psyc 2101 Chapter 14 Exam #1 Questions with correct
answers
Melanie conducts a study for her research methods class to determine if
consuming caffeine causes people to perform better on cognitive tasks. In her
study, she gives half of her participants a glass of water and half of her
participants a glass of cola and then has them attempt to solve 15 math problems.
She finds that people who drink caffeine beforehand solve more math problems
than those who drink water beforehand. Melanie decides to conduct a conceptual
replication. Which of the following could be in the study to make it this type of
replication? - ✔✔Having participants drink a caffeinated energy drink rather than
a caffeinated cola
Cindy decides to conduct a meta-analysis examining the relationship between
daily stress and cardiovascular health for her senior psychology research project.
Cindy's advisor recommends that she contact several researchers in the field for
articles that were not published and/or that found null effects. Doing this will
address which of the following? - ✔✔The file drawer problem
At which point in the scientific process does preregistration occur? - ✔✔before
data collection
Some studies may not replicate because the original study used questionable
scientific practices. Which of the following is a way open science practices
attempt to deal with this problem? - ✔✔requiring scientists to make their data
and materials available for review
In order to avoid HARKing, what should researchers do? - ✔✔pre-register their
study
answers
Melanie conducts a study for her research methods class to determine if
consuming caffeine causes people to perform better on cognitive tasks. In her
study, she gives half of her participants a glass of water and half of her
participants a glass of cola and then has them attempt to solve 15 math problems.
She finds that people who drink caffeine beforehand solve more math problems
than those who drink water beforehand. Melanie decides to conduct a conceptual
replication. Which of the following could be in the study to make it this type of
replication? - ✔✔Having participants drink a caffeinated energy drink rather than
a caffeinated cola
Cindy decides to conduct a meta-analysis examining the relationship between
daily stress and cardiovascular health for her senior psychology research project.
Cindy's advisor recommends that she contact several researchers in the field for
articles that were not published and/or that found null effects. Doing this will
address which of the following? - ✔✔The file drawer problem
At which point in the scientific process does preregistration occur? - ✔✔before
data collection
Some studies may not replicate because the original study used questionable
scientific practices. Which of the following is a way open science practices
attempt to deal with this problem? - ✔✔requiring scientists to make their data
and materials available for review
In order to avoid HARKing, what should researchers do? - ✔✔pre-register their
study
