Module 7 Quiz

A  They also have good construct validity for the dependent variable.

B  They tend to use more participants.

C  The manipulations have been previously validated in the lab.

D  They use real-world manipulations/experiences.

A  Does parent-training therapy lead to better parenting skills?

B  Does therapy improve coping skills following exposure to a natural disaster?

C  Do people diagnosed with a mental illness have poorer social abilities?

D  Does watching violent movies cause increases in acceptability of aggression?

A  regression to the mean

B  demand characteristics

C  attrition

D  instrumentation

A  a person diagnosed with schizophrenia

B  a person suffering from a cold

C  a psychology student

D  a college student

A  cultural psychology replications done on the topic

B  collection of the scientific literature on a topic

C  only direct replications

D  publication of the topic in the popular media

A  Each person in a small-N design is treated as a separate experiment

B  Small-N designs determine whether a finding is replicable by doing a test of statistical significance.

C  Data from small-N designs are presented as averages.

D  Data from small-N designs are grouped together.

A  interrupted time-series design

B  stable-baseline design

C  multiple-baseline design

D  reversal design

A  experimental realism

B  everyday realism

C  cultural realism

D  mundane realism

A  They are high in ecological validity.

B  They have a high degree of internal validity.

C  They are more important than studies conducted in laboratories.

D  They automatically generalize to other situations.

A  Small-N designs have better experimental control.

B  Small-N designs take advantage of unique cases.

C  Small-N designs have fewer threats to internal validity.

D  Small-N designs generalize to larger groups of individuals.

A  Meta-analyses allow researchers to examine the strength of a relationship.

B  Meta-analyses are immune to threats to internal validity.

C  Meta-analyses eliminate the need for replications.

D  Meta-analyses always take less time to conduct.

A  “A majority of women report considering infidelity at least once during their marriages.”

B  “Men are more likely than women to report considering infidelity.”

C  “Being exposed to attractive individuals increases thoughts of infidelity.”

D  “Parental divorce is associated with greater likelihood of infidelity.”

A  association claims

B  causal claims

C  experimental claims

D  frequency claims

A  The replication was done incorrectly.

B  The independent researcher’s study is superior.

C  The importance of the finding should be interpreted cautiously.

D  The topic should no longer be researched.

A  its duration and its sample size

B  its design and its results

C  its statistical significance and its practical significance

D  its importance and its external validity

A  Measure daily stress and cardiovascular health in several new samples of participants.

B  Journal her own daily stress level.

C  Collect all the studies that have been conducted on daily stress and cardiovascular health.

D  Determine the average cardiovascular health of undergraduates at her university.

A  ecological validity

B  the lack of reporting significant findings

C  the file drawer problem

D  the need for overestimation

A  secondary replication.

B  conceptual replication.

C  direct replication.

D  replication-plus-extension.

A  Dr. LaGuardia would have likely collected other additional dependent measures.

B  Dr. LaGuardia would have likely selected a topic where he expected a small effect size.

C  Dr. LaGuardia would not have compared participants’ performance on the Facial Recognition Test to other groups.

D  Dr. LaGuardia would have collected fewer types of data.

A  maturation threat

B  history threat

C  design confounds

D  regression to the mean

A  Because Dr. LaGuardia’s study is a quasi-experiment, it is impossible to obtain external validity.

B  Because Dr. LaGuardia selected participants who actually experienced concussions, the study has strong external validity.

C  Because Dr. LaGuardia’s dependent variable was assessed in the laboratory, the study has limited external validity.

D  Because Dr. LaGuardia selected a widely used measure, their study generalizes to other applications of this measure.

A  selection-history threat.

B  testing threat.

C  selection threat.

D  history threat.

A  experimenter bias

B  selection-history

C  history

D  testing

A  interrupted time-series design.

B  nonequivalent control group design.

C  nonequivalent groups interrupted time-series design.

D  multiple-baseline design.

A  construct validity

B  statistical validity

C  external validity

D  internal validity

A  p-hacking

B  under reporting null effects

C  file drawer problems

D  HARKing

A  replication-plus extension

B  direct replication

C  indirect replication

D  conceptual replication

A  direct replication

B  conceptual replication

C  replication-plus-extension

D  additional replication

A  provide open data

B  provide open materials

C  use a large sample size

D  pre-register their study

A  generalizability; statistical validity

B  replication; construct validity

C  construct validity; statistical validity

D  statistical validity; replication

A  internal validity; external validity

B  statistical validity; external validity

C  construct validity; statistical validity

D  internal validity; statistical validity

A  the independent variable in the study

B  the dependent variable in the study

C  the moderators used in the study

D  the procedures of the study

A  nonequivalent control group pretest/posttest design.

B  multiple baseline design.

C  stable baseline design.

D  reversal design.

A  The facial feedback effect is stronger than originally hypothesized.

B  The replications were conceptual; therefore we cannot conclude anything about the hypothesis.

C  The facial feedback effect is approximately the same as hypothesized.

D  The facial feedback effect was not supported by the replications.

A  before developing hypotheses

B  after publication

C  before data collection

D  after replication

A  interrupted time-series design.

B  reversal design.

C  stable-baseline design.

D  multiple-baseline design.

A  statistical; external

B  external; statistical

C  internal; external

D  external; internal

A  Cultural

B  Clinical

C  Social

D  Experimental