Exam 2: Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

One reason why it is important to examine cultural influences on social psychological processes is that

The effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable is most like which of the following?

One evolutionary psychologist hypothesizes that humans were savage in their distant past, while another hypothesizes that they were very cooperative. Based on information from the authors of your text, which hypothesis is correct?

In their experiment, why did Bibb Latané and John Darley (1968) expose all participants to the same audiotaped seizure? They wanted

In order to examine the prevalence of drug use in several different generations of Americans, a researcher decides to collect the lyrics from the fifty most popular songs from each decade, 1940-2010, and to code those lyrics for how often drug-related themes were present. Which of the following methods is this researcher using?

In order to obtain the most accurate responses, questions on a survey should be

Before the 2008 election, Zoe was not so sure who the winner would be. But after President Barack Obama won, Zoe exclaimed, "Of course he won, he had the popular vote in many states, and many Americans are inspired by him." Here, Zoe is exhibiting

Based on Nisbett and Wilson's (1977) work (as presented by the authors of your text) on telling more than you can know, if a survey respondent is asked about a hypothetical situation, he or she is probably going to respond

Which of the following could be a research article reporting the results of applied research?

Shannon conducts an experiment to test her hypothesis that longer arguments cause couples to become angrier at each other. She randomly assigns couples to argue for either ten minutes or twenty minutes. After her assistant Ken runs the study, Ken tells Shannon that he allowed the couples who were really fighting hard to keep arguing longer than Shannon had originally stated. Shannon cringes, for she knows that the ________ of his study is very low.

By controlling all extraneous variables and by randomly assigning people to different experimental conditions, an experimenter can achieve high

Recall that Latané and Darley (1968) studied bystander intervention by having participants overhear a seizure while they were speaking on headphones with another discussant. Assuming that the participants believed that the seizure was real and felt anxious and confused about whether and how to help when they heard the seizure, Latané and Darley's (1968) experiment was

Which of the following pairs of variables are most likely to be positively correlated?

No matter how artificial an experimental situation may at first appear, if participants think, feel, or react the way that people in a real-life situation would react, the experiment has

Professor Rothman is interested in tracking changes in racial stereotypes in the U.S. If he decides to conduct an archival analysis, he should

After reading Chapter 2 (Methodology), what would you say to a president who proudly takes credit for the following events happening during his term: lowering the deficit, reducing crime, and increasing literacy?

The procedure whereby the researcher explains the nature of the study and participants then decide whether or not to participate is called

The problem with a survey that is not representative is that

Social neuroscience is the marriage between which fields?

In social psychology, the technique of meta-analysis is most like ________ research.