Exam 9: Conducting Experiments

A _____ is very similar to the introduction and method sections of a journal article.

Which of the following is least likely to be considered when determining how to manipulate an independent variable?

Professor Smith takes a survey on her students in order to know if they prefer an individual or a group research project.The responses she collects would be an example of which of the following types of measure?

In a study examining the effect of appearances on judgments of criminal behavior,a researcher asks questions about the surroundings and the victim in order to disguise the dependent measures in the study.These unrelated questions are referred to as _____.

What is a similarity between demand characteristics and experimenter expectancy?

Saul,a researcher,presents his dog with a bowl of normal dog food and a bowl of vitamin-enriched dog food.He then records the amount of each type of food the dog consumes as a measure of his dog's food preference.What kind of measure has the researcher used?

Responses by participants to interviews and questionnaires are _____ measures.

Which of the following is a technique to improve internal validity?

Presenting participants with different versions of a videotaped confession in order to study a person's perception is an example of a(n)_____ manipulation.

To conduct a research on the influence of personality on intelligence,Richard allots extroverts to group A and introverts to group B.Being an introvert,Richard assumes that group B is more likely to be intellectually superior and later concludes that extroverts tend to score less than introverts in IQ tests.Which of the following does this scenario exemplify?

Investigators sometimes use deception in their case procedures to address the problem of _____.

Participants were asked to consume 8,16,24,or 32 ounces of alcohol and then to recite the English alphabet as quickly as possible.The rate or the amount of time it takes the participant to correctly recite the alphabet would be an example of a _____ measure.