PSYC 3003 Week 1 Quiz

PSYC 3003 Week 1 Quiz • Question 1 0 out of 2 points Deception within an experiment can become unethical when Selected Answer: . Correct Answer: c. a participant feels frustrated during the study and continues to feel that way for several days. • Question 2 2 out of 2 points What is the major difference between applied and basic research? Selected Answer: d. Basic research has no immediate application. Correct Answer: d. Basic research has no immediate application. • Question 3 2 out of 2 points Which one of the following is NOT part of informed consent? Selected Answer: c. A statement assuring that there will be no long term effects for the participant Correct Answer: c. A statement assuring that there will be no long term effects for the participant • Question 4 0 out of 2 points Which of the following is NOT accomplished by the scientific method? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: d. There is no longer any question about how to interpret data. • Question 5 0 out of 2 points A survey that reports the average income of all citizens in Washington, DC, is most likely an example of Correct Answer: b. descriptive research. • Question 6 2 out of 2 points There must be at least __________ individuals on the panel of the IRB, including at least one individual whose primary interest is in a nonscientific domain. Selected Answer: d. five Correct Answer: d. five • Question 7 2 out of 2 points The basic goal of behavioral research is to Selected Answer: c. study the behavior of humans and animals. Correct Answer: c. study the behavior of humans and animals. • Question 8 2 out of 2 points Which of the following are potential benefits of scientific research? Selected Answer: d. All of the above are potential benefits. Correct Answer: d. All of the above are potential benefits. • Question 9 2 out of 2 points When the probability and magnitude of harm or discomfort anticipated in the research are not greater than those encountered in daily life or during the performance of routine tests, we say that the risk is Selected Answer: b. minimal risk. Correct Answer: b. minimal risk. • Question 10 2 out of 2 points In order to make decisions about ethical dilemmas in research, psychologists consult Selected Answer: d. the American Psychological Association’s ethical principles. Correct Answer: d. the American Psychological Association’s ethical principles. • Question 11 2 out of 2 points In an experiment in which participants have been asked to think about their failures, the experimenter asks them to think about their successes before they leave. This is an example of which of the following? Selected Answer: c. Process debriefing Correct Answer: c. Process debriefing • Question 12 2 out of 2 points A participant who chooses not to complete an experiment after it has begun Selected Answer: a. must not incur any loss of benefits. Correct Answer: a. must not incur any loss of benefits. • Question 13 0 out of 2 points An example of basic research is the study of Correct Answer: b. how nerves conduct responses from the receptors in the skin to the brain. • Question 14 2 out of 2 points Behavioral scientists believe that the best tool for understanding human behavior is to Selected Answer: b. conduct empirical research. Correct Answer: b. conduct empirical research. • Question 15 2 out of 2 points Which of the following describes a correlational research design? Selected Answer: a. Anita investigates the relationship between the amount of time children spend watching television at home and their helping behaviors at school. Correct Answer: a. Anita investigates the relationship between the amount of time children spend watching television at home and their helping behaviors at school. • Question 16 2 out of 2 points Which of the following correlation coefficients is the weakest? Selected Answer: c. r = .32 Correct Answer: c. r = .32 • Question 17 2 out of 2 points One of the major difficulties involved in studying human beings is that Selected Answer: a. they often behave differently when they are being studied than they would otherwise. Correct Answer: a. they often behave differently when they are being studied than they would otherwise. • Question 18 0 out of 2 points Experiments Selected Answer: Correct Answer: d. involve the manipulation of a given situation or experience for two or more groups of individuals. • Question 19 2 out of 2 points When is a suspicion check used? Selected Answer: a. During the post-experimental interview Correct Answer: a. During the post-experimental interview • Question 20 0 out of 2 points A researcher who uses knowledge of a person’s intelligence to predict an ability to do well as a lawyer is using which type of research design? Selected Answer: Correct Answer: c. Correlational • Question 21 0 out of 2 points In which of the following situations could individuals be vulnerable to excessive inducement or pressure to participate in research? Correct Answer: b. Requiring prisoners to participate in a psychology experiment • Question 22 2 out of 2 points It is hypothesized that “absence makes the heart grow fonder” in that people are more attracted to those people that they see less often. What type of correlation is predicted between the frequency of seeing someone and attraction? Selected Answer: b. A negative correlation Correct Answer: b. A negative correlation • Question 23 2 out of 2 points Public criticism of psychological research seems to occur primarily when Selected Answer: d. the research findings go against strongly held personal beliefs. Correct Answer: d. the research findings go against strongly held personal beliefs. • Question 24 2 out of 2 points A research design is Selected Answer: a. a specific method used to collect, analyze, and interpret data. Correct Answer: a. a specific method used to collect, analyze, and interpret data. • Question 25 2 out of 2 points When no information identifying the participant is taken by the researcher, the collected data are said to be Selected Answer: c. anonymous. Correct Answer: c. anonymous. • Question 26 2 out of 2 points In the research by Brendl, Chattopadhyay, Pelham, and Carvallo (2005) on preference for letters of one’s own name, the participants drank two teas, one that contained letters of their own name and one that contained letters of another person’s name. This systematic variation, which was created by the research, means that the research was which of the following? Selected Answer: c. Experimental research Correct Answer: c. Experimental research • Question 27 2 out of 2 points When research consists of verbal summaries of “naturally occurring, ordinary events in natural settings” the research is Selected Answer: a. more likely to be qualitative research than quantitative research. Correct Answer: a. more likely to be qualitative research than quantitative research. • Question 28 0 out of 2 points A study in which participants are fully informed about the nature of the research and asked to behave “as if” they were in a social setting of interest is known as a(n) Correct Answer: b. simulation study. • Question 29 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is important when using animals as research participants? Selected Answer: d. All psychologists using animals must have proper training in the care, maintenance, and handling of the animal species. Correct Answer: d. All psychologists using animals must have proper training in the care, maintenance, and handling of the animal species. • Question 30 2 out of 2 points Which is NOT one of the four basic goals of ethical research? Selected Answer: d. Using deception to make sure results will not be hindered Correct Answer: