Research Methods in Psychology EXAM
2 Questions With Correct Answers
open ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-allow respondents to
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answer in any way that they would like. Choose this type of question
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when you need various spontaneous answers, rich in information.
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Because answers often be categorized and coded, this is not a very
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efficient method. |
Forced-choice question - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-respondents give their
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opinion by picking the best of 2 or more options. Often used for current
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issues or asking preference between two choices
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Likert scale (or likert-type scale) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-People are
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presented with a statement and are asked to use a rating scale to
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indicate their degree of agreement. Semantic differential format: rate a
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target object using a numeric scale that is anchored with adjectives
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Leading questions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-questions that use certain
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wording to evoke a certain response from respondents.
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, Double negatives - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-when asking these types of
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questions, the participant may have trouble understanding what exactly
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the question is asking, and therefore the construct validity is lowered.
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Question order - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-earlier questions can change
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the way that respondents understand and answer the later questions.
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Response set: (also known as nondifferentiation) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a type of shortcut respondents can take when responding | | | | | | | | |
to a survey that occurs when respondents respond similarly to all
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questions
"Yea-saying" (also known as acquiescence) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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occurs when people say yes or strongly agree to every item instead of
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thinking instead of thinking carefully about each one.
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"Nay-saying" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-occurs when people say no or
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strongly disagree to every item instead of thinking instead of thinking
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carefully about each one. | | |
Fence sitting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-playing it safe by answering in the
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middle of the scale, especially when survey items are controversial.
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2 Questions With Correct Answers
open ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-allow respondents to
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answer in any way that they would like. Choose this type of question
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when you need various spontaneous answers, rich in information.
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Because answers often be categorized and coded, this is not a very
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efficient method. |
Forced-choice question - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-respondents give their
| | | | | | |
opinion by picking the best of 2 or more options. Often used for current
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
issues or asking preference between two choices
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Likert scale (or likert-type scale) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-People are
| | | | | | | | |
presented with a statement and are asked to use a rating scale to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
indicate their degree of agreement. Semantic differential format: rate a
| | | | | | | | | |
target object using a numeric scale that is anchored with adjectives
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Leading questions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-questions that use certain
| | | | | | | |
wording to evoke a certain response from respondents.
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, Double negatives - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-when asking these types of
| | | | | | | | |
questions, the participant may have trouble understanding what exactly
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the question is asking, and therefore the construct validity is lowered.
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Question order - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-earlier questions can change
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the way that respondents understand and answer the later questions.
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Response set: (also known as nondifferentiation) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a type of shortcut respondents can take when responding | | | | | | | | |
to a survey that occurs when respondents respond similarly to all
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questions
"Yea-saying" (also known as acquiescence) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | |
occurs when people say yes or strongly agree to every item instead of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
thinking instead of thinking carefully about each one.
| | | | | | |
"Nay-saying" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-occurs when people say no or
| | | | | | | | |
strongly disagree to every item instead of thinking instead of thinking
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carefully about each one. | | |
Fence sitting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-playing it safe by answering in the
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middle of the scale, especially when survey items are controversial.
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