internet

B  search for biographies of authors alone

C  purchase a research paper or a scholarly journal for his or her own use

D  search for psychology related articles only

A  The introduction

B  The method section

C  The discussion section

D  The results section

A  The method section

B  The introduction

C  The abstract

D  The results section

A  prediction

B  axiom

C  hypothesis

D  forecast

A  Psychological Abstracts

B  Social Science Citation Index

C  PsycINFO

D  Annual Review of Psychology

A  The average social desirability rating for attractive individuals was 6.4; however, the average rating for unattractive individuals was 3.2.

B  The difference between social desirability ratings of attractive versus unattractive individuals may be explained by the Cognitive Consistency Theory.

C  Past research suggests that differences exist in ratings of social desirability assigned to attractive versus unattractive individuals.

D  Future research should examine the effect of attractiveness on judgments of criminal behavior.

A  research question

B  prediction

C  moral judgement

D  theory

A  The results section

B  The discussion section

C  The introduction

D  The method section

A  It is a paid service which requires an annual subscription.

B  It includes content from published works solely in the field of psychology and related sciences.

C  It can be accessed only through Internet Explorer.

D  It ranks a search output by the contents of an article along with its overall prominence.

A  It cannot be modified to account for new data.

B  It can only be expressed as a mathematical formula.

C  It is invariably the same as a hypothesis.

D  It is used to organize and explain specific facts.

A  should only be done if a theory has been developed

B  is valuable because such notions often turn out to be incorrect

C  is of little value because it consists of things we already know are true

D  never results in new knowledge

A  inquisition

B  purposeful research

C  serendipity

D  directive research

A  Contrary to popular belief, in groups of mixed gender, men talk more than women, interrupt more than women, and are more likely to direct discussion topics.

B  While three men and three women discussed an issue, an experimenter measured time spent talking by using a stopwatch.

C  For men, the average time spent talking was 10.7 minutes while for women the average was 7.4 minutes.

D  Past research shows that men generally talk more than women.

A  tentative

B  unalterable

C  ambiguous

D  supported

A  The method section

B  The results section

C  The references section

D  The bibliography

A  practical problems

B  theories

C  past research works

D  myths

A  The introduction

B  The discussion section

C  The results section

D  The method section

A  The abstract

B  The method section

C  The bibliography

D  The results section

A  The investigator withholds information that does not affect the decision to participate.

B  The experimenter disguises the true purpose of a laboratory experiment.

C  The researcher provides too much information about a study to the participants.

D  The participants disagree to fill in the informed consent form.

A  Representing another’s work as one’s own

B  Including a personal idea or finding into one’s own research

C  Including a sentence that is copied without using quotation marks and a reference citation

D  Paraphrasing the actual words of another source without citation

A  cost-benefit

B  risk-benefit

C  life-cycle cost

D  SWOT

A  Monetary loss

B  Loss of confidentiality

C  Loss of responsibility

D  Statutory loss

A  beneficence

B  integrity

C  justice

D  responsibility

A  memory and learning

B  the effects of punishment

C  the effects of electric shock

D  blind obedience

A  Berta misplaces the money that her mother gave her as a loan.

B  A manager is accused of sexual harassment by his secretary.

C  Jimmy is arrested by the police for robbing an old woman’s house.

D  A newspaper publishes articles that did not have substantial authenticity.

A  Institutional Review Board

B  Greek Myths

C  Belmont Report

D  Red Data Book

A  the researcher has used any form of survey to collect the data.

B  animals were used while conducting experiments for the research.

C  participants were not debriefed after the completion of the study.

D  the data has been changed in order to support the hypotheses.

A  minimal risk

B  maximum risk

C  fraudulent

D  exempt

A  basic research

B  program evaluation

C  theoretical research

D  performance appraisal

A  the effects of punishment

B  the effects of electric shock

C  memory and learning

D  obedience to authority

A  Detailed

B  Word-for-Word

C  Substantial

D  Paraphrasing

A  liason

B  assault

C  fraud

D  plagiarism

A  debriefing session

B  evaluative study

C  cost-benefit analysis

D  simulation study

A  introduction

B  dicussion

C  method

D  results