Module 1 Quiz

A  your intuition is better than research.

B  research is probabilistic.

C  you have fallen prey to your blind spot bias.

D  you have cherry-picked information to support your conclusion.

A  to know what evidence people like best

B  to be able to sway people with a good story

C  to avoid falling into the pitfalls of personal biases

D  to identify the most intuitive explanations

A  How well did the experiments manipulate the variables?

B  Are the groups large enough to find a significant difference?

C  Did the researcher randomly assign participants?

D  To what populations can we generalize this claim?

A  “is at higher risk of”

B  “curbs”

C  “seems to decrease”

D  “suggests a change”

A  Multiple theories are needed to test whether a hypothesis is accurate.

B  Theories are used to determine if a hypothesis is accurate.

C  Hypotheses are used to determine if a theory is accurate.

D  Hypotheses and theories are synonymous terms.

A  Some psychological concepts cannot be operationally defined.

B  Conceptual definition and operational definition mean the same thing.

C  Operational definitions answer the question, “Why did the researchers measure this variable?”

D  Some psychological concepts are more difficult to operationally define than others.

A  a cognitive psychologist who examines people’s ability to distinguish between colors based on light exposure

B  an industrial-organizational psychologist who is interested in the components of job satisfaction

C  a sports psychologist who uses information on how we emotionally process victory to design an intervention for improving mental stamina during athletic performance

D  a clinical psychologist who examines the effectiveness of art therapy in decreasing symptoms of ADHD

A  an experimental psychologist who examines people’s ability to perceive a “sweet” taste

B  a clinical psychologist who examines the effectiveness of drama therapy in helping children who have been abused

C  an industrial-organizational psychologist who is interested in the components of job commitment

D  an educational psychologist who examines how mindset (“intelligence is innate” or “intelligence can be achieved”) affects academic performance

A  to gain attention by journalists

B  to get money from the journals where their work appears

C  to have their results reviewed by other psychologists

D  to share their findings with the general public

A  one that is manipulated

B  one that has one level

C  one that is kept constant

D  one that is measured

A  Texting interferes with a driver’s ability to pay attention.

B  Teens spend too much time texting and driving.

C  Most drivers have reported texting while driving.

D  Texting while driving is associated with poor impulse control.

A  evidence-based treatment

B  hypotheses

C  translational research

D  empiricism

A  both strong positive associations and strong negative associations

B  neither strong positive associations nor strong negative associations

C  strong positive associations

D  strong negative associations

A  A good story may not be supported by data.

B  Scientific findings never have commonsense explanations.

C  Good stories are not falsifiable.

D  A good story is never the true explanation for a scientific finding.

A  Vanessa may be sleeping better because she is less distracted by studying and goes to bed sooner.

B  There is no problem with Vanessa’s reasoning.

C  Vanessa is biased because she sleeps in the same bed every night.

D  Vanessa’s belief that she sleeps better with music is not falsifiable.

A  decreases internal validity.

B  strengthens your ability to make a frequency claim.

C  strengthens your ability to make a causal claim.

D  increases internal validity.

A  Yes, because all of the data are consistent with the hypothesis.

B  No, because you do not have a theory to support your hypothesis.

C  Yes, because there is no alternative explanation for these findings.

D  No, because you have not confirmed the presence of an imaginary friend for all children.

A  operational

B  causal

C  association

D  frequency

A  applied research.

B  basic research.

C  empirical research.

D  translational research.

A  the external validity of the study

B  the temporal precedence of the study

C  the covariance of the study

D  the internal validity of the study

A  the length of the distractor task

B  the number of words on the list

C  the number of words remembered

D  the content of the words

A  because the author of the study already did

B  because he has not taken statistics yet

C  because the study’s claim is an association claim

D  because he is a student, not a researcher

A  Dr. LaSalle’s claim is the same as Dr. Ramon’s claim.

B  Dr. LaSalle’s claim makes a stronger statement than Dr. Ramon’s claim.

C  Dr. Ramon’s claim involves more variables than Dr. LaSalle’s claim.

D  Dr. Ramon’s claim makes a stronger statement than Dr. LaSalle’s claim.

A  five

B  two

C  four

D  one

A  the number of researchers

B  the type of game

C  effort put into playing the game

D  the gender of the participant

A  journalists

B  depressed patients

C  clinical researchers

D  social workers

A  Nadia, the author of the article

B  the publisher of the journal

C  a panel of experts

D  the editor of the journal

A  “autism treatment” and “behavioral” and enter an age range of interest.

B  using the “or” function for all thesaurus synonyms for autism.

C  “autism spectrum disorder” or “treatment” or “symptom improvement.”

D  “autis*treatment.”

A  when they based their opinions on their intuition

B  when they present all the evidence on a topic

C  when they have conducted scientific research on the topic

D  when they have a scientific degree

A  research.

B  questions.

C  answers.

D  data.

A  method section of a journal article.

B  discussion section of a journal article.

C  introduction of a journal article.

D  results section of a journal article.

A  popular magazines

B  an expert’s dissertation

C  scientific journals

D  edited books

A  empiricism

B  falsifiability

C  skepticism

D  replication

A  finding evidence that confirms your hypotheses

B  reminding yourself that because you know about potential biases, you cannot fall prey to them

C  remaining objective as you interpret scientific data

D  using common sense to understand scientific data

A  find and read the original scientific article

B  check that the popular media article includes the statistical significance of the results

C  research the credentials of the author of the popular media article

D  determine whether the results fit within the theories you learned in your psychology classes

A  a trade book

B  a chapter in an edited book

C  a review journal article

D  a meta-analysis

A  disinterestedness

B  universality

C  communality

D  organized skepticism

A  It is provable.

B  It is not translational research.

C  It is not falsifiable.

D  It does not have a hypothesis.

A  positive association

B  zero association

C  causal association

D  negative association

A  predictions.

B  biases.

C  confounds.

D  hypotheses.

A  a meta-analysis.

B  a PsycWiki.

C  a chapter in an edited book.

D  a review journal article.

A  “My theory is generalizable.”

B  “The data prove my theory.”

C  “The data provide support for my theory.”

D  “The data complicate my theory.”

A  a present/present bias.

B  a confirmation bias.

C  the availability heuristic.

D  overconfidence.

A  are typically written by scientists.

B  are hard to access.

C  do not require specialized education to read.

D  are typically written for scientists.

A  observation.

B  prediction.

C  outcome.

D  theory.

A  faulty intuition

B  bias blind spot

C  motivated thinking

D  confirmation bias

A  compound research.

B  practical research.

C  translational research.

D  empirical research.

A  As study time increased, exam grades increased at first and then decreased.

B  As study time increases, exam grades decreased.

C  As study time increased, exam grades increased.

D  As study time increased, exam grades decreased at first and then increased.

A  the third-variable criterion

B  the criterion of external validity

C  the criterion of temporal precedence

D  the criterion of covariance

A  Empiricism

B  Falsifiability

C  Theorizing

D  Application