Module 1 Exam

A  Falsifiability

B  Temporal precedence

C  Illusory correlation

D  Skepticism

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

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

A  Describing behavior

B  Understanding behavior

C  Predicting behavior

D  Determining the causes of behavior

A  “Cognitive factors influencing logical reasoning”

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

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

D  “Measurement of reaction times to different colored lights”

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

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 considered more valuable than basic research.

A  Data play a central role.

B  Scientists are not alone.

C  Science is adversarial.

D  Scientific evidence is peer reviewed.

A  Credentials of the individual

B  Methods of study used by the researcher

C  Reputation of the institution represented by the individual

D  Researcher’s funding source

A  Providing an objective set of rules for reporting information

B  Making scientific evidence obtainable

C  Recommending whether a study should be published or not

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

A  neither supported nor challenged by the results.

B  supported by the results.

C  established as a fact and cannot be challenged.

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 results section

B  The method section

C  The discussion section

D  The introduction

A  The method section

B  The results section

C  The introduction

D  The abstract

A  axiom

B  hypothesis

C  prediction

D  forecast

A  Annual Review of Psychology

B  Psychological Abstracts

C  PsycINFO

D  Social Science Citation Index

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

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

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

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

A  moral judgement

B  prediction

C  theory

D  research question

A  The introduction

B  The method section

C  The results section

D  The discussion section

A  It can be accessed only through Internet Explorer.

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

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

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

A  It can only be expressed as a mathematical formula.

B  It cannot be modified to account for new data.

C  It is invariably the same as a hypothesis.

D  It is used to organize and explain specific facts.

A  never results in new knowledge

B  should only be done if a theory has been developed

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

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

A  purposeful research

B  serendipity

C  inquisition

D  directive research

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

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  ambiguous

B  supported

C  unalterable

D  tentative

A  The references section

B  The bibliography

C  The method section

D  The results section

A  theories

B  myths

C  practical problems

D  past research works

A  The method section

B  The introduction

C  The results section

D  The discussion section

A  The bibliography

B  The method section

C  The results section

D  The abstract

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

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 personal idea or finding into one’s own research

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

A  life-cycle cost

B  SWOT

C  cost-benefit

D  risk-benefit

A  Statutory loss

B  Loss of responsibility

C  Monetary loss

D  Loss of confidentiality

A  integrity

B  responsibility

C  justice

D  beneficence

A  the effects of electric shock

B  the effects of punishment

C  memory and learning

D  blind obedience

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

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

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

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

A  Greek Myths

B  Institutional Review Board

C  Red Data Book

D  Belmont Report

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

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

C  animals were used while conducting experiments for the research.

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

A  maximum risk

B  exempt

C  minimal risk

D  fraudulent

A  theoretical research

B  performance appraisal

C  basic research

D  program evaluation

A  the effects of electric shock

B  the effects of punishment

C  obedience to authority

D  memory and learning

A  Detailed

B  Paraphrasing

C  Substantial

D  Word-for-Word

A  fraud

B  liason

C  assault

D  plagiarism

A  cost-benefit analysis

B  evaluative study

C  debriefing session

D  simulation study

A  introduction

B  method

C  dicussion

D  results