Exam 2: Research Methodology

In scientific research,a researcher's expectations about a study can lead to systematic errors in observation.This phenomenon is called:

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)is similar to an institutional review board because both organizations:

An institutional review board is likely to conclude that there are no troublesome ethical issues associated with which of the following studies?

When data collected in research are not useful in addressing the issue that the investigator is studying,we say that the data are NOT:

If you list a set of scores from the lowest value to the highest,then take the middle value to indicate what a typical score is,you are using the:

If a researcher does not have a clear operational definition of the behavior he or she is studying,he or she might experience:

According to your text,physiologists David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel's Nobel Prize-winning research on the function of visual cells in cats' brains illustrates the value of ________ in scientific research.

How do theories reflect the law of parsimony?

Gwen is studying the effects of comedic film on depressed participants.She is concerned that the data collectors will produce biased observations if they know the purpose of the study.She addresses this problem by using a(n)________ study.

If a researcher finds that a participant produces different scores on a task each time the participant engages in that task,a researcher can conclude that:

Unintended differences between the groups in an experiment reflect ________ bias; these differences stem from a failure to follow the principle of random ________.

A study of the experiences of a synesthete-for example,a person who experiences a visual sensation when hearing a sound-is likely to make use of:

A college is planning on turning a grassy area into a parking lot.A researcher wants to investigate the response of students about this change.She plans to give a questionnaire to a random sample of students.It is likely that:

According to your text,variables,by definition,can:

Scientists conduct ________,which involves the careful and systematic collection of data.

When researchers study multiple groups and report the means for each group,they are reporting:

If a psychologist's goal is to describe behavior or mental processes,he or she might conduct a(n)________ study.

Bai is conducting a study on learning.When she manipulates an independent variable,it is possible that some other factor,such as noise in the hall,can affect learning in one of the groups but not in the other.This possibility reflects the presence of:

Jamal wants to find out whether the customers of his coffee shop prefer that he add booths or keep his tables and chairs.A researcher would be likely to use what kind of study to help him?

According to your textbook,if you wanted to conduct observational research but were concerned that the people you observed would change their behaviors due to reactivity,you could: