Exam 2: Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

The method in which the researcher assigns participants to different conditions and ensures that these conditions are identical except for what has been systematically manipulated, best describes the _________ method.

Are people who are better educated more or less prejudiced than people who have less education? This question is most appropriately answered by using

When researchers examine a social psychological phenomenon using cross-cultural research, they are enhancing

Your text discusses the fact that there are three causal interpretations of correlations. If there is a correlation such that the more milk a child drinks the more weight he or she gains, which of the following is not a possible causal interpretation of the finding?

Assume that you are a participant in Latané and Darley's (1968) experiment examining when people help. You believe that there are four other people participating with you in a discussion, although you are isolated in a booth to ensure privacy. When you are listening to one of the other participants talk, you hear him beginning to have a seizure. If you behave like the typical subject in Latané and Darley's research, what are you most likely to do?

The variable a researcher measures to see if it is affected in the experiment is called the

In describing the intricacies of cross-cultural research, the authors of your text assert that it is not as simple as translating one's materials into an appropriate language, traveling to another culture, and conducting the experiment there. Which of the following statements best captures the role of construals in making cross-cultural research very difficult to do?

A researcher is interested in the changing nature of sex roles in contemporary society. If she were to employ an archival analysis, what would she be most likely to do?

A researcher wants to ask hypothetical questions or for explanations of past behavior on a survey. Based on what the authors of your text report about survey questions, this researcher should consider asking

Describe three different ways that experimental social psychologists can enhance the external validity of their experiments.

Whereas observational research is designed to ________ behavior, correlational research is designed to ________.

Dr. Winstell is interested in studying prejudice, and devises a study in which Caucasian participants are led to believe that they are chatting electronically with an African-American participant. In reality, the participants are responding to another Caucasian participant, and she discloses this information to all participants at the end of the study. Dr. Winstell has used ________ in her study.

Observational research is to describing a behavior as correlational research is to

Relative to laboratory-based experiments, field experiments tend to be high in

One strength of observational research methods is that they can be useful for describing behavior. However, these methods do not allow researchers to ________ human behavior.

The same experimental situation can have different meanings in different cultures; thereby complicating cross-cultural research. This fact means that there are different _______ of the same situation.