Module 1 Exam

A  Illusory correlation

B  Falsifiability

C  Temporal precedence

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

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

A  Determining the causes of behavior

B  Predicting behavior

C  Describing behavior

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

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

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

A  Scientific evidence is peer reviewed.

B  Scientists are not alone.

C  Data play a central role.

D  Science is adversarial.

A  Credentials of the individual

B  Researcher’s funding source

C  Reputation of the institution represented by the individual

D  Methods of study used by the researcher

A  Making scientific evidence obtainable

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

C  Providing an objective set of rules for reporting information

D  Recommending whether a study should be published or not

A  proven to be a hypothesis.

B  neither supported nor challenged by the results.

C  supported by the results.

D  established as a fact and cannot be challenged.

A  search for biographies of authors alone

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

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

D  search for psychology related articles only

A  The discussion section

B  The method section

C  The results section

D  The introduction

A  The method section

B  The results section

C  The introduction

D  The abstract

A  axiom

B  hypothesis

C  forecast

D  prediction

A  Annual Review of Psychology

B  PsycINFO

C  Social Science Citation Index

D  Psychological Abstracts

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

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

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

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

A  theory

B  research question

C  moral judgement

D  prediction

A  The method section

B  The introduction

C  The discussion section

D  The results section

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

B  It can be accessed only through Internet Explorer.

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

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

A  It is used to organize and explain specific facts.

B  It cannot be modified to account for new data.

C  It can only be expressed as a mathematical formula.

D  It is invariably the same as a hypothesis.

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

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

C  should only be done if a theory has been developed

D  never results in new knowledge

A  inquisition

B  purposeful research

C  directive research

D  serendipity

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  Past research shows that men generally talk more than women.

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

A  supported

B  ambiguous

C  unalterable

D  tentative

A  The references section

B  The results section

C  The bibliography

D  The method section

A  past research works

B  theories

C  practical problems

D  myths

A  The method section

B  The discussion section

C  The results section

D  The introduction

A  The bibliography

B  The method section

C  The abstract

D  The results 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 personal idea or finding into one’s own research

B  Representing another’s work as one’s own

C  Paraphrasing the actual words of another source without citation

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

A  risk-benefit

B  SWOT

C  life-cycle cost

D  cost-benefit

A  Loss of responsibility

B  Statutory loss

C  Monetary loss

D  Loss of confidentiality

A  beneficence

B  integrity

C  justice

D  responsibility

A  the effects of punishment

B  memory and learning

C  blind obedience

D  the effects of electric shock

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

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

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

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

A  Red Data Book

B  Greek Myths

C  Institutional Review Board

D  Belmont Report

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

B  animals were used while conducting experiments for the research.

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

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

A  fraudulent

B  exempt

C  minimal risk

D  maximum risk

A  program evaluation

B  basic research

C  theoretical research

D  performance appraisal

A  the effects of punishment

B  the effects of electric shock

C  obedience to authority

D  memory and learning

A  Paraphrasing

B  Word-for-Word

C  Detailed

D  Substantial

A  plagiarism

B  liason

C  assault

D  fraud

A  debriefing session

B  simulation study

C  evaluative study

D  cost-benefit analysis

A  method

B  dicussion

C  results

D  introduction