Exam 2: Research Methodology

The matter of who has access to data collected in an experiment is associated with which ethical issue?

If a researcher created two groups by assigning the first 30 people to the experimental group and the last 30 to the control group,the process would violate the principle of:

If a researcher asks a group of participants to record their thoughts or feelings at random times of the day,the best approach would be to use:

If a researcher wants to be able to generalize about a population using data pulled from a sample,it is best to use:

If a researcher applies scalp electrodes to get measurements of brain activity,the researcher is using:

Self-report questions in which the investigator provides answers from which the respondent chooses are called:

If a researcher wants to assess participants' feelings at varied times during the day and in many different locations,a useful methodology would be:

Transcranial magnetic stimulation investigates the activity of a given region of the brain through the:

Researchers have found that taller people tend to have higher levels of self-esteem than shorter people.This pattern of data reflects:

The variable that a researcher measures in an experiment to see if it has changed after a treatment is called the:

Philippe wants to study the number of times that close friends touch each other in their interactions.His interpretations of this behavior would need to take into consideration:

A self-report technique that might require a respondent to retrieve a great deal of information from memory involves:

A researcher that wants to get a sense of overall levels of electrical brain activity would use:

In correlational studies,it is always possible that an unmeasured variable is responsible for the relation of interest.This complication is known as:

The systematic recording of overt behavior of human and nonhuman animals in their natural environment involves what research strategy?

If the difference between two groups is statistically significant,it suggests that:

If a researcher does not have a clear operational definition of the behavior he is studying,he might experience:

What approach have researchers used to document changes in the brain's metabolic activity during problem solving?

The approach that would be LEAST useful in identifying how a specific region of the brain functions with a person engaged in a given task would be a(n):

When identifying the pool of participants who will be in a research project,psychologists generally use: