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UNC PSYC 270 Final Questions and Answers | 2025
Update | 100% Correct
Which of the following is not a scientific "way of knowing"?
a. metaphysics
b. thinking
c. intuiting
d. observing - (answers)a. metaphysics
If I came up with a hypothesis using my own personal experiences, I would be
using ____________.
a. empiricism
b. induction
c. deduction
d. metaphysical logic - (answers)a. empiricism
b. induction
During the judgement phase of question writing, what is our primary concern?
a. are participants thinking of the same question?
b. are researchers thinking about the same question?
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c. can participants translate internal psychological states into scales?
d. are researchers translating states into scales? - (answers)a. are participants
thinking of the same question?
IRB approval is required for any study involving human participants.
a. true
b. false - (answers)b. false
What are the two primary types of questions psychologists deal with?
a. open-ended and structured self-reporting
b. open-ended and quantitative
c. close-ended and structured self-reporting
d. close-ended and quantitative - (answers)a. open-ended and structured self-
reporting
Which of the following is not a threat to internal validity?
a. nonresponse bias
b. Hawthorne effect
c. regression to the mean
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d. maturation - (answers)a. nonresponse bias
What is/are the primary strength(s) of archival research?
a. high external validity
b. no response bias
c. high external validity
d. strong construct validity - (answers)a. high external validity
b. no response bias
If I asked how happy you are from 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely), what type of
scale would I be using?
a. interval
b. ordinal
c. nominal
d. ratio - (answers)a. Interval
b. ordinal
Experimental studies have their limits. What is the primary limit?
a. difficult to conduct
UNC PSYC 270 Final Questions and Answers | 2025
Update | 100% Correct
Which of the following is not a scientific "way of knowing"?
a. metaphysics
b. thinking
c. intuiting
d. observing - (answers)a. metaphysics
If I came up with a hypothesis using my own personal experiences, I would be
using ____________.
a. empiricism
b. induction
c. deduction
d. metaphysical logic - (answers)a. empiricism
b. induction
During the judgement phase of question writing, what is our primary concern?
a. are participants thinking of the same question?
b. are researchers thinking about the same question?
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c. can participants translate internal psychological states into scales?
d. are researchers translating states into scales? - (answers)a. are participants
thinking of the same question?
IRB approval is required for any study involving human participants.
a. true
b. false - (answers)b. false
What are the two primary types of questions psychologists deal with?
a. open-ended and structured self-reporting
b. open-ended and quantitative
c. close-ended and structured self-reporting
d. close-ended and quantitative - (answers)a. open-ended and structured self-
reporting
Which of the following is not a threat to internal validity?
a. nonresponse bias
b. Hawthorne effect
c. regression to the mean
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d. maturation - (answers)a. nonresponse bias
What is/are the primary strength(s) of archival research?
a. high external validity
b. no response bias
c. high external validity
d. strong construct validity - (answers)a. high external validity
b. no response bias
If I asked how happy you are from 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely), what type of
scale would I be using?
a. interval
b. ordinal
c. nominal
d. ratio - (answers)a. Interval
b. ordinal
Experimental studies have their limits. What is the primary limit?
a. difficult to conduct
