TEST BANK
PSYCHOLOGY THIRTEENTH EDITION
David G. Myers & C. Nathan DeWall
,Chapter 1: Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
Myers: Psychology 13th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
If results are statistically significant but have a small effect size, the results may
lack practical significance.
lack a cause-effect relationship.
represent a negative relationship.
represent a neutral relationship.
In one study, introductory psychology students were fitted with electronically activated recorders so that
researchers could sample their daily activities. The researchers were employing a scientific method known as
naturalistic observation.
the double-blind procedure.
experimentation.
the case study.
Studies conducted in the late 1990s in which the researcher concluded that children who were administered
the MMR vaccination developed autism were
withheld from the public intentionally.
accurate.
never published by academic journals.
discovered to be fraudulent.
Seven members of a boys' club reported the following individual earnings from their sale of cookies: $2, $9,
$8, $10, $4, $9, and $7. In this distribution of individual earnings
the median is greater than the mean and greater than the mode.
the median is less than the mean and less than the mode.
the median is greater than the mean and less than the mode.
the median is less than the mean and greater than the mode.
Professor Valetta believes that identical twins have similar levels of intelligence largely because they share
common genes. His idea is best described as a(n)
theory.
replication.
naturalistic observation.
operational definition.
The idea that "people's emotions and personal beliefs often override their acceptance of objective facts" is
expressed in the dictionary definition of
false news.
, post-truth.
powerful examples.
repetition.
Professor Terrance has conducted a study that examined the relationship between level of physical
activityand academic performance among children. He is most likely to use to determine if a relationship
exists.
meta-analysis
preregistration
a correlation coefficient
experimental research
The tendency to perceive order in random events often leads to overestimating the value of
common sense.
operational definitions.
informed consent.
the double-blind procedure.
Dr. Carlson wants to conduct a research study that will examine the sexual behaviors of college students.
Before she can begin data collection she must submit her research proposal to
her institution's review board.
the APA.
the BPS.
her department chair for review.
Approximately what percentage of the cases represented by the normal curve fall between 3 and +3
standard deviations from the mean?
34
68
95
100
Unconscious gut feelings, or , provide(s) a sharp contrast to explicit, conscious reasoning.
theory
chance-based explanation
common sense
naturalistic observation
The explanatory power of a scientific theory is most closely linked to its capacity to generate testable
assumptions.
correlations.
predictions.
variables.
Several weeks after a political election, voters often exaggerate their ability to have predicted the election
outcome. This best illustrates
, the splacebo seffect.
random sassignment.
wording seffects.
hindsight sbias.
Repeating sthe sessence sof sa sprevious sresearch sstudy sto sverify swhether sits sfindings sextend sto sa snew sgroup
sof sresearch sparticipants sand sto sdifferent scircumstances sis scalled
replication.
random ssampling.
naturalistic sobservation.
the sdouble-blind sprocedure.
What swas sthe sOxford sEnglish sDictionary's sword sof sthe syear sin s2017?
false snews
preregistration
post-truth
repetition
Neither sthe sresearchers snor sthe sparticipants sin sa sstudy sof sa sweight-loss spill sknow swhich sparticipants
shave sactually sreceived sa sdrug sdesigned sto shelp sweight sloss sand swhich shave sreceived sa splacebo. sThis
sinvestigation sinvolves sthe suse sof
naturalistic sobservation.
random ssampling.
the sdouble-blind sprocedure.
replication.
Which sof sthe sfollowing scorrelations sbetween sself-esteem sand sphysical sappearance swould senable syou sto
smost saccurately spredict sphysical sappearance sfrom sknowledge sof slevel sof sself-esteem?
a. s +.60
b. s+.01
c. s –.10
d. s–.06
When swe sask, sfor sexample, show sclosely srelated sare sthe sintelligence sscores sof sfraternal stwins, swe sare
sasking show sstrongly stwo are srelated.
experimental sgroups
control sgroups
variables
scatterplots
When syou sread sa sbar sgraph, sit sis smost simportant sfor syou sto
mentally stransform sthe sdata sinto sa snormal scurve.
identify sthe svalue sof sthe sstandard sdeviation.
note sthe srange sand ssize sof sthe sscale svalues.
PSYCHOLOGY THIRTEENTH EDITION
David G. Myers & C. Nathan DeWall
,Chapter 1: Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
Myers: Psychology 13th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
If results are statistically significant but have a small effect size, the results may
lack practical significance.
lack a cause-effect relationship.
represent a negative relationship.
represent a neutral relationship.
In one study, introductory psychology students were fitted with electronically activated recorders so that
researchers could sample their daily activities. The researchers were employing a scientific method known as
naturalistic observation.
the double-blind procedure.
experimentation.
the case study.
Studies conducted in the late 1990s in which the researcher concluded that children who were administered
the MMR vaccination developed autism were
withheld from the public intentionally.
accurate.
never published by academic journals.
discovered to be fraudulent.
Seven members of a boys' club reported the following individual earnings from their sale of cookies: $2, $9,
$8, $10, $4, $9, and $7. In this distribution of individual earnings
the median is greater than the mean and greater than the mode.
the median is less than the mean and less than the mode.
the median is greater than the mean and less than the mode.
the median is less than the mean and greater than the mode.
Professor Valetta believes that identical twins have similar levels of intelligence largely because they share
common genes. His idea is best described as a(n)
theory.
replication.
naturalistic observation.
operational definition.
The idea that "people's emotions and personal beliefs often override their acceptance of objective facts" is
expressed in the dictionary definition of
false news.
, post-truth.
powerful examples.
repetition.
Professor Terrance has conducted a study that examined the relationship between level of physical
activityand academic performance among children. He is most likely to use to determine if a relationship
exists.
meta-analysis
preregistration
a correlation coefficient
experimental research
The tendency to perceive order in random events often leads to overestimating the value of
common sense.
operational definitions.
informed consent.
the double-blind procedure.
Dr. Carlson wants to conduct a research study that will examine the sexual behaviors of college students.
Before she can begin data collection she must submit her research proposal to
her institution's review board.
the APA.
the BPS.
her department chair for review.
Approximately what percentage of the cases represented by the normal curve fall between 3 and +3
standard deviations from the mean?
34
68
95
100
Unconscious gut feelings, or , provide(s) a sharp contrast to explicit, conscious reasoning.
theory
chance-based explanation
common sense
naturalistic observation
The explanatory power of a scientific theory is most closely linked to its capacity to generate testable
assumptions.
correlations.
predictions.
variables.
Several weeks after a political election, voters often exaggerate their ability to have predicted the election
outcome. This best illustrates
, the splacebo seffect.
random sassignment.
wording seffects.
hindsight sbias.
Repeating sthe sessence sof sa sprevious sresearch sstudy sto sverify swhether sits sfindings sextend sto sa snew sgroup
sof sresearch sparticipants sand sto sdifferent scircumstances sis scalled
replication.
random ssampling.
naturalistic sobservation.
the sdouble-blind sprocedure.
What swas sthe sOxford sEnglish sDictionary's sword sof sthe syear sin s2017?
false snews
preregistration
post-truth
repetition
Neither sthe sresearchers snor sthe sparticipants sin sa sstudy sof sa sweight-loss spill sknow swhich sparticipants
shave sactually sreceived sa sdrug sdesigned sto shelp sweight sloss sand swhich shave sreceived sa splacebo. sThis
sinvestigation sinvolves sthe suse sof
naturalistic sobservation.
random ssampling.
the sdouble-blind sprocedure.
replication.
Which sof sthe sfollowing scorrelations sbetween sself-esteem sand sphysical sappearance swould senable syou sto
smost saccurately spredict sphysical sappearance sfrom sknowledge sof slevel sof sself-esteem?
a. s +.60
b. s+.01
c. s –.10
d. s–.06
When swe sask, sfor sexample, show sclosely srelated sare sthe sintelligence sscores sof sfraternal stwins, swe sare
sasking show sstrongly stwo are srelated.
experimental sgroups
control sgroups
variables
scatterplots
When syou sread sa sbar sgraph, sit sis smost simportant sfor syou sto
mentally stransform sthe sdata sinto sa snormal scurve.
identify sthe svalue sof sthe sstandard sdeviation.
note sthe srange sand ssize sof sthe sscale svalues.
