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Soc 3900 Midterm 1 Exam Questions With
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________ must occur if deception is used in an experiment. - Answer✔Debriefing
A ____________ is a mental image that summarizes a set of similar observations, feelings, or
ideas. - Answer✔Concept
A measure is valid when it: - Answer✔Measures what the researcher intends to measure
A measurement showing that measures of a phenomenon at two points in time are highly
correlated, if the phenomenon has not changed or has only as much as the phenomenon itself
is called _____________? - Answer✔Test-retest reliability
A researcher believes girls are more preoccupied with the way they dress than boys. Due to this
assumption, he focuses only on girls and their interactions with their friends, neglecting how
boys present themselves to others. This is an example of: - Answer✔Selective observation
A researcher conducts a survey of students randomly selected from Introduction to Psychology
classes at State University. The researcher then attempts to generalize these findings to all
college students. In this example, the target population is: - Answer✔All college students
A researcher has decided to do a study of people who hunt in a nearby national forest. He asks
a friend, whom he knows to be a hunter, if he would consent to an interview. He interviews his
friend, and then asks his friend if he could name other people who hunted in the forest. His
friend provides him with five names. The researcher contacts those five people, interviews
them, and asks each of those people for names of other hunters. This sampling technique is
known as: - Answer✔Snowball sampling
A researcher is planning a study looking at first-year college students and their experiences at a
four-year university. A sample of individuals from the first-year class is taken at Time 1 and data
are gathered. A year passes and some participants leave the study. However, the researcher
gathers data from the same people from the first time, minus those who left. This is an example
of what kind of study? - Answer✔Panel study
A researcher is studying the experiences of adolescents as they enter middle school. Every year
she selects a group of students entering middle school and asks them a series of questions. She
does this for 15 years and publishes a book about how entering middle school shapes the
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experiences and minds of our adolescents. She has conducted what type of study? -
Answer✔Trend, Cross sectional, cohort, and panel
A researcher seeks to examine "Why do young people in poor neighborhoods join gangs?" This
is an example of what kind of research question? - Answer✔Exploratory
A researcher wants to study cheating among high school students. Instead of just asking them
how often do they cheat, the researcher sets up a mock test where participants are told they
are being tested for intuitiveness and are given ample opportunities to peek at other
participant's tests. They are then fully informed about the research after the experiment is
completed. This is an example of: - Answer✔Deception
A researcher wants to study the effects of social class on consumption behavior. He establishes
three different categories of social class in terms of amount of income. He then assigns each
field worker a specified number of interviews with people in each income category although
the interviewers are allowed to select whom they interview. This is an example of -
Answer✔Quota sampling
A Study seeks to find out whether the Federal wetlands protection programs have significantly
slowed the destruction of wetlands. This is an example of what kind of research? -
Answer✔Explanatory
A subset of the population used to study the population as a whole is known as a(n): -
Answer✔Sample
A variable that is hypothesized to vary depending on the influence of another variable is called
a(n): - Answer✔Independent variable
Age, gender, authoritarianism, depression, and safety are all examples of: - Answer✔Concepts
Another name for convenience sampling is: - Answer✔Availability sampling
As the size of the sample goes up: - Answer✔So does confidence in its representativeness of
the population
Beth tested whether an individual's attitudes about homosexuality varied by how frequently
the individual attended religious services. What is Beth's dependent variable? -
Answer✔Attitudes about homosexuality
Consent may only be given by people who: - Answer✔Are competent to give consent
Deductive research begins with which element? - Answer✔social theory
If anything other than chance determines which elements are selected for the sample, then the
sample is said to have: - Answer✔bias
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Soc 3900 Midterm 1 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers 100% Verified.
________ must occur if deception is used in an experiment. - Answer✔Debriefing
A ____________ is a mental image that summarizes a set of similar observations, feelings, or
ideas. - Answer✔Concept
A measure is valid when it: - Answer✔Measures what the researcher intends to measure
A measurement showing that measures of a phenomenon at two points in time are highly
correlated, if the phenomenon has not changed or has only as much as the phenomenon itself
is called _____________? - Answer✔Test-retest reliability
A researcher believes girls are more preoccupied with the way they dress than boys. Due to this
assumption, he focuses only on girls and their interactions with their friends, neglecting how
boys present themselves to others. This is an example of: - Answer✔Selective observation
A researcher conducts a survey of students randomly selected from Introduction to Psychology
classes at State University. The researcher then attempts to generalize these findings to all
college students. In this example, the target population is: - Answer✔All college students
A researcher has decided to do a study of people who hunt in a nearby national forest. He asks
a friend, whom he knows to be a hunter, if he would consent to an interview. He interviews his
friend, and then asks his friend if he could name other people who hunted in the forest. His
friend provides him with five names. The researcher contacts those five people, interviews
them, and asks each of those people for names of other hunters. This sampling technique is
known as: - Answer✔Snowball sampling
A researcher is planning a study looking at first-year college students and their experiences at a
four-year university. A sample of individuals from the first-year class is taken at Time 1 and data
are gathered. A year passes and some participants leave the study. However, the researcher
gathers data from the same people from the first time, minus those who left. This is an example
of what kind of study? - Answer✔Panel study
A researcher is studying the experiences of adolescents as they enter middle school. Every year
she selects a group of students entering middle school and asks them a series of questions. She
does this for 15 years and publishes a book about how entering middle school shapes the
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experiences and minds of our adolescents. She has conducted what type of study? -
Answer✔Trend, Cross sectional, cohort, and panel
A researcher seeks to examine "Why do young people in poor neighborhoods join gangs?" This
is an example of what kind of research question? - Answer✔Exploratory
A researcher wants to study cheating among high school students. Instead of just asking them
how often do they cheat, the researcher sets up a mock test where participants are told they
are being tested for intuitiveness and are given ample opportunities to peek at other
participant's tests. They are then fully informed about the research after the experiment is
completed. This is an example of: - Answer✔Deception
A researcher wants to study the effects of social class on consumption behavior. He establishes
three different categories of social class in terms of amount of income. He then assigns each
field worker a specified number of interviews with people in each income category although
the interviewers are allowed to select whom they interview. This is an example of -
Answer✔Quota sampling
A Study seeks to find out whether the Federal wetlands protection programs have significantly
slowed the destruction of wetlands. This is an example of what kind of research? -
Answer✔Explanatory
A subset of the population used to study the population as a whole is known as a(n): -
Answer✔Sample
A variable that is hypothesized to vary depending on the influence of another variable is called
a(n): - Answer✔Independent variable
Age, gender, authoritarianism, depression, and safety are all examples of: - Answer✔Concepts
Another name for convenience sampling is: - Answer✔Availability sampling
As the size of the sample goes up: - Answer✔So does confidence in its representativeness of
the population
Beth tested whether an individual's attitudes about homosexuality varied by how frequently
the individual attended religious services. What is Beth's dependent variable? -
Answer✔Attitudes about homosexuality
Consent may only be given by people who: - Answer✔Are competent to give consent
Deductive research begins with which element? - Answer✔social theory
If anything other than chance determines which elements are selected for the sample, then the
sample is said to have: - Answer✔bias
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