Exam 2: Research in Psychology

The prediction that "bright colors will make people happier" is called a(n)____.

When each member of a population has an equal chance of being chosen for a study,the individuals selected constitute a(n)____ sample.

What research topic would lend itself best to naturalistic observation?

You are reading about an experiment.What feature is necessary to give you confidence that there is a cause-effect relationship between the independent and dependent variables?

Veronica is preparing a lecture for class tomorrow on the topic of behavioral genetics.The content of her lecture will focus on ____.

Franz is conducting an experiment to study the effects of wearing heavy clothing on weight-lifting performance.He gives Group A heavy sweatshirts and lets Group B wear whatever they wish.He measures the amount of weight they can lift after the workout.Group B is the ____ group.

Jason answers a series of vocabulary and reading comprehension questions on a web site.When he finishes,the site gives him a rating of intelligence."I don't think that test really measures intelligence," thought Jason.Jason is questioning the test's ____.

One of the most important conclusions to be drawn with regard to the relative roles of heredity and environment is that ____.

Brielle is studying the effect that alcohol consumption has on test-taking ability.In her study,a participant's alcohol tolerance would be ____.

While conducting an experiment on alcohol tolerance,Dr.Guff solicits his participants at the door to Skam's (a local drinking and social establishment).When he publishes his findings (that people are extremely tolerant to the effects of alcohol),Dr.Guff's research will likely be criticized because ____.

Giorgi wants to manipulate certain aspects of his study to understand the effect of those changes.Such manipulation is a foundational part of ____.

Brad's thesis advisor often tells him that it's important to strive for results that are statistically significant.He explains that to have results that are statistically significant means that ____.

The Harvard Business School is famous for teaching MBA students about business by using the casestudy method.A Harvard MBA who attempts to apply knowledge from a case study to a new situationshould keep in mind that case studies may not be ____.

Professor Beamish administers a survey to better understand stealing behaviors that occur in the workplace.Even though the survey is administered anonymously,employees may still not respond truthfully.According to your text,this occurs because some people ____.

When research does not support a(n)____,it may need to be ____.

A professor wants to examine the effects of diet on learning.He places some laboratory rats on a starvation diet (Group A)but eliminates only desserts from the diet of a second group (Group B).During the experiment,the professor discovers that he needs more Group B rats,so he catches some in a local alley.The results of the experiment show that Group B rats are faster at learning a maze,so the professor concludes that diet is related to learning speed.Which statement about his conclusion is most accurate?

A major limitation of naturalistic observation in the study of human behavior is that ____.

Ernest has collected and examined his research data,and now has a set of general principles that he believes accounts for the acquisition of personality traits.Ernest has formed a(n)____ of personality.

A researcher wants to know if intelligence is based more prominently on factors of family environment or on heredity.Her research focuses on identical twins who are raised together in the same home and those who were separated at birth and raised in different homes by different parents.According to the textbook,this researcher is conducting a(n)____ study.

Dr.Dalbey is studying the effects of fatigue on aggression.He hypothesizes that the more fatigue a person is experiencing,the more aggressively the person will behave.Unbeknownst to Dr.Dalbey,the participants' level of hunger also had an impact on their aggression.Hunger could thus be a(n)____ variable.