Exam 1: The Mission and the Method

Layla is interested in studying same-sex couples and their motivation to marry in the context of the legalization of same-sex marriages. In addition to social psychology, what other fields are related to her particular study?.

Dr. Khan is conducting research on young children to examine the development of empathy upon exposure to different cultural groups. The independent variable in this research is ____.

In recent years, the line between social psychology and ____ has become blurred.

Individual difference variables, such as gender, age, intelligence, ability, and personality can be manipulated but cannot be measured.

In social psychology, the "ABC triad" stands for ____________________, ____________________, and____________________.

Social psychologists routinely test research hypotheses using the .05 level of significance. This means that so-called "significant" findings are actually "flukes" about ____ of the time.

What is meant by a replication crisis? How can one deal with it?

In social psychology, the "ABC triad" stands for ____.

Jackson is interested in the effects of violent movies on aggressive behavior.  He has some participants in his study watch Grand Torino (his "violent" movie)and others watch Marley and Me (his "nonviolent" movie). Unfortunately, in addition to these movies being very different in their violence level, they also differ in a lot of other ways (one is a comedy, the other isn't, and so forth). This means that Jackson's study has a ____.

Johnna is examining how attitudes predict voting behavior. Her research will MOST likely involve an intersection of social psychology and _____.

Which field is BEST defined as "the study of human societies and the groups that form those societies?"

Which of the following would a   researcher in social psychology MOST LIKELY study?

In the 1950s and 1960s, mainstream psychology was divided between two main theoretical camps: ____.

The first step in the scientific method is to ____.

In _____, a subdiscipline of psychology, researchers focus on important differences between individuals, as well as inner processes.

Which of the following research designs allows researchers the MOST control over the variables they are studying?

Most research in social psychology is based on Western European and Northern American samples, though some research has also been conducted in other areas of the world. Based on what is known to date, it appears to be reasonably safe to generalize social psychological research findings to the vast majority of ____.

Which of the following is a topic of research that political scientists would conduct?

Which of the following would be the BEST operational definition for tiredness?

_____ refers to an oral or written statement that participants of a study receive at the end of the study.