Exam 2: Doing Social Psychology Research

A hypothesis provides a means of______________a theory.

The emphasis on the importance of replication of results in social psychology has______________in recent years.

"Moms prefer Brand X of peanut butter," a commercial claim.Sarah wonders what other brands were used as the comparison group.Which benefit of learning about research methods is Sarah displaying?

To examine the impact of group size on conformity behavior,Stanley has groups of two,five,or ten people stand on______________ a city street and stare up at a window.Stanley then records the number of passersby who stop and stare at the window.This study is an example of a(n)

Vera thinks that having pets increases psychological functioning and well-being.To test this,individuals in one group______________ of randomly selected nursing home residents are each given a pet while participants in a second group are not given pets.Over two months,the overall level of psychological functioning is evaluated on a daily basis.What is the independent variable in this study?

When researchers find that the results of their studies could have occurred by chance only five or fewer times in 100 possible outcomes,they conclude that the results

To examine the impact of mood on prosocial behavior,Leila has participants watch a video intended to put them in either a positive or neutral mood before asking them to make a donation to a fictitious charity.What is the dependent variable in this study?

Rabiyah administered an intelligence test to sophomores and seniors at Faber College and at Hillman College and compared performance across these four groups.Which of the following is/are the subject variable(s)in this study?

Which example best reflects the use of interrater reliability?

A television producer is interested in whether women like soap operas more than sitcoms.The producer uses a____________________________random number table to select a sample of 100 households,and then makes phone calls to these households every afternoon for three weeks.Of those who were home when the producer called,75% reported they liked soap operas more than sitcoms.Which of the following might raise questions about the results?

Which consideration is most relevant to ensuring that any differences one obtains after the experimental manipulation of a study have been produced only by that manipulation?

In comparison to field experiments,laboratory experiments

What role do values play in the scientific process?

Participants who are subjected to all of the experimental procedures except the experimental manipulation are part of a(n)______________group.

Dr.Pinsker is conducting research that he hopes will lead to a reduction in gender biases that impact women in______________STEM (science,technology,engineering,and math)courses.Because it is designed to contribute to the solution of a real world problem,Dr.Pinsker's work is an example of______________research.

What event in 2011 has increased the level of discussion in social psychology about the role of values in the research process?

Which of the following is not a testable hypothesis?

Self-report measures and observational measures are similar in that both

Luke would like to know if there is a relationship between the number of psychology courses people take and their level of empathy.He surveys a randomly selected group of college students.Each student indicates the number of psychology courses he or she has taken and then completes an empathy scale.Luke's research is best described as a(n)

Johanna is participating in a study on social contacts and subjective well-being.At random times during the day,she receives a text message to which she responds with information about who she was with and how happy she is feeling.The researcher is using______________self-report in this study.