Question 1

Observer bias relates mainly to ________ whereas observer effects stem from ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Validity;reliability 
B) Researchers;participants 
C) Faking good;faking bad 
D) Outcomes;expectations 
A) Validity;reliability 
B) Researchers;participants 
C) Faking good;faking bad 
D) Outcomes;expectations

Question 2

Dr.Ewell,a developmental psychologist,is planning on conducting a study that involves watching children play together to determine how sharing behavior occurs in same-sex friend pairs compared to opposite-sex friend pairs.

-Which of the following is Dr.Ewell likely to give his research assistants to prevent observer bias?

Accepted Answer

A) A video camera 
B) A developmental psychology textbook 
C) A codebook 
D) Binoculars 
A) A video camera 
B) A developmental psychology textbook 
C) A codebook 
D) Binoculars

Question 3

Dr.Ewell,a developmental psychologist,is planning on conducting a study that involves watching children play together to determine how sharing behavior occurs in same-sex friend pairs compared to opposite-sex friend pairs.

-Given the scenario above,Dr.Ewell decides to collect his data at a neighborhood park.He has his two research assistants pose as a married couple having a picnic.While having their picnic,they take detailed records of the sharing behavior of the children and note whether the pairs are same sex or opposite sex.Given his use of two research assistants,he must establish the ________ of their measures.

Accepted Answer

A) Face validity 
B) Convergent validity 
C) Interrater reliability 
D) Test-retest reliability 
A) Face validity 
B) Convergent validity 
C) Interrater reliability 
D) Test-retest reliability

Question 4

Which of the following is the most direct way to control for question order effects?

Accepted Answer

A) Give the survey questions to different groups of people. 
B) Prepare different versions of the survey,varying the order of the questions. 
C) Combine the two questions into a single question. 
D) Both b and c control for question order effects. 
A) Give the survey questions to different groups of people. 
B) Prepare different versions of the survey,varying the order of the questions. 
C) Combine the two questions into a single question. 
D) Both b and c control for question order effects.

Question 5

All of the following can decrease accurate responses EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Nay-saying response sets 
B) Fence-sitting 
C) Reverse-worded questions 
D) Acquiescence 
A) Nay-saying response sets 
B) Fence-sitting 
C) Reverse-worded questions 
D) Acquiescence

Question 6

Dr.Overup decides to use a hidden camera to videotape the behavior of people on dates at a local restaurant to determine how they express affection in public.State which threat to construct validity Dr.Overup is trying to address.Briefly discuss how she should deal with the ethics of the hidden camera.

Accepted Answer

Students should state that Dr.Overup is

Question 7

Dr.Overup decides to use a hidden camera to videotape the behavior of people on dates at a local restaurant to determine how they express affection in public.She has three research assistants code each video.She calculates an ICC of .94 for their rating of affection.Explain how Dr.Overup should interpret this value and what it tells her in terms of the reliability and validity of her measure.

Accepted Answer

Students should state that Dr.Overup sho

Question 8

Explain why observational methods are typically seen by most psychologists as ethical.

Accepted Answer

Students should state that in many cases

Question 9

Which of the following questions is most likely to result in a socially desirable answer?

Accepted Answer

A) "How often do you eat lunch?" 
B) "Have you ever hit your relationship partner?" 
C) "When was the last time you texted a friend?" 
D) "Why did you choose to be a psychology major?" 
A) "How often do you eat lunch?" 
B) "Have you ever hit your relationship partner?" 
C) "When was the last time you texted a friend?" 
D) "Why did you choose to be a psychology major?"

Question 10

Dr.Ewell,a developmental psychologist,is planning on conducting a study that involves watching children play together to determine how sharing behavior occurs in same-sex friend pairs compared to opposite-sex friend pairs.

-Imagine that Dr.Ewell wants to videotape the children in the park.Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A) He will likely need to get permission to videotape the children prior to doing so. 
B) If he uses hidden cameras,he does not need to tell the participants they have been videotaped. 
C) He will be unable to use videotape because he is studying children. 
D) He can use the videotapes regardless of whether the adult objects as long as the child agrees. 
A) He will likely need to get permission to videotape the children prior to doing so. 
B) If he uses hidden cameras,he does not need to tell the participants they have been videotaped. 
C) He will be unable to use videotape because he is studying children. 
D) He can use the videotapes regardless of whether the adult objects as long as the child agrees.

Question 11

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using open-ended questions?

Accepted Answer

A) The answers provided are often spontaneous. 
B) The answers are unscientific. 
C) The answers must be coded. 
D) The answers are not taken seriously by participants. 
A) The answers provided are often spontaneous. 
B) The answers are unscientific. 
C) The answers must be coded. 
D) The answers are not taken seriously by participants.

Observer bias relates mainly to whereas observer effects stem from .

Which of the following is the most direct way to control for question order effects?

All of the following can decrease accurate responses EXCEPT:

Explain why observational methods are typically seen by most psychologists as ethical.

Which of the following questions is most likely to result in a socially desirable answer?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using open-ended questions?

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Three Claims, four Validities: Interrogation Tools for Consumers of Research

Ethical Guidelines for Psychology Research

Identifying Good Measurement

Sampling: Estimating the Frequency of Behaviors and Beliefs

Bivariate Correlational Research

Multivariate Correlational Research

Introduction to Simple Experiments

More on Experiments: Confounding and Obscuring Variables

Experiments With More Than One Independent Variable

Quasi-Experiments and Small-N Designs

Replicability, generalization, and the Real World

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Observer bias relates mainly to ________ whereas observer effects stem from ________.

Which of the following is the most direct way to control for question order effects?

All of the following can decrease accurate responses EXCEPT:

Explain why observational methods are typically seen by most psychologists as ethical.

Which of the following questions is most likely to result in a socially desirable answer?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using open-ended questions?

Psychology Is a Way of Thinking

Sources of Information: Evaluating, finding, and Reading Information

Three Claims, four Validities: Interrogation Tools for Consumers of Research

Ethical Guidelines for Psychology Research

Identifying Good Measurement

Sampling: Estimating the Frequency of Behaviors and Beliefs

Bivariate Correlational Research

Multivariate Correlational Research

Introduction to Simple Experiments

More on Experiments: Confounding and Obscuring Variables

Experiments With More Than One Independent Variable

Quasi-Experiments and Small-N Designs

Replicability, generalization, and the Real World

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Observer bias relates mainly to whereas observer effects stem from .