Module 1 Exam

A  Falsifiability

B  Illusory correlation

C  Temporal precedence

D  Skepticism

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

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

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

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  Describing behavior

B  Understanding behavior

C  Predicting behavior

D  Determining the causes of behavior

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

B  “Cognitive factors influencing logical reasoning”

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

D  “Measurement of reaction times to different colored lights”

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

B  It is considered more valuable than 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  Data play a central role.

C  Science is adversarial.

D  Scientists are not alone.

A  Reputation of the institution represented by the individual

B  Credentials of the individual

C  Researcher’s funding source

D  Methods of study used by the researcher

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  neither supported nor challenged by the results.

B  supported by the results.

C  proven to be a hypothesis.

D  established as a fact and cannot be challenged.

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 introduction

B  The method section

C  The discussion section

D  The results section

A  The abstract

B  The method section

C  The introduction

D  The results section

A  prediction

B  axiom

C  hypothesis

D  forecast

A  PsycINFO

B  Annual Review of Psychology

C  Social Science Citation Index

D  Psychological Abstracts

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

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

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

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

A  prediction

B  research question

C  theory

D  moral judgement

A  The introduction

B  The method section

C  The discussion section

D  The results 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 is used to organize and explain specific facts.

B  It can only be expressed as a mathematical formula.

C  It is invariably the same as a hypothesis.

D  It cannot be modified to account for new data.

A  should only be done if a theory has been developed

B  never results in new knowledge

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

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

A  directive research

B  purposeful research

C  serendipity

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  tentative

B  supported

C  unalterable

D  ambiguous

A  The method section

B  The bibliography

C  The results section

D  The references section

A  practical problems

B  myths

C  past research works

D  theories

A  The introduction

B  The results section

C  The discussion section

D  The method section

A  The results section

B  The method section

C  The bibliography

D  The abstract

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

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

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

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

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

B  Paraphrasing the actual words of another source without citation

C  Representing another’s work as one’s own

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

A  SWOT

B  life-cycle cost

C  risk-benefit

D  cost-benefit

A  Loss of confidentiality

B  Loss of responsibility

C  Monetary loss

D  Statutory loss

A  responsibility

B  beneficence

C  justice

D  integrity

A  blind obedience

B  memory and learning

C  the effects of electric shock

D  the effects of punishment

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

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

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

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

A  Belmont Report

B  Greek Myths

C  Institutional Review Board

D  Red Data Book

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

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

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

D  animals were used while conducting experiments for the research.

A  maximum risk

B  exempt

C  fraudulent

D  minimal risk

A  basic research

B  program evaluation

C  performance appraisal

D  theoretical research

A  the effects of electric shock

B  obedience to authority

C  the effects of punishment

D  memory and learning

A  Word-for-Word

B  Detailed

C  Substantial

D  Paraphrasing

A  liason

B  assault

C  fraud

D  plagiarism

A  cost-benefit analysis

B  evaluative study

C  debriefing session

D  simulation study

A  method

B  dicussion

C  results

D  introduction