Module 1 Quiz

A  you have cherry-picked information to support your conclusion.

B  your intuition is better than research.

C  research is probabilistic.

D  you have fallen prey to your blind spot bias.

A  to know what evidence people like best

B  to avoid falling into the pitfalls of personal biases

C  to identify the most intuitive explanations

D  to be able to sway people with a good story

A  How well did the experiments manipulate the variables?

B  To what populations can we generalize this claim?

C  Are the groups large enough to find a significant difference?

D  Did the researcher randomly assign participants?

A  “curbs”

B  “suggests a change”

C  “seems to decrease”

D  “is at higher risk of”

A  Hypotheses are used to determine if a theory is accurate.

B  Multiple theories are needed to test whether a hypothesis is accurate.

C  Hypotheses and theories are synonymous terms.

D  Theories are used to determine if a hypothesis is accurate.

A  Some psychological concepts cannot be operationally defined.

B  Operational definitions answer the question, “Why did the researchers measure this variable?”

C  Some psychological concepts are more difficult to operationally define than others.

D  Conceptual definition and operational definition mean the same thing.

A  an industrial-organizational psychologist who is interested in the components of job satisfaction

B  a sports psychologist who uses information on how we emotionally process victory to design an intervention for improving mental stamina during athletic performance

C  a clinical psychologist who examines the effectiveness of art therapy in decreasing symptoms of ADHD

D  a cognitive psychologist who examines people’s ability to distinguish between colors based on light exposure

A  an educational psychologist who examines how mindset (“intelligence is innate” or “intelligence can be achieved”) affects academic performance

B  a clinical psychologist who examines the effectiveness of drama therapy in helping children who have been abused

C  an experimental psychologist who examines people’s ability to perceive a “sweet” taste

D  an industrial-organizational psychologist who is interested in the components of job commitment

A  to share their findings with the general public

B  to have their results reviewed by other psychologists

C  to get money from the journals where their work appears

D  to gain attention by journalists

A  one that has one level

B  one that is measured

C  one that is kept constant

D  one that is manipulated

A  Teens spend too much time texting and driving.

B  Texting while driving is associated with poor impulse control.

C  Most drivers have reported texting while driving.

D  Texting interferes with a driver’s ability to pay attention.

A  empiricism

B  hypotheses

C  evidence-based treatment

D  translational research

A  strong negative associations

B  strong positive associations

C  neither strong positive associations nor strong negative associations

D  both strong positive associations and strong negative associations

A  Scientific findings never have commonsense explanations.

B  Good stories are not falsifiable.

C  A good story may not be supported by data.

D  A good story is never the true explanation for a scientific finding.

A  There is no problem with Vanessa’s reasoning.

B  Vanessa is biased because she sleeps in the same bed every night.

C  Vanessa’s belief that she sleeps better with music is not falsifiable.

D  Vanessa may be sleeping better because she is less distracted by studying and goes to bed sooner.

A  decreases internal validity.

B  increases internal validity.

C  strengthens your ability to make a frequency claim.

D  strengthens your ability to make a causal claim.

A  No, because you do not have a theory to support your hypothesis.

B  No, because you have not confirmed the presence of an imaginary friend for all children.

C  Yes, because all of the data are consistent with the hypothesis.

D  Yes, because there is no alternative explanation for these findings.

A  operational

B  causal

C  association

D  frequency

A  translational research.

B  applied research.

C  empirical research.

D  basic research.

A  the internal validity of the study

B  the external validity of the study

C  the temporal precedence of the study

D  the covariance of the study

A  the number of words remembered

B  the length of the distractor task

C  the number of words on the list

D  the content of the words

A  because he is a student, not a researcher

B  because the author of the study already did

C  because he has not taken statistics yet

D  because the study’s claim is an association claim

A  Dr. Ramon’s claim involves more variables than Dr. LaSalle’s claim.

B  Dr. LaSalle’s claim is the same as Dr. Ramon’s claim.

C  Dr. LaSalle’s claim makes a stronger statement than Dr. Ramon’s claim.

D  Dr. Ramon’s claim makes a stronger statement than Dr. LaSalle’s claim.

A  two

B  one

C  five

D  four

A  the number of researchers

B  effort put into playing the game

C  the gender of the participant

D  the type of game

A  clinical researchers

B  journalists

C  depressed patients

D  social workers

A  the publisher of the journal

B  the editor of the journal

C  Nadia, the author of the article

D  a panel of experts

A  “autism treatment” and “behavioral” and enter an age range of interest.

B  “autis*treatment.”

C  using the “or” function for all thesaurus synonyms for autism.

D  “autism spectrum disorder” or “treatment” or “symptom improvement.”

A  when they present all the evidence on a topic

B  when they have a scientific degree

C  when they based their opinions on their intuition

D  when they have conducted scientific research on the topic

A  questions.

B  answers.

C  research.

D  data.

A  results section of a journal article.

B  introduction of a journal article.

C  discussion section of a journal article.

D  method section of a journal article.

A  popular magazines

B  edited books

C  scientific journals

D  an expert’s dissertation

A  replication

B  skepticism

C  falsifiability

D  empiricism

A  reminding yourself that because you know about potential biases, you cannot fall prey to them

B  using common sense to understand scientific data

C  finding evidence that confirms your hypotheses

D  remaining objective as you interpret scientific data

A  research the credentials of the author of the popular media article

B  find and read the original scientific article

C  check that the popular media article includes the statistical significance of the results

D  determine whether the results fit within the theories you learned in your psychology classes

A  a review journal article

B  a trade book

C  a meta-analysis

D  a chapter in an edited book

A  communality

B  disinterestedness

C  universality

D  organized skepticism

A  It is provable.

B  It does not have a hypothesis.

C  It is not translational research.

D  It is not falsifiable.

A  causal association

B  positive association

C  zero association

D  negative association

A  confounds.

B  predictions.

C  biases.

D  hypotheses.

A  a chapter in an edited book.

B  a meta-analysis.

C  a PsycWiki.

D  a review journal article.

A  “The data provide support for my theory.”

B  “The data complicate my theory.”

C  “The data prove my theory.”

D  “My theory is generalizable.”

A  the availability heuristic.

B  overconfidence.

C  a present/present bias.

D  a confirmation bias.

A  do not require specialized education to read.

B  are hard to access.

C  are typically written for scientists.

D  are typically written by scientists.

A  outcome.

B  observation.

C  theory.

D  prediction.

A  confirmation bias

B  motivated thinking

C  faulty intuition

D  bias blind spot

A  compound research.

B  empirical research.

C  practical research.

D  translational research.

A  As study time increases, exam grades decreased.

B  As study time increased, exam grades increased at first and then decreased.

C  As study time increased, exam grades increased.

D  As study time increased, exam grades decreased at first and then increased.

A  the criterion of temporal precedence

B  the third-variable criterion

C  the criterion of external validity

D  the criterion of covariance

A  Application

B  Falsifiability

C  Theorizing

D  Empiricism