Module 7 Quiz

A  The manipulations have been previously validated in the lab.

B  They tend to use more participants.

C  They use real-world manipulations/experiences.

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

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

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

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

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

A  demand characteristics

B  instrumentation

C  regression to the mean

D  attrition

A  a person suffering from a cold

B  a college student

C  a person diagnosed with schizophrenia

D  a psychology student

A  publication of the topic in the popular media

B  collection of the scientific literature on a topic

C  only direct replications

D  cultural psychology replications done on the topic

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

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

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

D  Data from small-N designs are grouped together.

A  reversal design

B  stable-baseline design

C  multiple-baseline design

D  interrupted time-series design

A  everyday realism

B  experimental realism

C  cultural realism

D  mundane realism

A  They have a high degree of internal validity.

B  They automatically generalize to other situations.

C  They are more important than studies conducted in laboratories.

D  They are high in ecological validity.

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

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

C  Small-N designs take advantage of unique cases.

D  Small-N designs have better experimental control.

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

B  Meta-analyses eliminate the need for replications.

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

D  Meta-analyses always take less time to conduct.

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

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

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

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

A  causal claims

B  association claims

C  experimental claims

D  frequency claims

A  The topic should no longer be researched.

B  The independent researcher’s study is superior.

C  The importance of the finding should be interpreted cautiously.

D  The replication was done incorrectly.

A  its statistical significance and its practical significance

B  its importance and its external validity

C  its design and its results

D  its duration and its sample size

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

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

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

D  Journal her own daily stress level.

A  the lack of reporting significant findings

B  ecological validity

C  the file drawer problem

D  the need for overestimation

A  replication-plus-extension.

B  secondary replication.

C  conceptual replication.

D  direct replication.

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

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

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

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

A  maturation threat

B  history threat

C  design confounds

D  regression to the mean

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

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

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

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

A  selection-history threat.

B  testing threat.

C  history threat.

D  selection threat.

A  testing

B  experimenter bias

C  selection-history

D  history

A  nonequivalent control group design.

B  nonequivalent groups interrupted time-series design.

C  multiple-baseline design.

D  interrupted time-series design.

A  statistical validity

B  construct validity

C  internal validity

D  external validity

A  file drawer problems

B  p-hacking

C  HARKing

D  under reporting null effects

A  direct replication

B  indirect replication

C  conceptual replication

D  replication-plus extension

A  replication-plus-extension

B  additional replication

C  conceptual replication

D  direct replication

A  pre-register their study

B  use a large sample size

C  provide open materials

D  provide open data

A  generalizability; statistical validity

B  replication; construct validity

C  construct validity; statistical validity

D  statistical validity; replication

A  statistical validity; external validity

B  internal validity; statistical validity

C  internal validity; external validity

D  construct validity; statistical validity

A  the independent variable in the study

B  the procedures of the study

C  the moderators used in the study

D  the dependent variable in the study

A  reversal design.

B  nonequivalent control group pretest/posttest design.

C  multiple baseline design.

D  stable baseline design.

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

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

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

D  The facial feedback effect is stronger than originally hypothesized.

A  after replication

B  after publication

C  before data collection

D  before developing hypotheses

A  multiple-baseline design.

B  reversal design.

C  interrupted time-series design.

D  stable-baseline design.

A  statistical; external

B  external; statistical

C  internal; external

D  external; internal

A  Experimental

B  Social

C  Clinical

D  Cultural