Exam 2: Exstintion: How Psychologists Do Research

A researcher wants to know whether eating chocolate makes people nervous.The amount of chocolate eaten:

Research methods that depict behavior,but are not necessarily causal explanations are called:

All of the following are accurate statements regarding random assignment EXCEPT:

Computer technology can help reduce lying on surveys because many people feel more anonymous when they "talk" to a computer.

A study in which subjects of different ages are compared at a given time is called a longitudinal study.

Assessment instruments that are designed to tap unconscious feelings or motives are called:

The variable that an experimenter manipulates is called the dependent variable.

If you hear that a particular treatment causes a 100 percent increase in some serious side effect,you must reject the treatment.

In the experimental condition,subjects are treated exactly as they are in the control condition except that the experimental subjects are exposed to the placebo.

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

Hannah has always been drawn to the saying "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," and she decides that this saying will be incorporated into her research project.Hannah is trying to define "absence" in a way that can be empirically tested.She is attempting to find an appropriate:

A negative correlation means that:

Which descriptive method would be most appropriate for studying mathematics ability of incoming freshmen?

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

In order to be useful,a test must be valid,that is,it must:

Scientists are expected to submit their results to professional journals,which send the findings to experts for evaluation before publication.This process is called:

The ability of a test to measure what it is designed to measure is called standardization.

The colder the weather,the fewer muggings tend to occur.This means that:

All of the following variables EXCEPT _______________ show a negative correlation.

Which of the following is NOT a problem with experiments?