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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Illusory correlation
B Falsifiability
C Temporal precedence
D Skepticism
Question #2
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.
Question #3
A Determining the causes of behavior
B Predicting behavior
C Describing behavior
D Understanding behavior
Question #4
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”
Question #5
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.
Question #6
A Scientific evidence is peer reviewed.
B Scientists are not alone.
C Data play a central role.
D Science is adversarial.
Question #7
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
Question #8
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
Question #9
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.
Question #10
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
Question #11
A The discussion section
B The method section
C The results section
D The introduction
Question #12
A The method section
B The results section
C The introduction
D The abstract
Question #13
A axiom
B hypothesis
C forecast
D prediction
Question #14
A Annual Review of Psychology
B PsycINFO
C Social Science Citation Index
D Psychological Abstracts
Question #15
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.
Question #16
A theory
B research question
C moral judgement
D prediction
Question #17
A The method section
B The introduction
C The discussion section
D The results section
Question #18
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.
Question #19
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.
Question #20
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
Question #21
A inquisition
B purposeful research
C directive research
D serendipity
Question #22
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.
Question #23
A supported
B ambiguous
C unalterable
D tentative
Question #24
A The references section
B The results section
C The bibliography
D The method section
Question #25
A past research works
B theories
C practical problems
D myths
Question #26
A The method section
B The discussion section
C The results section
D The introduction
Question #27
A The bibliography
B The method section
C The abstract
D The results section
Question #28
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.
Question #29
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
Question #30
A risk-benefit
B SWOT
C life-cycle cost
D cost-benefit
Question #31
A Loss of responsibility
B Statutory loss
C Monetary loss
D Loss of confidentiality
Question #32
A beneficence
B integrity
C justice
D responsibility
Question #33
A the effects of punishment
B memory and learning
C blind obedience
D the effects of electric shock
Question #34
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.
Question #35
A Red Data Book
B Greek Myths
C Institutional Review Board
D Belmont Report
Question #36
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.
Question #37
A fraudulent
B exempt
C minimal risk
D maximum risk
Question #38
A program evaluation
B basic research
C theoretical research
D performance appraisal
Question #39
A the effects of punishment
B the effects of electric shock
C obedience to authority
D memory and learning
Question #40
A Paraphrasing
B Word-for-Word
C Detailed
D Substantial
Question #41
A plagiarism
B liason
C assault
D fraud
Question #42
A debriefing session
B simulation study
C evaluative study
D cost-benefit analysis
Question #43
A method
B dicussion
C results
D introduction