LSU PSYC 2017 Exam 2 Zhang UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
constructs - CORRECT ANSWER - abstract variables
conceptual variables
measures - CORRECT ANSWER - Operationalization
Operational variables
a person's general tendency to prefer risks - CORRECT ANSWER - How is Measuring
General Risk Taking defined?
self-report measure - CORRECT ANSWER - recording people's answers to various
questions about themselves (e.g., people's self-reported agreement to their happiness)
themselves - CORRECT ANSWER - A self-report measure is recording people's answers
to various questions about __________________
self-report - CORRECT ANSWER - What type of measure is this?
questionnaire about a person's happiness
observational measure - CORRECT ANSWER - recording specific behaviors
observational - CORRECT ANSWER - What type of measure is this?
how many times someone smiles
, behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER - Observational measure is recording specific
_______________ (e.g., how many times someone smiles)
physiological measure - CORRECT ANSWER - recording biological data such as brain
activity
biological - CORRECT ANSWER - Physiological measure is recording ______________
data such as brain activity (e.g., release of dopamine)
physiological - CORRECT ANSWER - What type of measure is this?
release of dopamine
nominal
ordinal
interval
ratio - CORRECT ANSWER - List the 4 scales of measurement.
categorical or quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER - Operational variables are primarily
classified as _____________________ or _____________________
nominal variables - CORRECT ANSWER - categorical variables for which the categories
do not have a natural ordering are also called ___________________ variables
ordinal
interval
ratio - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the 3 types of quantitative or numerical variables?
nominal variable - CORRECT ANSWER - a variable used for observations that have
categories, or names, as their values
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
constructs - CORRECT ANSWER - abstract variables
conceptual variables
measures - CORRECT ANSWER - Operationalization
Operational variables
a person's general tendency to prefer risks - CORRECT ANSWER - How is Measuring
General Risk Taking defined?
self-report measure - CORRECT ANSWER - recording people's answers to various
questions about themselves (e.g., people's self-reported agreement to their happiness)
themselves - CORRECT ANSWER - A self-report measure is recording people's answers
to various questions about __________________
self-report - CORRECT ANSWER - What type of measure is this?
questionnaire about a person's happiness
observational measure - CORRECT ANSWER - recording specific behaviors
observational - CORRECT ANSWER - What type of measure is this?
how many times someone smiles
, behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER - Observational measure is recording specific
_______________ (e.g., how many times someone smiles)
physiological measure - CORRECT ANSWER - recording biological data such as brain
activity
biological - CORRECT ANSWER - Physiological measure is recording ______________
data such as brain activity (e.g., release of dopamine)
physiological - CORRECT ANSWER - What type of measure is this?
release of dopamine
nominal
ordinal
interval
ratio - CORRECT ANSWER - List the 4 scales of measurement.
categorical or quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER - Operational variables are primarily
classified as _____________________ or _____________________
nominal variables - CORRECT ANSWER - categorical variables for which the categories
do not have a natural ordering are also called ___________________ variables
ordinal
interval
ratio - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the 3 types of quantitative or numerical variables?
nominal variable - CORRECT ANSWER - a variable used for observations that have
categories, or names, as their values
