Exam 2: How Psychologists Do Research

The principle of falsifiability is defined as:

A case study would be the most appropriate method to investigate which of these topics?

Two sets of observations, assessing hours spent watching television and grade-point averages, are compared. Which of the following is the most likely outcome?

If you have just completed a research study, your work has just begun! What three things must you do once you have your results in hand?

One shortcoming of laboratory observation is that:

The Tri-Council that governs the code of conduct of all research done in Canada is comprised of three main federal agencies, namely:

A variable that the experimenter manipulates is called a/an:

Two sets of observations assessing men's educational level and their annual income are compared. Which of the following is the most likely outcome?

The principle of falsifiability means that:

A researcher decides that a psychological test is the most efficient means of testing his hypothesis. A test would NOT be appropriate if the researcher wanted to:

A psychologist has the option of gathering information through psychological tests or through self-evaluations by the subjects. Which option would be more effective in clarifying the differences/similarities between individuals? Why?

Professor Marshall wants to know if eating sweets for a bedtime snack makes children active. In his study, sweets before bedtime would be:

The first major challenge facing any researcher is to obtain a representative sample for study. Why is this so important? Give an example.

The pop-psych tests found in magazines and newspapers usually:

Dawn is systematically recording behaviours at a nursery school, making sure that she doesn't interfere with the behaviours. Dawn is engaged in:

Which of the following statements about correlation is true?

Naturalistic observation would be an appropriate research method to study aggressive acts early in childhood.

Which of the following is an operational definition of depression?

Ryan and his middle-school teammates buy a sports magazine and take the test entitled "Do you have what it takes to make the CFL?" Given our textbook's discussion of test construction, what advice would be best to give to Ryan?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?