PSS Exam QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS (ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% CORRECT)

PSS Exam QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS (ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% CORRECT)

what did Robert Yerke help develop? - ✔✔the army alpha and beta tests, which
assessed soldiers' aptitudes


_____ challenged the validity of eyewitness testimony


what did this help show?



what is the leading cause of wrongful conviction? - ✔✔Elizabeth Loftus


memory isn't just a process of recall, but reconstruction of events


eyewitness misidentification


cases with a _____ defendant and a _____ victim are the most likely to result in a death
sentence - ✔✔minority


white



what does the structure of a research paper reflect? - ✔✔the structure of a research
project, which in turn aspires to follow the scientific method



what is the general structure of a research article? - ✔✔1. phenomenon
- "big picture" question

, 2. theory
- "how or why" behavior works
3. hypothesis
- cast processes as specific variables
4. methods
- concrete study procedures
5. data/results
- statistical tests of hypothesis
6. discussion
- meaning of the results for the theory
7. conclusion
- what do we know now about the phenomenon?



why is the abstract important in a research article? - ✔✔it contains all 3 elements:
context, content, and conclusion



What is the Q in QDAFI? - ✔✔each paper starts with a "Question"
- paraphrase



What is the D in QDAFI? - ✔✔what did the authors "Do" to answer the question?
- methods



What is the A in QDAFI? - ✔✔links the Q to the methods that the authors used
- "Author's" rational



What is the F in QDAFI? - ✔✔what is the "Finding" set up by D and A?