Exam 1: Doing Social Psychology

Regarding social psychological research,Myers warns that we must be cautious about

The difference between facts and theories is that

A _____ is an integrated set of principles that can explain and predict observed events.

Which of the following statements is true about experimental research?

Studies that seek clues to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors while controlling others describe what type of research?

A theory

The experimental factor that a researcher manipulates in a study is called the _____ variable.

In Boyatzis' (1995)study of the influence television has on aggressive behavior in children,the results indicated that the viewers of "Power Rangers" committed _____ aggressive acts per two-minute interval compared to those children who did not watch this program.

Deception in an experiment is

The use of deception in social psychological research occurs when the researchers require _____ in their study.

You are participating in a psychology research experiment,and the researcher invites you to return after the experiment to learn more about it and to explore your feelings about it.This is called

Theories help social psychologists _____ their observations and _____ their hypotheses.

_____ explain and predict observed events while _____ are testable predictions.

In an experiment,the variable being measured that depends on the manipulation of another variable is called the _____ variable.

Research done in natural,real-life settings outside the laboratory is referred to as

Which of the following is a disadvantage of correlational research?

What is an advantage of using correlational designs instead of experimental designs?

Ryan is conducting a research to study the ill effects of social media on people.He invites a group of students to a research facility and requests them to submit their laptops and phones.He requests them to terminate all forms of digital communication with their friends and peers.His participants complain that the simulated situation fails to mimic the real-world situation and most of them fail to cooperate with him for his research.Which of the following statements is true about Ryan's research?

Aaron wants to measure the changes in behavioral responses of his participants when he rewards a particular behavior and when he punishes an unwanted behavior.He wants his laboratory research to differ from the everyday situations that people usually encounter.He wants his participants to be fully involved in his research and requires them to act as naturally as they would in any real-world situation.Aaron is most likely interested in maintaining _____ in his experiments.

You conduct a study that examines the role of exercise on depression alleviation.You assign the first 50 people who are motivated to sign up to the experimental group and the second group of 50 people,who sign up much later,to the control group.After one month,you find that the experimental group (who exercised three times a week on average)is significantly less depressed than the control group (who exercised one time a week on average).Although you may be tempted to conclude that exercise helps stave off depression,you cannot because of a lack of _____ in your study.