Exam 2: Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

What is the function of an institutional review board (IRB)?

Which of the following is not one of the purposes of debriefing?

Tony has been doing research on age and aggression.He has discovered that the older a person gets, the less likely he or she is to aggress against another person.What kind of relationship best describes Tony's findings?

All of the following are limits on observational research except

In the 1950s, Leon Festinger arrived at a theory of attitude change that was at odds with the psychological "wisdom" of the day.The genesis of this theory-cognitive dissonance theory-demonstrates the author's point that many ideas in social psychology are

Before Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine to prevent polio, people noticed a correlation between outside temperature and the incidence of polio: The warmer the temperature over the course of the year, the more outbreaks of polio.This relationship is an example of a(n) ________ correlation.

When using the experimental method, it is crucial that in each condition

Your text discusses the fact that there are three causal interpretations of correlations.If there is a correlation such that the more milk a child drinks the more weight he or she gains, which of the following is not a possible causal interpretation of the finding?

If two variables have no correlation with one another, this means that

Which of the following pairs of variables are most likely to be negatively correlated?

Satisfying intellectual curiosity describes ________ research, while solving social problems describes ________ research.

Assume that instead of conducting experiments, Latané and Darley had used a correlational method to study the relationship between the number of bystanders who witness an emergency and how quickly a victim receives help.Assume that the correlational data were compatible with results from experiments: the more bystanders, the more time it took bystanders to help.What type of correlation is this between time and number of bystanders?

According to the authors, Kurt Lewin once wrote, "There is nothing so practical as a good theory." By that, Lewin was referring to the idea that

A researcher interested in testing a ________ hypothesis would be most likely to conduct an experiment.

There is invariably a trade-off between ________ and ________ in social psychology experiments.

The variable that the researcher changes or varies to see if it has an effect is called the

Many times, in social psychological research, it is often the case that when internal validity is high, there is a trade-off, and _________ is low.

A developmental psychologist who used the correlational method found that there was a positive correlation between children's self-esteem and their academic achievement.First, what does a positive correlation mean in this case? Second, how might these results be explained?

The notion of "the basic dilemma of the social psychologist" refers to

Carlos, the president of a fraternity on campus, randomly sampled 500 students, asked them if they belonged to a fraternity or sorority, and asked them about their current GPA.He discovered that the GPAs of those people in fraternities and sororities were higher than those of people who were not involved in the Greek system.Gleefully, he presented his findings to the dean, saying that being involved in a fraternity or sorority leads to higher grades.What rule of research methods is Carlos breaking?