PSYCH 302 QUIZZES WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Which of the following types of studies is most susceptible to a carryover effect?
a. True controlled (within-subject)
b. Correlative
c. Descriptive
d. True controlled (between-subject) - Correct Answers -True Controlled (Within-
Subject)
Which of the following study designs is most appropriate for studying whether ultraviolet
radiation is associated with skin cancer?
a. True Controlled (within-subject)
b. True controlled (between-subject)
c. Correlative
d. Descriptive - Correct Answers -Correlative
Clever Hans was able to come up with the correct answer to simple math problems
because he
a. attended to subtle cues
b. had a cheat sheet
c. memorized the answers
d. knew basic arithmetic - Correct Answers -attended to subtle cues
If a researcher wished to investigate whether sleep deprivation negatively impacts test
scores using a within-subjects design, it would be important to make sure that:
a. subjects got enough sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the other
exam
b. the order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken was
counterbalanced across subjects
c. subject got enough sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the other
exam AND the order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken
was counterbalanced across subjects
d. subjects got enough sleep before each exam - Correct Answers -subjects got enough
sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the other exam AND the order in
which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken was counterbalanced
across subjects
, In a controlled study, the X variable is what the experimenter manipulates while the X
variable is what the experimenter measures
a. non-random, random
b. random, non-random
c. independent, dependent
d. dependent, independent - Correct Answers -independent, dependent
Which of the following has never been a confound in conflict adaptation studies?
a. mental rotation
b. feature repetitions
c. contingency learning
d. conflict monitoring - Correct Answers -conflict monitoring
While the stimuli in Experiment 1 of Schmidt & Weissman (2014) were BLANK, the
stimuli in Experiment 2 were BLANK
a. words, arrows
b. letters, colors
c. colors, letters
d. arrows, words - Correct Answers -arrows, words
Schmidt & Weissman (2014) argue that their methods for avoiding confounds when
studying the CSE
a. all of the other choices
b. can easily be adopted by other researchers
c. are better than other methods (e.g., modeling approaches)
d. may be useful in future functional MRI studies of the CSE - Correct Answers -all of
the other choices
Which of the following was a limitation of the Schmidt & Weissman (2014) study?
a. It did not rule out temporal learning confounds
b. it did not rule out contingency learning confounds
c. it did not rule out feature repetition confounds
d. none of the other answers - Correct Answers -it did not rule out temporal learning
confounds
A potential problem with employing arrows as stimuli in conflict adaptation tasks is that
a. none of the answers
b. arrows engender greater contingency learning than other types of stimuli
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Which of the following types of studies is most susceptible to a carryover effect?
a. True controlled (within-subject)
b. Correlative
c. Descriptive
d. True controlled (between-subject) - Correct Answers -True Controlled (Within-
Subject)
Which of the following study designs is most appropriate for studying whether ultraviolet
radiation is associated with skin cancer?
a. True Controlled (within-subject)
b. True controlled (between-subject)
c. Correlative
d. Descriptive - Correct Answers -Correlative
Clever Hans was able to come up with the correct answer to simple math problems
because he
a. attended to subtle cues
b. had a cheat sheet
c. memorized the answers
d. knew basic arithmetic - Correct Answers -attended to subtle cues
If a researcher wished to investigate whether sleep deprivation negatively impacts test
scores using a within-subjects design, it would be important to make sure that:
a. subjects got enough sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the other
exam
b. the order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken was
counterbalanced across subjects
c. subject got enough sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the other
exam AND the order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken
was counterbalanced across subjects
d. subjects got enough sleep before each exam - Correct Answers -subjects got enough
sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the other exam AND the order in
which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken was counterbalanced
across subjects
, In a controlled study, the X variable is what the experimenter manipulates while the X
variable is what the experimenter measures
a. non-random, random
b. random, non-random
c. independent, dependent
d. dependent, independent - Correct Answers -independent, dependent
Which of the following has never been a confound in conflict adaptation studies?
a. mental rotation
b. feature repetitions
c. contingency learning
d. conflict monitoring - Correct Answers -conflict monitoring
While the stimuli in Experiment 1 of Schmidt & Weissman (2014) were BLANK, the
stimuli in Experiment 2 were BLANK
a. words, arrows
b. letters, colors
c. colors, letters
d. arrows, words - Correct Answers -arrows, words
Schmidt & Weissman (2014) argue that their methods for avoiding confounds when
studying the CSE
a. all of the other choices
b. can easily be adopted by other researchers
c. are better than other methods (e.g., modeling approaches)
d. may be useful in future functional MRI studies of the CSE - Correct Answers -all of
the other choices
Which of the following was a limitation of the Schmidt & Weissman (2014) study?
a. It did not rule out temporal learning confounds
b. it did not rule out contingency learning confounds
c. it did not rule out feature repetition confounds
d. none of the other answers - Correct Answers -it did not rule out temporal learning
confounds
A potential problem with employing arrows as stimuli in conflict adaptation tasks is that
a. none of the answers
b. arrows engender greater contingency learning than other types of stimuli
