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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Zariah was mistaken, and the socks actually did differ in quality.
B People are not always able to accurately explain their responses.
C People were giving socially desirable responses and not being honest.
D Zariah needs to consider the accuracy of flashbulb memories.
Question #2
A Frequency claims require very large samples, and representative samples are always large.
B It is unlikely that the accuracy of estimates can be checked.
C Representative samples allow for enhanced internal and external validity.
D It is unethical to make frequency claims without representative samples.
Question #3
A They may have poor construct validity.
B They are too conceptual.
C They may be too easy to answer.
D They are leading questions.
Question #4
A They both mean the same thing.
B They both are necessary for frequency claims.
C Random assignment is necessary for internal validity, whereas random sampling is necessary for external validity.
D Random sampling is more important than random assignment.
Question #5
A simple random sample
B systematic sample
C snowball sample
D stratified random sample
Question #6
A purposive sample
B convenience sample
C systematic sample
D snowball sample
Question #7
A “When was the last time you tweeted/retweeted?”
B “How often do you shop online?”
C “Have you ever sent a ‘sext’ (a sexually explicit message or photo)?”
D “Why did you choose your Facebook profile photo?
Question #8
A People are very good judges of the reasons for their behavior.
B If people are inaccurate in reporting their reasons for behavior, it is because they are deliberately trying to be deceptive.
C People are better able to remember vivid memories.
D The confidence people have in their memories is not strongly related to the accuracy of their memory.
Question #9
A It requires a research assistant to be with the participant at all times.
B It may tell a different story than data collected by self-report questions.
C It is a more reliable and valid method than self-report methodology.
D It requires recording technology, such as video cameras.
Question #10
A Surveys and polls utilize only one type of question format.
B Surveys and polls can support only frequency claims.
C Surveys and polls are an accurate way to measure people’s actual behavior.
D Surveys and polls can efficiently measure people’s subjective feelings.
Question #11
A socially desirable responding
B observer bias
C uniqueness
D nondifferentiation
Question #12
A Researchers reached out to participants attending Gambler’s Anonymous meetings.
B Researchers oversampled Latinx participants for their study and adjusted their results.
C Researchers asked international college students to recommend other international students to participate in their study.
D Researchers recruited participants from online websites, such as Prolific Academic.
Question #13
A a person’s thoughts about whether they prefer Advil or Tylenol
B a person’s attitude toward their doctor
C a person’s feelings about people diagnosed with cancer
D a person’s opinions about a healthcare law
Question #14
A “I want to measure something that people may not know how often they do it.”
B “I do not want to have to worry about ethics.”
C “I want to make a causal claim.”
D “I do not want to have to worry about the construct validity of my conceptual variable.”
Question #15
A how many response options it has
B how well it is worded
C how many people answer it
D how short it is
Question #16
A How many people are in the sample?
B How was the sample collected?
C How were the participants measured?
D How many people are in the population?
Question #17
A The results are incorrect because the study did not use a random sample.
B We can generalize the results of the study to all Americans.
C We are uncertain about the generalizability of the results.
D We can generalize the results of the study only to Americans with adverse childhood experiences.
Question #18
A We are uncertain about the generalizability of the results.
B The results are incorrect because the study did not use a random sample.
C We can generalize the results of the study to all Americans.
D We can generalize the results of the study only to Americans with adverse childhood experiences.
Question #19
A all students he is currently teaching
B all psychology majors and minors
C all students at the university
D all students in his Introduction to Neuroscience class
Question #20
A He will likely need to get permission to videotape the children prior to doing so.
B He can use the videotapes regardless of whether the adult objects as long as the child agrees.
C If he uses hidden cameras, he does not need to tell the participants they have been videotaped.
D He will be unable to use videotape because he is studying children.
Question #21
A a double-blind study design.
B unobtrusive observation.
C a blind study design.
D delayed observation.
Question #22
A convergent validity
B face validity
C test-retest reliability
D interrater reliability
Question #23
A systematic sampling
B cluster sampling
C quota sampling
D stratified random sampling
Question #24
A stratified random sampling
B simple random sampling
C convenience sampling
D cluster sampling
Question #25
A they are too simple to truly capture people’s true opinions.
B they capture people’s ability to understand the question rather than their true opinions.
C they lead people to respond with a certain viewpoint rather than with their true opinions.
D they are unable to capture people’s true opinions because they evoke an emotional response.
Question #26
A yea-saying biases.
B observer bias.
C faking good.
D bystander effect.
Question #27
A He is concerned that Julian’s participants will use shortcuts.
B He is concerned that Julian has a double-barreled question.
C He is concerned that Julian’s participants will try to fake good.
D He is concerned that Julian’s results could be affected by question order.
Question #28
A a study of teenagers whose parents are both deployed overseas in the military
B a study of high school students
C a study of people who have been to the doctor in the past year
D a study of first-time homeowners
Question #29
A increased internal validity.
B collected a sample.
C biased the study.
D conducted a census.
Question #30
A increased internal validity.
B biased the study.
C conducted a census.
D collected a sample.
Question #31
A They ask each question twice so the participant answers twice.
B They slow down readers, making them answer more carefully.
C They are easier for people to read.
D They give people more answer options.
Question #32
A Both result in representative samples.
B Both randomly sample subgroups to be studied.
C Both result in nonrepresentative samples.
D Both identify subgroups that need to be studied.
Question #33
A “Having a dark triad personality is associated with having greater relationship problems.”
B “Receiving weekly feedback from your supervisor increases work productivity.”
C “People who report knowing someone who has been diagnosed with skin cancer also report having greater sunscreen use.”
D “Forty-three percent of psychology majors report being frustrated by people asking them if they are psychoanalyzing them.”
Question #34
A He contacts the Twitter followers of Dr. Oiseau, a famous biologist who studies birds.
B His participants are all the people who have purchased birds at his local pet store in the past six months.
C He asks bird owners to give him the names of other bird owners.
D He recruits bird owners by e-mailing members of the National Bird Owners Association and asking for participants.
Question #35
A cluster sample
B snowball sample
C systematic sample
D multistage sample
Question #36
A statistical significance
B margin of error
C sampling bias
D probability value
Question #37
A Statistical validity would become negatively affected.
B The true estimate would increase.
C The margin of error would become smaller.
D External validity would become less important.
Question #38
A using reverse-worded questions
B using scales with an even number of response options
C using a Likert scale
D providing a “no opinion” option
Question #39
A “Do you agree that tax cuts are an important issue and there should be tax cuts? Yes or No.”
B “The government should never raise taxes. Please rate your agreement on a 1 (Disagree) to 7 (Agree) scale.
C “Please rate your opinions about tax cuts on a 1 (I strongly disagree with tax cuts) to 7 (I strongly agree with tax cuts) scale.”
D “Most Americans believe that there should not be tax cuts. Please rate your opinions about tax cuts on a 1 (Disagree) to 5 (Agree) scale.”
Question #40
A quota sampling
B stratified random sampling
C snowball sampling
D purposive sampling
Question #41
A convenience sampling
B snowball sampling
C purposive sampling
D self-selection sampling
Question #42
A studying people who are colleagues of the researcher
B studying people who are willing to participate
C studying people who are typical
D studying people who are easy to find
Question #43
A a masked study design
B self-report operationalization
C observer effects
D observer bias
Question #44
A part; entire
B participants; researchers
C people; groups
D external; internal
Question #45
A ordered question.
B leading question.
C double-barreled question.
D negatively worded question.
Question #46
A unusual
B complicated
C ideal
D basic