Module 1 Exam

A  Falsifiability

B  Skepticism

C  Temporal precedence

D  Illusory correlation

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

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

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

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  Describing behavior

B  Understanding behavior

C  Predicting behavior

D  Determining the causes of behavior

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

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

C  “Measurement of reaction times to different colored lights”

D  “Cognitive factors influencing logical reasoning”

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 considered more valuable than basic research.

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

A  Data play a central role.

B  Science is adversarial.

C  Scientists are not alone.

D  Scientific evidence is peer reviewed.

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  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  supported by the results.

C  neither supported nor challenged by the results.

D  established as a fact and cannot be challenged.

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

B  search for biographies of authors alone

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 results section

C  The method section

D  The introduction

A  The results section

B  The introduction

C  The method section

D  The abstract

A  prediction

B  hypothesis

C  forecast

D  axiom

A  Annual Review of Psychology

B  PsycINFO

C  Social Science Citation Index

D  Psychological Abstracts

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  research question

B  prediction

C  moral judgement

D  theory

A  The results section

B  The introduction

C  The discussion section

D  The method section

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

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

C  It can be accessed only through Internet Explorer.

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  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  directive research

B  inquisition

C  serendipity

D  purposeful research

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

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  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.

A  supported

B  unalterable

C  ambiguous

D  tentative

A  The results section

B  The bibliography

C  The references section

D  The method section

A  past research works

B  myths

C  practical problems

D  theories

A  The introduction

B  The method section

C  The results section

D  The discussion section

A  The method section

B  The abstract

C  The results section

D  The bibliography

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

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

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

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  Representing another’s work as one’s own

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

D  Paraphrasing the actual words of another source without citation

A  SWOT

B  life-cycle cost

C  risk-benefit

D  cost-benefit

A  Statutory loss

B  Monetary loss

C  Loss of responsibility

D  Loss of confidentiality

A  responsibility

B  beneficence

C  justice

D  integrity

A  blind obedience

B  memory and learning

C  the effects of electric shock

D  the effects of punishment

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  A newspaper publishes articles that did not have substantial authenticity.

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

A  Belmont Report

B  Greek Myths

C  Red Data Book

D  Institutional Review Board

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

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  animals were used while conducting experiments for the research.

A  maximum risk

B  minimal risk

C  fraudulent

D  exempt

A  program evaluation

B  basic research

C  performance appraisal

D  theoretical research

A  the effects of punishment

B  obedience to authority

C  the effects of electric shock

D  memory and learning

A  Detailed

B  Substantial

C  Word-for-Word

D  Paraphrasing

A  fraud

B  assault

C  plagiarism

D  liason

A  cost-benefit analysis

B  simulation study

C  debriefing session

D  evaluative study

A  method

B  results

C  dicussion

D  introduction