Module 1 Exam

A  Skepticism

B  Illusory correlation

C  Temporal precedence

D  Falsifiability

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

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

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

A  Predicting behavior

B  Determining the causes of 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  “The influence of a food reward on maze running behavior in kittens”

D  “Cognitive factors influencing logical reasoning”

A  It is considered more valuable than basic research.

B  It is often guided by the findings of 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  Data play a central role.

B  Scientific evidence is peer reviewed.

C  Scientists are not alone.

D  Science is adversarial.

A  Methods of study used by the researcher

B  Reputation of the institution represented by the individual

C  Researcher’s funding source

D  Credentials of the individual

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  established as a fact and cannot be challenged.

B  supported by the results.

C  neither supported nor challenged by the results.

D  proven to be a hypothesis.

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

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

C  search for biographies of authors alone

D  search for psychology related articles only

A  The method section

B  The discussion section

C  The introduction

D  The results section

A  The introduction

B  The method section

C  The results section

D  The abstract

A  prediction

B  axiom

C  forecast

D  hypothesis

A  Social Science Citation Index

B  Psychological Abstracts

C  PsycINFO

D  Annual Review of Psychology

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

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

A  prediction

B  research question

C  moral judgement

D  theory

A  The discussion section

B  The results section

C  The introduction

D  The method section

A  It can be accessed only through Internet Explorer.

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

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

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

A  It can only be expressed as a mathematical formula.

B  It is invariably the same as a hypothesis.

C  It cannot be modified to account for new data.

D  It is used to organize and explain specific facts.

A  never results in new knowledge

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  is valuable because such notions often turn out to be incorrect

A  serendipity

B  directive research

C  purposeful research

D  inquisition

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

B  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.

C  While three men and three women discussed an issue, an experimenter measured time spent talking by using a stopwatch.

D  Past research shows that men generally talk more than women.

A  tentative

B  ambiguous

C  supported

D  unalterable

A  The results section

B  The bibliography

C  The references section

D  The method section

A  theories

B  past research works

C  myths

D  practical problems

A  The discussion section

B  The results section

C  The introduction

D  The method section

A  The results section

B  The abstract

C  The bibliography

D  The method section

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  Representing another’s work as one’s own

D  Paraphrasing the actual words of another source without citation

A  cost-benefit

B  life-cycle cost

C  risk-benefit

D  SWOT

A  Loss of responsibility

B  Loss of confidentiality

C  Statutory loss

D  Monetary loss

A  responsibility

B  integrity

C  justice

D  beneficence

A  the effects of electric shock

B  the effects of punishment

C  memory and learning

D  blind obedience

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

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

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

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

A  Institutional Review Board

B  Belmont Report

C  Red Data Book

D  Greek Myths

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

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

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

D  animals were used while conducting experiments for the research.

A  fraudulent

B  minimal risk

C  maximum risk

D  exempt

A  basic research

B  performance appraisal

C  theoretical research

D  program evaluation

A  the effects of electric shock

B  the effects of punishment

C  memory and learning

D  obedience to authority

A  Word-for-Word

B  Paraphrasing

C  Substantial

D  Detailed

A  plagiarism

B  assault

C  liason

D  fraud

A  cost-benefit analysis

B  debriefing session

C  simulation study

D  evaluative study

A  dicussion

B  results

C  introduction

D  method