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Question 1 (0.5 points)Scientific research has suggested which of the following?Question 1 options:Women are much more talkative than men.Men are much more talkative than women.Men and women are equally talkative.none of the above.Question 2 (0.5 points)Which of the following best describes the relationship between psychology, on the one hand, and biology, chemistry, and physics, on the other handQuestion 2 options:Psychology is fundamentally different from biology, chemistry, and physics.Psychology is not scientific but biology, chemistry, and physics are.Psychology is non-mathematical but biology, chemistry, and physics are.All of these disciplines share the same general approach to understanding the natural world.Question 3 (0.5 points)Which of the following âcommonsenseâ beliefs is incorrect?Question 3 options:People use only 10% of their brainpower.Students learn best when teaching styles are matched to their learning styles.Low self-esteem is a major cause of psychological problems.all of the aboveQuestion 4 (0.5 points)The tendency to notice evidence that is consistent with our beliefs and ignore evidence that is inconsistent with our beliefs is called _____.Question 4 options:wishful thinkingconfirmation biasskepticismcommon senseQuestion 5 (0.5 points)Which of the following is the most common type of sample in psychological research?Question 5 options:a convenience samplea random samplea haphazard samplea stratified sampleQuestion 6 (0.5 points)Which of the following statements is true?Question 6 options:There are many good operational definitions for stress.Any operational definition of stress must include a physiological component (e.g., blood pressure).There is no good way to define stress.Stress cannot be measured using questionnaires.Question 7 (0.5 points)When you want to show that Variable X has a direct effect on Variable Y, what is the best kind of study to conduct?Question 7 options:a nonexperimental studyan experimentan observational studya surveyQuestion 8 (0.5 points)Which of the following could NOT be the independent variable in an experiment?Question 8 options:sexual abusestudy strategyroom temperaturemoodQuestion 9 (0.5 points)What is the primary database for the research literature in psychology?Question 9 options:JSTORSocial Science Citation IndexPsycINFOPsychological AbstractsQuestion 10 (0.5 points)What group should not be taken into account in the consideration of the ethics of a research project?Question 10 options:societyclinical practitionersthe scientific communityresearch participantsQuestion 11 (0.5 points)The principle of informed consent requires which of the following?Question 11 options:Participants read and sign an informed consent form.Researchers tell participants about their hypotheses before the study begins.Participants must have a minimum of seven days to think about whether or not they will participate.Participants are told everything that might be expected to affect their decision to participate.Question 12 (0.5 points)Which of the following is true of the use of deception in psychological research?Question 12 options:It used to be allowed but it is not anymore.It can be used only in the evaluation of psychotherapy effectiveness.It is acceptable if there is no alternative way to conduct the study.Most researchers in psychology believe that it is wrongQuestion 13 (0.5 points)Measuring characteristics of potential participants to identify those who may be at risk of harm in the study is called _____.Question 13 options:debriefingprescreeninginformed consentrisk reductionQuestion 14 (0.5 points)By âtheory,â scientists generally mean which of the following?Question 14 options:a manipulationa speculationan interpretationan observationQuestion 15 (0.5 points)Which of the following is an advantage of narrow theories over broad theories?Question 15 options:They are simpler.They explain more phenomena.They are less technical.They make more precise predictions.Question 16 (0.5 points)When will researchers typically abandon a theory?Question 16 options:when it is criticized by other researchersas soon as a hypothesis based on the theory is disconfirmedafter several hypotheses based on the theory are disconfirmedafter approximately 10 to 15 yearsQuestion 17 (0.5 points)What are the two main characteristics of survey research?Question 17 options:large random samples and self-report measuresself-report measures and face-to-face interviewsface-to-face interviews and statistical analysisstatistical analysis and large random samplesQuestion 18 (0.5 points)A survey research randomly samples 500 white Americans and 500 black Americans. Which approach has the researcher used?Question 18 options:stratified random samplingcluster samplingnonprobability samplingsimple random samplingQuestion 19 (4 points)Describe how a psychologist would go about conducting research on the effect of cell phone use on driving performance in terms of the general model of scientific research in psychology presented in the textbook.Question 19 options:Question 20 (2 points)What is a random sample? Explain why researchers in psychology do not typically use random samples in their research.Question 20 options:Question 21 (3 points)What were two ethical problems with Milgramâs (1963) famous obedience study?Question 21 options:Question 22 (2 points)Can a survey also be an experiment? Explain how.Question 22 options:
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