Exam 2: How Psychologists Do Research

Match these definitions with the appropriate statistical term. -A procedure for combining and analyzing data from many studies.

Psychologists follow a code of ethics that has been developed by the Tri-Council. Describe five reasons why psychologists study animals. Explain the Tri-Council code in regard to research with animal subjects. Why has animal research provoked angry disputes?

A negative correlation means that:

Professor Steegel wants to know how infants of different ages respond when left with a stranger. The most efficient approach to explore this topic would be to conduct a:

The Canadian Council for Animal Care (CCAC) was established in what year?

A variable that the experimenter predicts will be affected by her manipulations is called a/an:

Replication occurs when scientists repeat a study in order to verify or challenge its findings.

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." How would you frame this question in clear and concrete terms? Specify an operational definition for the major terms.

Psychologists follow a code of ethics that has been developed by the Tri-Council. Explain the Tri-Council code in regard to research with human subjects. What happens when participants must be misled about the true purpose of the study in order to make sure that their responses are natural?

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Professor Holden gives a psychology exam on the origins of intelligence. She gives a short answer question based on the IQ scores of a parent-child pair. In order to answer the question correctly, her students need to remember that:

Many psychologists have called for more field research because experimental studies:

An ideal scientist should:

Match these descriptions with the appropriate research terms. -A controlled test in which the researcher manipulates one variable to discover its effect on another.

Match these descriptions with the appropriate term. -In an experiment, a comparison condition in which subjects are not exposed to the same treatment as in the experimental condition.

Statistics can be manipulated, exaggerated, and misrepresented to promote a particular political or social agenda. Give two examples of how statistics can be misused and outline 4 helpful guidelines to ensure critical thinking when examining statistics.

As a result of controversy over the use of deception in research:

Experiments yield descriptions of behaviour but cannot provide causal explanations.

Dr. Benjamin Rush treated yellow fever by bloodletting. He attributed each recovery to the bloodletting and each death to the severity of the yellow fever. What rule of science did he violate?

The authors recommend distrusting all statistics because statistics confuse and mislead.