RESEARCH METHODS, EXAM #3 (CH. 1-4) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Applied Research - correct answer Research that starts out with a particular problem in
mind.
Basic Research - correct answer Research intended to enhance the general body of
knowledge.
Translational Research - correct answer Research that bridges between basic research
and applications.
Theory-Data Cyle - correct answer Findings add further support to the theory.
Basic Applied Research Cycle - correct answer Basic research may transition into
applied research.
Availability heuristic - correct answer What comes easily to mind (The Pop-Up
Principle).
Cherry-picking evidence - correct answer Focusing on the evidence we like best.
Present/present bias - correct answer Failing to think about what we cannot see (the
future, the past, meanwhile).
The bias blind spot - correct answer Biased about being biased.
Probabilistic - correct answer Conclusions are meant to explain a certain proportion of
possible cases.
Confirmatory hypothesis testing - correct answer Asking biased questions to get
expected answers.
Empirical journal articles - correct answer Report, for the first time, the results of an
(empirical) research study.
Review journal articles - correct answer Provide a summary of all the research that has
been done in one research area.
Confederate - correct answer A person who is an actor playing a specific role as part of
an experiment.
Meta-analysis - correct answer A quantitative technique used in some review articles
that combines the results of many studies and gives a number that summarizes the
magnitude of a relationship.
ANSWERS
Applied Research - correct answer Research that starts out with a particular problem in
mind.
Basic Research - correct answer Research intended to enhance the general body of
knowledge.
Translational Research - correct answer Research that bridges between basic research
and applications.
Theory-Data Cyle - correct answer Findings add further support to the theory.
Basic Applied Research Cycle - correct answer Basic research may transition into
applied research.
Availability heuristic - correct answer What comes easily to mind (The Pop-Up
Principle).
Cherry-picking evidence - correct answer Focusing on the evidence we like best.
Present/present bias - correct answer Failing to think about what we cannot see (the
future, the past, meanwhile).
The bias blind spot - correct answer Biased about being biased.
Probabilistic - correct answer Conclusions are meant to explain a certain proportion of
possible cases.
Confirmatory hypothesis testing - correct answer Asking biased questions to get
expected answers.
Empirical journal articles - correct answer Report, for the first time, the results of an
(empirical) research study.
Review journal articles - correct answer Provide a summary of all the research that has
been done in one research area.
Confederate - correct answer A person who is an actor playing a specific role as part of
an experiment.
Meta-analysis - correct answer A quantitative technique used in some review articles
that combines the results of many studies and gives a number that summarizes the
magnitude of a relationship.
