FULL TEST BANK FOR
RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 6TH
EDITION
by Frederick Gravetter
,TRUE/FALSE
1 : A Football Player Who Knows That His Performance Will Be Better If He Wears His Lucky Shirt Is
Using The METHOD Of Faith.
A : True
B : False
ANS: B
2 : Finding Information In A Textbook Is An Example Of Using The Rational METHOD Of Inquiry.
A : True
B : False
ANS: B
3 : Dallas Is Using The Rational METHOD When, Upon Seeing That Birds Eating Certain Berries Do
Not Die, Concludes That The Berries Are Not Poisonous.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
4 : Clinton Is Using The Empirical METHOD When He Decides To Eat A Handful Of Berries To See If
They Are Poisonous.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
,5 : You Have A Terrible Toothache, So You Visit A Dentist To Find Out What Is Wrong With Your
Tooth. This Is An Example Of Using The METHOD Of Authority.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
6 : The METHOD Of Intuition Can Be Valuable When Making Ethical Or Moral Decisions By Doing
What Feels Right.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
7 : You Have Dinner Reservations At 7:30 At A Restaurant That Is 30 Minutes Away And It Is
Already 7:20, Leading You To Conclude That You Are Going To Be Late. This Is An Example Of Using The
Empirical METHOD.
A : True
B : False
ANS: B
8 : Based On A Few Students Whom You Know, You Decide That Art Majors Wear Funky Clothes
And That Physics Majors Tend To Be Nerds. This Is An Example Of Inductive Reasoning.
A : True
B : False
, ANS: A
9 : Part Of The Scientific METHOD Involves Using A Hypothesis To Make Predictions.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
10 : Using A Hypothesis To Predict How People Will Behave Demonstrates The Use Of Induction.
A : True
B : False
ANS: B
11 : In The Scientific METHOD, The Process Of Forming A Hypothesis Means That You Are Trying To
Find A Possible Explanation For The Phenomenon That You Have Observed.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
12 : If The Scientific METHOD Is Being Used To Evaluate A Hypothesis Predicting A Specific
Relationship Between Two Variables, Then It Is Essential That Both Variables Can Be Measured.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
13 : An Important Element Of The Scientific METHOD Is That Research Results Should Be Made
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RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 6TH
EDITION
by Frederick Gravetter
,TRUE/FALSE
1 : A Football Player Who Knows That His Performance Will Be Better If He Wears His Lucky Shirt Is
Using The METHOD Of Faith.
A : True
B : False
ANS: B
2 : Finding Information In A Textbook Is An Example Of Using The Rational METHOD Of Inquiry.
A : True
B : False
ANS: B
3 : Dallas Is Using The Rational METHOD When, Upon Seeing That Birds Eating Certain Berries Do
Not Die, Concludes That The Berries Are Not Poisonous.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
4 : Clinton Is Using The Empirical METHOD When He Decides To Eat A Handful Of Berries To See If
They Are Poisonous.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
,5 : You Have A Terrible Toothache, So You Visit A Dentist To Find Out What Is Wrong With Your
Tooth. This Is An Example Of Using The METHOD Of Authority.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
6 : The METHOD Of Intuition Can Be Valuable When Making Ethical Or Moral Decisions By Doing
What Feels Right.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
7 : You Have Dinner Reservations At 7:30 At A Restaurant That Is 30 Minutes Away And It Is
Already 7:20, Leading You To Conclude That You Are Going To Be Late. This Is An Example Of Using The
Empirical METHOD.
A : True
B : False
ANS: B
8 : Based On A Few Students Whom You Know, You Decide That Art Majors Wear Funky Clothes
And That Physics Majors Tend To Be Nerds. This Is An Example Of Inductive Reasoning.
A : True
B : False
, ANS: A
9 : Part Of The Scientific METHOD Involves Using A Hypothesis To Make Predictions.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
10 : Using A Hypothesis To Predict How People Will Behave Demonstrates The Use Of Induction.
A : True
B : False
ANS: B
11 : In The Scientific METHOD, The Process Of Forming A Hypothesis Means That You Are Trying To
Find A Possible Explanation For The Phenomenon That You Have Observed.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
12 : If The Scientific METHOD Is Being Used To Evaluate A Hypothesis Predicting A Specific
Relationship Between Two Variables, Then It Is Essential That Both Variables Can Be Measured.
A : True
B : False
ANS: A
13 : An Important Element Of The Scientific METHOD Is That Research Results Should Be Made
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