FULL COMPLETE TEST BANK FOR
RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(MINDTAP COURSE LIST) 7TH EDITION
BY FREDERICK GRAVETTER (AUTHOR), LORI-ANN FORZANO,
JAMES WITNAUER
VERIFIED ANSWERS RATED WITH A+
,TRUE/FALSE
1 : A FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO KNOWS THAT HIS PERFORMANCE WILL BE BETTER IF HE
WEARS HIS LUCKY SHIRT IS USING THE METHOD OF FAITH.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : B
2 : FINDING INFORMATION IN A TEXTBOOK IS AN EXAMPLE OF USING THE RATIONAL
METHOD OF INQUIRY.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : B
3 : DALLAS IS USING THE RATIONAL METHOD WHEN, UPON SEEING THAT BIRDS EATING
CERTAIN BERRIES DO NOT DIE, CONCLUDES THAT THE BERRIES ARE NOT POISONOUS.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
4 : CLINTON IS USING THE EMPIRICAL METHOD WHEN HE DECIDES TO EAT A HANDFUL OF
BERRIES TO SEE IF THEY ARE POISONOUS.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
,CORRECT ANSWER : A
5 : YOU HAVE A TERRIBLE TOOTHACHE, SO YOU VISIT A DENTIST TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
WRONG WITH YOUR TOOTH. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF USING THE METHOD OF AUTHORITY.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
6 : THE METHOD OF INTUITION CAN BE VALUABLE WHEN MAKING ETHICAL OR MORAL
DECISIONS BY DOING WHAT FEELS RIGHT.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
7 : YOU HAVE DINNER RESERVATIONS AT 7:30 AT A RESTAURANT THAT IS 30 MINUTES
AWAY AND IT IS ALREADY 7:20, LEADING YOU TO CONCLUDE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE LATE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF USING THE EMPIRICAL METHOD.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : B
, 8 : BASED ON A FEW STUDENTS WHOM YOU KNOW, YOU DECIDE THAT ART MAJORS
WEAR FUNKY CLOTHES AND THAT PHYSICS MAJORS TEND TO BE NERDS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE
OF INDUCTIVE REASONING.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
9 : PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD INVOLVES USING A HYPOTHESIS TO MAKE
PREDICTIONS.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
10 : USING A HYPOTHESIS TO PREDICT HOW PEOPLE WILL BEHAVE DEMONSTRATES THE
USE OF INDUCTION.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : B
11 : IN THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, THE PROCESS OF FORMING A HYPOTHESIS MEANS THAT
YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE
OBSERVED.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(MINDTAP COURSE LIST) 7TH EDITION
BY FREDERICK GRAVETTER (AUTHOR), LORI-ANN FORZANO,
JAMES WITNAUER
VERIFIED ANSWERS RATED WITH A+
,TRUE/FALSE
1 : A FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO KNOWS THAT HIS PERFORMANCE WILL BE BETTER IF HE
WEARS HIS LUCKY SHIRT IS USING THE METHOD OF FAITH.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : B
2 : FINDING INFORMATION IN A TEXTBOOK IS AN EXAMPLE OF USING THE RATIONAL
METHOD OF INQUIRY.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : B
3 : DALLAS IS USING THE RATIONAL METHOD WHEN, UPON SEEING THAT BIRDS EATING
CERTAIN BERRIES DO NOT DIE, CONCLUDES THAT THE BERRIES ARE NOT POISONOUS.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
4 : CLINTON IS USING THE EMPIRICAL METHOD WHEN HE DECIDES TO EAT A HANDFUL OF
BERRIES TO SEE IF THEY ARE POISONOUS.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
,CORRECT ANSWER : A
5 : YOU HAVE A TERRIBLE TOOTHACHE, SO YOU VISIT A DENTIST TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
WRONG WITH YOUR TOOTH. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF USING THE METHOD OF AUTHORITY.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
6 : THE METHOD OF INTUITION CAN BE VALUABLE WHEN MAKING ETHICAL OR MORAL
DECISIONS BY DOING WHAT FEELS RIGHT.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
7 : YOU HAVE DINNER RESERVATIONS AT 7:30 AT A RESTAURANT THAT IS 30 MINUTES
AWAY AND IT IS ALREADY 7:20, LEADING YOU TO CONCLUDE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE LATE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF USING THE EMPIRICAL METHOD.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : B
, 8 : BASED ON A FEW STUDENTS WHOM YOU KNOW, YOU DECIDE THAT ART MAJORS
WEAR FUNKY CLOTHES AND THAT PHYSICS MAJORS TEND TO BE NERDS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE
OF INDUCTIVE REASONING.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
9 : PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD INVOLVES USING A HYPOTHESIS TO MAKE
PREDICTIONS.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : A
10 : USING A HYPOTHESIS TO PREDICT HOW PEOPLE WILL BEHAVE DEMONSTRATES THE
USE OF INDUCTION.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
CORRECT ANSWER : B
11 : IN THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, THE PROCESS OF FORMING A HYPOTHESIS MEANS THAT
YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE
OBSERVED.
A : TRUE
B : FALSE
