Exam 2: Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Jane analyzed the results of her study and found that the probability of getting such findings by chance was less than 1 in 100. Jane can say that her results are statistically

A researcher wants to examine the relationship between viewing television violence and behaving aggressively. He has participants decide whether they would prefer to view a violent or a nonviolent film, and subsequently records the number of aggressive behaviors they show in a competitive game. The researcher cannot legitimately make a causal statement based on his findings, because the study

What have archival analyses of sexually explicit materials revealed about the pornography/violence question?

The experimental method always involves

Many times, in social psychological research, it is often the case that when external validity is high, there is a trade-off, and _________ is low.

One problem with informed consent is that

When an experiment has shown that an independent variable is a cause of a phenomenon, what is the most reasonable conclusion one should draw?

Which of the following questions would a researcher be most likely to investigate with a survey?

The authors of the textbook explain the controversy of whether viewing pornography makes people prone to sexual violence or not. How are such controversies resolved in the field of social psychology? By using

Rosenberg and his colleagues (1992) conducted a study that found that women who relied on the diaphragm or contraceptive sponge had fewer STDs than women who used condoms. The media jumped to the conclusion that condom use contributes to STDs. Of the limitations of this study, which one should have prevented the media from drawing a causal conclusion?

When a researcher examines several replications of a phenomenon, he would be most likely to examine these data using the statistical technique of

Complete the analogy about correlation coefficients: positive correlation: same direction:: negative correlation:_________.

Dr. Malic has conducted a number of experiments to assess whether playing violent videogames makes people become more aggressive. He assigns men to play very violent games for an hour a week, and women to play very violent games for three hours a week. After a month, he assesses how aggressively they behave in a frustrating situation. He has replicated this study using the same sample of Buddhist monks and nuns twelve times. Identify the major threat to internal validity and to external validity.

How is a field experiment similar to a lab experiments? Both involve

Which research method allows the researcher to focus on causality?

Before Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine to prevent polio, people noticed a correlation between outside temperature and the incidence of polio: The warmer the temperature over the course of the year, the more outbreaks of polio. This relationship is an example of a(n) ________ correlation.

Institutional review boards (IRBs) must be composed of certain types of people. If the IRB at Claudius University already consists of a scientist and a nonscientist, which of the following people would also need to be on the IRB at Claudius University?

According to your text, a perfect study would involve

Surveys are instruments most often used by social psychologists who conduct ________ research.

A ________ enables researchers to decide whether the effects of an independent variable are reliable across studies.