Exam 2: Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

A researcher has recorded that on the playground, boys are more likely to use physical aggression to get what they want, but that girls are more likely to use verbal aggression to get what they want.This researcher most likely employed a(n) ________ research method.

Surveys are instruments most often used by social psychologists who conduct ________ research.

How did Latané and Darley (1968) vary the number of bystanders in their experimental study of the effects of the number of witnesses exposed to an emergency?

What have archival analyses of sexually explicit materials revealed about pornography usage?

Are people who are better educated more or less prejudiced than people who have less education? This question is most appropriately answered by using

Dr.Fodor has found that when college sophomores at his university work in pairs to solve difficult Sudoku problems, they often resolve the problems more quickly and accurately than those who work alone.However, Dr.Fodor wishes to replicate his findings to generalize that working in pairs is more effective than working alone.In what two main ways would you suggest he replicate his findings, and in what ways should he go about conducting these replications?

"Evolutionary psychology is silly!" exclaims Julie."If we are so adapted to the environment, why haven't we evolved away from racism?" A reasonable response to this, based on the explanation of evolutionary psychology presented by the authors of your text, is that

Knowing the experiment's purpose can alter participants' behavior.This is a major problem with

Internal validity is to ________ as external validity is to ________.

Observational research allows a researcher to

Based on the idea of "telling more than you can know" from your text, which of the following survey questions would be least likely to yield accurate responses?

One strength of observational research methods is that they can be useful for describing behavior.However, these methods do not allow researchers to ________ human behavior.

The major difference between experiments and other research methods is that experiments involve

An experimenter finds out that the p-value in his study is 3 in 100.What does this mean?

A researcher is interested in the effects of self-esteem on people's choice of romantic partner.She asks her study participants to complete a measure of self-esteem and to bring in separate photos of themselves and their significant others.She then has these photos rated for attractiveness by a panel of independent judges, and relates the relative attractiveness of a person's significant other to the person's self-esteem.The study just described is a(n)

Which of the following is used in experiments, but not in the correlational method?

The hindsight bias is most like which of the following statements?

After reading Chapter 2 (Methodology), what would you say to a president who proudly takes credit for the following events happening during his term: lowering the deficit, reducing crime, and increasing literacy?

Latané and Darley were interested in examining the reasons for the lack of bystander intervention in Kitty Genovese's murder.The ________ of what was happening caused people to perceive, comprehend, and interpret the situation differently; thereby, delaying helping.

A researcher investigated the relationship between self-esteem and choice of a partner in a "getting acquainted" situation.To do this, she had students take a personality test and then she gave them feedback (based on random assignment) indicating either that the test found them to be "mature, insightful, and socially skilled" or "immature, inflexible, and overly critical." After receiving this feedback, students chose a partner to interact with by looking at photos of people of the opposite sex who were either high or low in physical attractiveness.The study just described is a(n)