Exam 2: Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Based on survey data, the Literary Digest erroneously predicted that Alf Landon would beat Franklin D. Roosevelt in the upcoming presidential election. What cardinal rule of survey methods did the Literary Digest violate? Make sure

If height and weight have a positive correlation, what does this tell you about the relationship between these variables?

In which of the following types of research is the researcher most concerned with the representativeness of the sample used?

Why didn't Latané and Darley (1968), in their study of bystander intervention in emergencies, use a manipulation more like events in the Kitty Genovese murder?

Which of the following article titles most reflects basic as opposed to applied research?

During the 1990s, the MTV program The Real World aired, and currently there are several "reality TV shows" in which cameras record the activities of people living together. These shows are most like ________ research in social psychology.

Based on information from your text, basic research is to ________ as applied research is to ________.

When Latané and Darley replicated their experiment on helping behaviors as a field experiment, they had two burly men steal a case of beer from a convenience store, and then measured the number of customers who reported the robbery. Why would they replicate their laboratory study in a field setting?

The biggest problem with using random assignment and controlling extraneous variables in an experiment is that

Which of the following is not a major drawback of observational methods?

________ and ________ are the hallmarks of the experimental method which set it apart from the observational and correlational methods.

You are reading a paper about how to do well in college and it presents several correlation coefficients. These correlation coefficients indicate

Participants in a classic experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram (1963) found themselves in the uncomfortable position of being asked to administer increasingly strong shocks to a learner every time he made a mistake. Videotapes of the participants showed them laughing hysterically, chain-smoking, sweating, and fidgeting nervously. Based on these videotapes, it could be inferred that Milgram's experiment was high on

Applied research involves studies that are designed to

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

What are some possible advantages and disadvantages associated with using surveys to enhance our understanding of social behavior?

Which of the following factors was not necessary to ensure the internal validity of the Latané and Darley "seizure" study described in the text? They

Professor Yarnofsky wonders whether recent acts of airline terrorism have made the public more fearful of airline flight. He secures records of the amount of flight insurance that people have purchased via machines at the airport, and compares the records of insurance purchases before the last hijacking to purchases after the last hijacking. Professor Yarnofsky has employed a(n) ________ research method.

According to information from the registrar's office, Lee has discovered that people who score higher on the SAT tend to have a higher GPA in their first year of college. Lee has used a(n) ________ research method.

An experimenter finds out that the p-value in his study is 3 in 100. What does this mean?