Module 7 Quiz

A  They tend to use more participants.

B  They also have good construct validity for the dependent variable.

C  They use real-world manipulations/experiences.

D  The manipulations have been previously validated in the lab.

A  Does therapy improve coping skills following exposure to a natural disaster?

B  Does parent-training therapy lead to better parenting skills?

C  Do people diagnosed with a mental illness have poorer social abilities?

D  Does watching violent movies cause increases in acceptability of aggression?

A  instrumentation

B  attrition

C  regression to the mean

D  demand characteristics

A  a psychology student

B  a person suffering from a cold

C  a person diagnosed with schizophrenia

D  a college student

A  only direct replications

B  cultural psychology replications done on the topic

C  collection of the scientific literature on a topic

D  publication of the topic in the popular media

A  Data from small-N designs are presented as averages.

B  Each person in a small-N design is treated as a separate experiment

C  Data from small-N designs are grouped together.

D  Small-N designs determine whether a finding is replicable by doing a test of statistical significance.

A  multiple-baseline design

B  stable-baseline design

C  reversal design

D  interrupted time-series design

A  cultural realism

B  mundane realism

C  everyday realism

D  experimental realism

A  They have a high degree of internal validity.

B  They are more important than studies conducted in laboratories.

C  They are high in ecological validity.

D  They automatically generalize to other situations.

A  Small-N designs have fewer threats to internal validity.

B  Small-N designs take advantage of unique cases.

C  Small-N designs have better experimental control.

D  Small-N designs generalize to larger groups of individuals.

A  Meta-analyses allow researchers to examine the strength of a relationship.

B  Meta-analyses always take less time to conduct.

C  Meta-analyses eliminate the need for replications.

D  Meta-analyses are immune to threats to internal validity.

A  “Men are more likely than women to report considering infidelity.”

B  “Parental divorce is associated with greater likelihood of infidelity.”

C  “Being exposed to attractive individuals increases thoughts of infidelity.”

D  “A majority of women report considering infidelity at least once during their marriages.”

A  experimental claims

B  frequency claims

C  causal claims

D  association claims

A  The importance of the finding should be interpreted cautiously.

B  The independent researcher’s study is superior.

C  The replication was done incorrectly.

D  The topic should no longer be researched.

A  its duration and its sample size

B  its design and its results

C  its importance and its external validity

D  its statistical significance and its practical significance

A  Determine the average cardiovascular health of undergraduates at her university.

B  Collect all the studies that have been conducted on daily stress and cardiovascular health.

C  Journal her own daily stress level.

D  Measure daily stress and cardiovascular health in several new samples of participants.

A  the lack of reporting significant findings

B  the need for overestimation

C  ecological validity

D  the file drawer problem

A  replication-plus-extension.

B  secondary replication.

C  conceptual replication.

D  direct replication.

A  Dr. LaGuardia would have likely selected a topic where he expected a small effect size.

B  Dr. LaGuardia would have likely collected other additional dependent measures.

C  Dr. LaGuardia would have collected fewer types of data.

D  Dr. LaGuardia would not have compared participants’ performance on the Facial Recognition Test to other groups.

A  history threat

B  regression to the mean

C  design confounds

D  maturation threat

A  Because Dr. LaGuardia’s study is a quasi-experiment, it is impossible to obtain external validity.

B  Because Dr. LaGuardia selected a widely used measure, their study generalizes to other applications of this measure.

C  Because Dr. LaGuardia selected participants who actually experienced concussions, the study has strong external validity.

D  Because Dr. LaGuardia’s dependent variable was assessed in the laboratory, the study has limited external validity.

A  history threat.

B  selection-history threat.

C  testing threat.

D  selection threat.

A  testing

B  experimenter bias

C  selection-history

D  history

A  nonequivalent groups interrupted time-series design.

B  multiple-baseline design.

C  nonequivalent control group design.

D  interrupted time-series design.

A  internal validity

B  external validity

C  statistical validity

D  construct validity

A  HARKing

B  p-hacking

C  file drawer problems

D  under reporting null effects

A  indirect replication

B  conceptual replication

C  direct replication

D  replication-plus extension

A  replication-plus-extension

B  direct replication

C  conceptual replication

D  additional replication

A  provide open data

B  provide open materials

C  use a large sample size

D  pre-register their study

A  replication; construct validity

B  statistical validity; replication

C  generalizability; statistical validity

D  construct validity; statistical validity

A  internal validity; external validity

B  construct validity; statistical validity

C  internal validity; statistical validity

D  statistical validity; external validity

A  the procedures of the study

B  the independent variable in the study

C  the dependent variable in the study

D  the moderators used in the study

A  reversal design.

B  multiple baseline design.

C  stable baseline design.

D  nonequivalent control group pretest/posttest design.

A  The replications were conceptual; therefore we cannot conclude anything about the hypothesis.

B  The facial feedback effect is approximately the same as hypothesized.

C  The facial feedback effect is stronger than originally hypothesized.

D  The facial feedback effect was not supported by the replications.

A  before data collection

B  after replication

C  after publication

D  before developing hypotheses

A  multiple-baseline design.

B  interrupted time-series design.

C  reversal design.

D  stable-baseline design.

A  external; statistical

B  statistical; external

C  internal; external

D  external; internal

A  Experimental

B  Social

C  Clinical

D  Cultural