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