Psychology 1000 exam test quiz and
answers graded A+
Jeanine, a research psychologist, has developed a hypothesis. Her next step is to
a) interpret the data necessary to evaluate it
b) conduct the statistical analysis
c) undergo peer review of her hypothesis
d) collect the data necessary to evaluate it - ANS✅✅d
Professor Frankel is an editor for a psychology journal. She is considering which submissions to send
out for peer review. Which of the following submissions is likely to receive the strongest
consideration based on its research methods?
a) A professor from Utah who submitted research that is important, accurate, and explained
thoroughly
b) A researcher from California who developed novel methods to study new technology
c) A professor from Illinois who employed rarely used methods but makes dramatic new findings
d) A postdoctoral fellow from Texas who used a controversial method and has already gained media
attention for making sensational claims - ANS✅✅a
Keith feels that the results of his research study in autism spectrum disorder among the elderly is
finally ready for submission to a journal. For the journal editor to recommend his article for
publication, what must the peer reviewers conclude?
a) His research is important, accurate, and explained thoroughly.
b) His methods are novel and could contribute to the field.
c) No other article on this topic has been published in the journal recently.
d) His findings are the first of their kind. - ANS✅✅a
Dr. Snape was skeptical after reading a study concluding that chocolate truffles reduced the
symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. Therefore, he initiated a similar study to determine
whether he would achieve the same results. Dr. Snapeʼs study would be termed a
a) statistical sampling
b) validity test
c) regressive analysis
,d) replication - ANS✅✅d
Dr. Livingston is conducting a study on the effectiveness of a new time-release antidepressant
medication. Once a week, participants receive a small white pill from Dr. Stanley, which they take
immediately without knowing if the pill is the new medicine or a placebo. Dr. Livingston then
observes the participants, without knowing which participants received the placebo. This type of
study uses the
a) blind procedure.
b) blind procedure with placebo.
c) naturalistic observation approach.
d) double-blind procedure. - ANS✅✅d
A newspaper headline states, "Autism spectrum disorder correlation to wealth affirmed."
Researchers found that affluent youngsters were almost twice as likely as the poorest children in the
study to have autism spectrum disorder. This is a
a) positive correlation
b) reciprocal correlation
c) negative correlation
d) zero correlation - ANS✅✅a
Consider the observation that many school shootings have been perpetrated by people with a
history of playing violent video games. In this scenario, what could the third variable be?
a) The school shootings
b) The shooter's history of being bullied.
c) The age of the shooter
d) The type of violence in the video games - ANS✅✅b
A newspaper headline reads, "Are intellectual pursuits the key to preventing Alzheimer's disease?"
The researchers scanned the brains of healthy seniors with no memory loss and asked the seniors to
recall how much reading, writing, and game-playing they did in childhood. Those who reported
doing daily brain activities from a young age had very low levels of amyloid plaques, which are
associated with Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following best describes this study's findings?
a) Intellectual pursuits and presence of amyloid plaque are positively correlated.
b) Amyloid plaques are the main cause of Alzheimer's disease.
c) Intellectual pursuits prevent Alzheimer's disease.
,d) There is a negative correlation between intellectual pursuits and the presence of amyloid plaques.
- ANS✅✅d
An experimental study is conducted examining the relationship between drinking caffeine and
reaction time. Participants given caffeine by the experimenters in different amounts, and then are
assessed on various tests of reaction time. In this study, the amount of caffeine that a participant
drinks is the ____.
a) random variable
b) independent variable
c) dependent variable
d) control variable - ANS✅✅b
Dr. Segal is testing the hypothesis that television watching in children under the age of two enhances
the development of language skills. In her study, the use of random assignment _
a) ensures that the dependent variable reflects the personal qualities of the participants
b) addresses situational confounding variables, such as the time of day or weather conditions
c) ensures that the independent variable reflects the outcomes of the dependent variables
d) tends to cancel out individual differences among participants in the experimental group and the
control group - ANS✅✅d
In Dr. Segal's study of the effects of television watching on the language development of children
under the age of two, which of the following would you recommend to operationalize the
dependent variable?
a) The cumulative amount of time spent watching television during the study
b) A count of the number of words each child knows at the end of the study
c) The amount of time per session spent watching television
d) A count of the number of words each child knows at the beginning and end of the study -
ANS✅✅d
Dr. Crane is studying patients who are in the residual phase of schizophrenia. His colleague, Dr.
Mellus, takes detailed notes during a series of interviews and interactions that Dr. Crane has with
one such patient for later analysis. What research method are these doctors employing?
a) Experimental study
b) Case study
c) Correlational study
, d) Experiential study - ANS✅✅b
Professor Scott conducts research on teenage risk-taking behavior. He would like to develop a
hypothesis on the parental influence on teenage risk-taking at the extreme end of the spectrum,
with a focus on teenagers who sail around the world alone. Would a case study be an appropriate
first step, and why or why not?
a) Yes, because Professor Scott already knows that parents are the driving influence behind teenage
circumnavigation.
b) No, because it will not generate a sufficient amount of data to be tested statistically.
c) Yes, because teenagers who sail around the world alone are rare and the data will help generate
new, or possibly falsify existing, hypotheses.
d) No, because case studies are too idiosyncratic and lack scientific rigor. - ANS✅✅c
You decide to study the effects of violent video games on aggression for a sociology term paper. To
do this, you attend several LAN parties at a friend's apartment, week after week. What method of
research are you employing?
a) Case study
b) Naturalistic observation
c) Survey
d) Experiential observation - ANS✅✅b
Neil has gathered data regarding self-report of successful smoking cessation. He finds that one of the
eight methods used by study participants accounts for a high proportion of the successes. The most
useful measure of central tendency to report would be the
a) distribution
b) mode
c) frequency
d) mean - ANS✅✅b
Noreen is a graduate student in psychology. She is designing a study regarding health care decision-
making among teenagers. Which of the following research participants can legally provide his or her
own informed consent?
a) An 18-year-old male with HIV/AIDS
b) A 19-year-old female with profound developmental disabilities
c) A 17-year-old female with chronic kidney disease
answers graded A+
Jeanine, a research psychologist, has developed a hypothesis. Her next step is to
a) interpret the data necessary to evaluate it
b) conduct the statistical analysis
c) undergo peer review of her hypothesis
d) collect the data necessary to evaluate it - ANS✅✅d
Professor Frankel is an editor for a psychology journal. She is considering which submissions to send
out for peer review. Which of the following submissions is likely to receive the strongest
consideration based on its research methods?
a) A professor from Utah who submitted research that is important, accurate, and explained
thoroughly
b) A researcher from California who developed novel methods to study new technology
c) A professor from Illinois who employed rarely used methods but makes dramatic new findings
d) A postdoctoral fellow from Texas who used a controversial method and has already gained media
attention for making sensational claims - ANS✅✅a
Keith feels that the results of his research study in autism spectrum disorder among the elderly is
finally ready for submission to a journal. For the journal editor to recommend his article for
publication, what must the peer reviewers conclude?
a) His research is important, accurate, and explained thoroughly.
b) His methods are novel and could contribute to the field.
c) No other article on this topic has been published in the journal recently.
d) His findings are the first of their kind. - ANS✅✅a
Dr. Snape was skeptical after reading a study concluding that chocolate truffles reduced the
symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. Therefore, he initiated a similar study to determine
whether he would achieve the same results. Dr. Snapeʼs study would be termed a
a) statistical sampling
b) validity test
c) regressive analysis
,d) replication - ANS✅✅d
Dr. Livingston is conducting a study on the effectiveness of a new time-release antidepressant
medication. Once a week, participants receive a small white pill from Dr. Stanley, which they take
immediately without knowing if the pill is the new medicine or a placebo. Dr. Livingston then
observes the participants, without knowing which participants received the placebo. This type of
study uses the
a) blind procedure.
b) blind procedure with placebo.
c) naturalistic observation approach.
d) double-blind procedure. - ANS✅✅d
A newspaper headline states, "Autism spectrum disorder correlation to wealth affirmed."
Researchers found that affluent youngsters were almost twice as likely as the poorest children in the
study to have autism spectrum disorder. This is a
a) positive correlation
b) reciprocal correlation
c) negative correlation
d) zero correlation - ANS✅✅a
Consider the observation that many school shootings have been perpetrated by people with a
history of playing violent video games. In this scenario, what could the third variable be?
a) The school shootings
b) The shooter's history of being bullied.
c) The age of the shooter
d) The type of violence in the video games - ANS✅✅b
A newspaper headline reads, "Are intellectual pursuits the key to preventing Alzheimer's disease?"
The researchers scanned the brains of healthy seniors with no memory loss and asked the seniors to
recall how much reading, writing, and game-playing they did in childhood. Those who reported
doing daily brain activities from a young age had very low levels of amyloid plaques, which are
associated with Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following best describes this study's findings?
a) Intellectual pursuits and presence of amyloid plaque are positively correlated.
b) Amyloid plaques are the main cause of Alzheimer's disease.
c) Intellectual pursuits prevent Alzheimer's disease.
,d) There is a negative correlation between intellectual pursuits and the presence of amyloid plaques.
- ANS✅✅d
An experimental study is conducted examining the relationship between drinking caffeine and
reaction time. Participants given caffeine by the experimenters in different amounts, and then are
assessed on various tests of reaction time. In this study, the amount of caffeine that a participant
drinks is the ____.
a) random variable
b) independent variable
c) dependent variable
d) control variable - ANS✅✅b
Dr. Segal is testing the hypothesis that television watching in children under the age of two enhances
the development of language skills. In her study, the use of random assignment _
a) ensures that the dependent variable reflects the personal qualities of the participants
b) addresses situational confounding variables, such as the time of day or weather conditions
c) ensures that the independent variable reflects the outcomes of the dependent variables
d) tends to cancel out individual differences among participants in the experimental group and the
control group - ANS✅✅d
In Dr. Segal's study of the effects of television watching on the language development of children
under the age of two, which of the following would you recommend to operationalize the
dependent variable?
a) The cumulative amount of time spent watching television during the study
b) A count of the number of words each child knows at the end of the study
c) The amount of time per session spent watching television
d) A count of the number of words each child knows at the beginning and end of the study -
ANS✅✅d
Dr. Crane is studying patients who are in the residual phase of schizophrenia. His colleague, Dr.
Mellus, takes detailed notes during a series of interviews and interactions that Dr. Crane has with
one such patient for later analysis. What research method are these doctors employing?
a) Experimental study
b) Case study
c) Correlational study
, d) Experiential study - ANS✅✅b
Professor Scott conducts research on teenage risk-taking behavior. He would like to develop a
hypothesis on the parental influence on teenage risk-taking at the extreme end of the spectrum,
with a focus on teenagers who sail around the world alone. Would a case study be an appropriate
first step, and why or why not?
a) Yes, because Professor Scott already knows that parents are the driving influence behind teenage
circumnavigation.
b) No, because it will not generate a sufficient amount of data to be tested statistically.
c) Yes, because teenagers who sail around the world alone are rare and the data will help generate
new, or possibly falsify existing, hypotheses.
d) No, because case studies are too idiosyncratic and lack scientific rigor. - ANS✅✅c
You decide to study the effects of violent video games on aggression for a sociology term paper. To
do this, you attend several LAN parties at a friend's apartment, week after week. What method of
research are you employing?
a) Case study
b) Naturalistic observation
c) Survey
d) Experiential observation - ANS✅✅b
Neil has gathered data regarding self-report of successful smoking cessation. He finds that one of the
eight methods used by study participants accounts for a high proportion of the successes. The most
useful measure of central tendency to report would be the
a) distribution
b) mode
c) frequency
d) mean - ANS✅✅b
Noreen is a graduate student in psychology. She is designing a study regarding health care decision-
making among teenagers. Which of the following research participants can legally provide his or her
own informed consent?
a) An 18-year-old male with HIV/AIDS
b) A 19-year-old female with profound developmental disabilities
c) A 17-year-old female with chronic kidney disease
