PSYCH 2030 Exam 2 Study Guide | Psychology Practice Questions & Answers

PSYCH./2030./EXAM./#2


do./we./prove./theories?./-
./correct./answer./NO;./theories./are./never./"prove"./but./hypotheses./can./be./co


nfirmed./or./disconfirmed


pros./of./self-report./measures./-./correct./answer./-
easy./and./cheap./to./administer
-direct./(self)./assessment./of./person's./state


cons./of./self./report./measure./-./correct./answer./-
accuracy./is./skewed./for./certain./groups./(narcissists)./
-potential./for./dishonesty./and./positive./impression./management./
(want./to./look./better./than./you./are)./
-hard./to./get./total./honesty./in./self./report./measure
(it./is./hard./to./write./a./good./self./report./measure)
-people./will./write./a./survey./but./a./crappy./survey


naturalistic./observation./-./correct./answer./-watching./behavior./in./real-
world./settings./
-good./way./to./collect./data

, external./validity./(generalizability)./-
./correct./answer./extent./to./which./we./can./generalize./our./findings./to./the./real.


/world




internal./validity./-./correct./answer./extent./to./which./we./can./draw./cause-and-
effect./inferences


halo./effect./-
./correct./answer./tendency./of./ratings./of./one./positive./characteristic./to./spill./


over./to./influence./the./ratings./of./other./characteristic


correlations./examine..../-./correct./answer./how./two./variables./are./related


positive./correlation./-
./correct./answer./as./one./variable./increases,./the./other./increases




negative./correlation./-
./correct./answer./as./one./variable./increases,./the./other./decreases




zero./(no./correlation)./-./correct./answer./no./relationship./between./variables


correlation./-./correct./answer./DOES./NOT./IMPLY./CAUSATION