Module 1 Exam

A  Temporal precedence

B  Falsifiability

C  Illusory correlation

D  Skepticism

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

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

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

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

A  Predicting behavior

B  Describing behavior

C  Determining the causes of behavior

D  Understanding behavior

A  “Measurement of reaction times to different colored lights”

B  “Cognitive factors influencing logical reasoning”

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

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

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

B  It is considered more valuable than basic research.

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

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

A  Data play a central role.

B  Scientific evidence is peer reviewed.

C  Science is adversarial.

D  Scientists are not alone.

A  Credentials of the individual

B  Reputation of the institution represented by the individual

C  Methods of study used by the researcher

D  Researcher’s funding source

A  Providing an objective set of rules for reporting information

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

C  Making scientific evidence obtainable

D  Recommending whether a study should be published or not

A  established as a fact and cannot be challenged.

B  proven to be a hypothesis.

C  neither supported nor challenged by the results.

D  supported by the results.

A  search for psychology related articles only

B  search for biographies of authors alone

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

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

A  The results section

B  The discussion section

C  The method section

D  The introduction

A  The method section

B  The results section

C  The abstract

D  The introduction

A  forecast

B  axiom

C  prediction

D  hypothesis

A  Social Science Citation Index

B  Psychological Abstracts

C  PsycINFO

D  Annual Review of Psychology

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

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

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

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

A  moral judgement

B  prediction

C  theory

D  research question

A  The discussion section

B  The introduction

C  The method section

D  The results section

A  It can be accessed only through Internet Explorer.

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

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

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

A  It is invariably the same as a hypothesis.

B  It is used to organize and explain specific facts.

C  It cannot be modified to account for new data.

D  It can only be expressed as a mathematical formula.

A  should only be done if a theory has been developed

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

C  never results in new knowledge

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

A  directive research

B  serendipity

C  purposeful research

D  inquisition

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

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  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.

A  ambiguous

B  unalterable

C  supported

D  tentative

A  The bibliography

B  The references section

C  The results section

D  The method section

A  myths

B  practical problems

C  past research works

D  theories

A  The introduction

B  The results section

C  The discussion section

D  The method section

A  The bibliography

B  The abstract

C  The results section

D  The method section

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

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

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

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

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

B  Paraphrasing the actual words of another source without citation

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

D  Representing another’s work as one’s own

A  life-cycle cost

B  SWOT

C  cost-benefit

D  risk-benefit

A  Monetary loss

B  Statutory loss

C  Loss of confidentiality

D  Loss of responsibility

A  responsibility

B  integrity

C  beneficence

D  justice

A  memory and learning

B  the effects of electric shock

C  the effects of punishment

D  blind obedience

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

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

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

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

A  Red Data Book

B  Institutional Review Board

C  Belmont Report

D  Greek Myths

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

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

C  animals were used while conducting experiments for the research.

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

A  fraudulent

B  minimal risk

C  maximum risk

D  exempt

A  performance appraisal

B  theoretical research

C  basic research

D  program evaluation

A  obedience to authority

B  memory and learning

C  the effects of electric shock

D  the effects of punishment

A  Paraphrasing

B  Word-for-Word

C  Substantial

D  Detailed

A  plagiarism

B  fraud

C  assault

D  liason

A  cost-benefit analysis

B  simulation study

C  evaluative study

D  debriefing session

A  dicussion

B  results

C  method

D  introduction