Module 1 Quiz

A  your intuition is better than research.

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

C  you have fallen prey to your blind spot bias.

D  research is probabilistic.

A  to identify the most intuitive explanations

B  to be able to sway people with a good story

C  to know what evidence people like best

D  to avoid falling into the pitfalls of personal biases

A  To what populations can we generalize this claim?

B  Did the researcher randomly assign participants?

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

D  How well did the experiments manipulate the variables?

A  “seems to decrease”

B  “curbs”

C  “suggests a change”

D  “is at higher risk of”

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

B  Hypotheses and theories are synonymous terms.

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

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

A  Conceptual definition and operational definition mean the same thing.

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

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

D  Some psychological concepts cannot be operationally defined.

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

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

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

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

A  to share their findings with the general public

B  to have their results reviewed by other psychologists

C  to gain attention by journalists

D  to get money from the journals where their work appears

A  one that is kept constant

B  one that is measured

C  one that has one level

D  one that is manipulated

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  empiricism

B  translational research

C  evidence-based treatment

D  hypotheses

A  strong negative associations

B  neither strong positive associations nor strong negative associations

C  strong positive associations

D  both strong positive associations and strong negative associations

A  Good stories are not falsifiable.

B  Scientific findings never have commonsense explanations.

C  A good story may not be supported by data.

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

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

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

C  There is no problem with Vanessa’s reasoning.

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  increases internal validity.

D  strengthens your ability to make a causal claim.

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

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

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

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

A  frequency

B  association

C  operational

D  causal

A  applied research.

B  empirical research.

C  basic research.

D  translational research.

A  the internal validity of the study

B  the external validity of the study

C  the temporal precedence of the study

D  the covariance of the study

A  the length of the distractor task

B  the number of words on the list

C  the content of the words

D  the number of words remembered

A  because he has not taken statistics yet

B  because the author of the study already did

C  because the study’s claim is an association claim

D  because he is a student, not a researcher

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

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

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

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

A  four

B  five

C  one

D  two

A  the gender of the participant

B  the type of game

C  effort put into playing the game

D  the number of researchers

A  journalists

B  social workers

C  depressed patients

D  clinical researchers

A  Nadia, the author of the article

B  the editor of the journal

C  a panel of experts

D  the publisher of the journal

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

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

C  “autis*treatment.”

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

A  when they have conducted scientific research on the topic

B  when they have a scientific degree

C  when they present all the evidence on a topic

D  when they based their opinions on their intuition

A  research.

B  answers.

C  questions.

D  data.

A  results section of a journal article.

B  discussion section of a journal article.

C  method section of a journal article.

D  introduction of a journal article.

A  edited books

B  an expert’s dissertation

C  popular magazines

D  scientific journals

A  empiricism

B  falsifiability

C  replication

D  skepticism

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

B  remaining objective as you interpret scientific data

C  finding evidence that confirms your hypotheses

D  using common sense to understand scientific data

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

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

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

D  find and read the original scientific article

A  a review journal article

B  a chapter in an edited book

C  a meta-analysis

D  a trade book

A  organized skepticism

B  disinterestedness

C  universality

D  communality

A  It is provable.

B  It is not translational research.

C  It does not have a hypothesis.

D  It is not falsifiable.

A  positive association

B  negative association

C  zero association

D  causal association

A  hypotheses.

B  predictions.

C  confounds.

D  biases.

A  a meta-analysis.

B  a chapter in an edited book.

C  a PsycWiki.

D  a review journal article.

A  “The data provide support for my theory.”

B  “The data prove my theory.”

C  “My theory is generalizable.”

D  “The data complicate my theory.”

A  a present/present bias.

B  overconfidence.

C  a confirmation bias.

D  the availability heuristic.

A  do not require specialized education to read.

B  are typically written by scientists.

C  are typically written for scientists.

D  are hard to access.

A  theory.

B  prediction.

C  outcome.

D  observation.

A  motivated thinking

B  faulty intuition

C  confirmation bias

D  bias blind spot

A  practical research.

B  translational research.

C  empirical research.

D  compound research.

A  As study time increased, exam grades increased.

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

C  As study time increases, exam grades decreased.

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

A  the criterion of external validity

B  the criterion of covariance

C  the third-variable criterion

D  the criterion of temporal precedence

A  Empiricism

B  Application

C  Falsifiability

D  Theorizing