Module 1 Exam

A  Illusory correlation

B  Skepticism

C  Falsifiability

D  Temporal precedence

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

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

A  Predicting behavior

B  Determining the causes of behavior

C  Describing behavior

D  Understanding behavior

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

B  “Measurement of reaction times to different colored lights”

C  “Cognitive factors influencing logical reasoning”

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

A  It is considered more valuable than basic research.

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

C  It is designed to answer fundamental questions about the nature of behavior.

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

A  Data play a central role.

B  Scientists are not alone.

C  Science is adversarial.

D  Scientific evidence is peer reviewed.

A  Reputation of the institution represented by the individual

B  Researcher’s funding source

C  Methods of study used by the researcher

D  Credentials of the individual

A  Making scientific evidence obtainable

B  Providing an objective set of rules for reporting information

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

D  Recommending whether a study should be published or not

A  supported by the results.

B  neither supported nor challenged by the results.

C  proven to be a hypothesis.

D  established as a fact and cannot be challenged.

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 psychology related articles only

D  search for biographies of authors alone

A  The discussion section

B  The results section

C  The introduction

D  The method section

A  The method section

B  The results section

C  The abstract

D  The introduction

A  forecast

B  hypothesis

C  prediction

D  axiom

A  Annual Review of Psychology

B  Psychological Abstracts

C  PsycINFO

D  Social Science Citation Index

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

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

A  moral judgement

B  theory

C  prediction

D  research question

A  The discussion section

B  The results section

C  The introduction

D  The method 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 is a paid service which requires an annual subscription.

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

A  It is invariably the same as a hypothesis.

B  It can only be expressed as a mathematical formula.

C  It cannot be modified to account for new data.

D  It is used to organize and explain specific facts.

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

B  should only be done if a theory has been developed

C  never results in new knowledge

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

A  inquisition

B  serendipity

C  purposeful research

D  directive research

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  unalterable

B  tentative

C  ambiguous

D  supported

A  The bibliography

B  The method section

C  The references section

D  The results section

A  past research works

B  practical problems

C  myths

D  theories

A  The introduction

B  The method section

C  The results section

D  The discussion section

A  The bibliography

B  The abstract

C  The results section

D  The method section

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

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

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

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

A  Paraphrasing the actual words of another source without citation

B  Representing another’s work as one’s own

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

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

A  SWOT

B  cost-benefit

C  risk-benefit

D  life-cycle cost

A  Loss of confidentiality

B  Statutory loss

C  Monetary loss

D  Loss of responsibility

A  responsibility

B  beneficence

C  justice

D  integrity

A  blind obedience

B  memory and learning

C  the effects of punishment

D  the effects of electric shock

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  Greek Myths

B  Belmont Report

C  Institutional Review Board

D  Red Data Book

A  animals were used while conducting experiments for the research.

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

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

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

A  fraudulent

B  minimal risk

C  exempt

D  maximum risk

A  theoretical research

B  program evaluation

C  basic research

D  performance appraisal

A  the effects of punishment

B  obedience to authority

C  memory and learning

D  the effects of electric shock

A  Substantial

B  Paraphrasing

C  Detailed

D  Word-for-Word

A  liason

B  fraud

C  assault

D  plagiarism

A  debriefing session

B  cost-benefit analysis

C  evaluative study

D  simulation study

A  introduction

B  method

C  dicussion

D  results