PSYCH 242 EXAM 3 UIC WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1.internal tvalidity: teach tindividual t"item" tis tmeasuring twhat twe twant tit tt
2.mundane trealism: texperiment tis tsimilar tto treal tlife tsituations
3.psychological trealism: tpsychological tprocess ttriggered tby tthe
texperiment tis tsimilar tto tthe tpsychological tprocess tthat toccurs tin
teveryday tlife
4.True tor tFalse: tWhen tnot tcontrolling tfor tconfounds, tresults tdiffer tin tthe
treal tworld tfrom tthe tresults twe tget tin tthe texperiment: ttrue
5.True tor tFalse: tThe tless tthe tmeans tdiffer, tthe tlower tthe tpsychological
trealism tof tthe texperiment tis.: tfalse
6.Is tit tokay tif tmundane trealism tis tlow tif tpsychological trealism tis thigh?:
tyes, tbecause tlab tstudies tdo tnot talways tlook tlike tthe treal tworld
7.Is tpsychological trealism tor tmundane trealism tmore timportant?:
tpsychologi- tcal trealism
8.What tis tmaturation?: tresults toccur tbecause tof ttime tpassing t(internal
tchanges) trather tthan teffects tof tthe tIV
9.What tdesign tis tmaturation tmost tcommon tin?: tlongitudinal tdesigns
1 t/
t5
, 10.How tdoes thistory teffect tinternal tvalidity?: texternal tevents tduring tthe
tcourse tof tthe tresearch tstudy tinfluence tthe toutcome tof tthe tstudy
11.How tdoes tselection teffect tinternal tvalidity?: tcreates tunequal tgroups.
tExam- tple: tchoosing tall tmale tparticipants tin ta tstudy, teven tthough
tfemales tneed tto tbe tlooked tat.
12.How tdoes tsubject teffects teffect tinternal tvalidity: tdifferent tsubjects
thave tdif- tferent teffects. t"Good" tsubjects tdo twhat tthe tresearcher twants,
tapprehensive tsubjects tbehave tin tways tthat tare tsocially tdesirable,
trebel tsubjects tdo tthe topposite tof twhat tthe tresearcher twants.
13.How tdo tplacebo teffects teffect tinternal tvalidity?: tReactions tor tchanges
tare tinfluenced tby tsuggestions tor texpectations
14.What tare tdemand tcharacteristics?: tCues tthat tenable tparticipants tto
tdetect tthe tpurpose tof tthe tstudy
15.What tare texamples tof tdemand tcharacteristics?: tbody tlanguage,
ttone tof tvoice, tchosen twords
16.What tis tan texperimenter teffect?: tbias ttowards tspecfic tparticipants
17.What tis tattrition?: tLoss tof tparticipants tduring ta tstudy
18.What tare tsequence teffects?: tbehavior tis tdue tto texperience twith ta
tprevious tcondition.
example: tearlier tevents tcan taffect tlater tsteps tor tsteps tthat toccur tat tthe
tsame ttime
19.what tis ta tpractice t(testing) teffect?: tpracticing tor ttaking ta ttest
tmultiple ttimes tcan taffect tperformance
20.What tare tgeneral tcontrol tprocedures?: tPreparation tof tthe tsetting tand
tmaking tsure teverything tis tconstant tand tDOES tNOT tchange
2 t/
t5
1.internal tvalidity: teach tindividual t"item" tis tmeasuring twhat twe twant tit tt
2.mundane trealism: texperiment tis tsimilar tto treal tlife tsituations
3.psychological trealism: tpsychological tprocess ttriggered tby tthe
texperiment tis tsimilar tto tthe tpsychological tprocess tthat toccurs tin
teveryday tlife
4.True tor tFalse: tWhen tnot tcontrolling tfor tconfounds, tresults tdiffer tin tthe
treal tworld tfrom tthe tresults twe tget tin tthe texperiment: ttrue
5.True tor tFalse: tThe tless tthe tmeans tdiffer, tthe tlower tthe tpsychological
trealism tof tthe texperiment tis.: tfalse
6.Is tit tokay tif tmundane trealism tis tlow tif tpsychological trealism tis thigh?:
tyes, tbecause tlab tstudies tdo tnot talways tlook tlike tthe treal tworld
7.Is tpsychological trealism tor tmundane trealism tmore timportant?:
tpsychologi- tcal trealism
8.What tis tmaturation?: tresults toccur tbecause tof ttime tpassing t(internal
tchanges) trather tthan teffects tof tthe tIV
9.What tdesign tis tmaturation tmost tcommon tin?: tlongitudinal tdesigns
1 t/
t5
, 10.How tdoes thistory teffect tinternal tvalidity?: texternal tevents tduring tthe
tcourse tof tthe tresearch tstudy tinfluence tthe toutcome tof tthe tstudy
11.How tdoes tselection teffect tinternal tvalidity?: tcreates tunequal tgroups.
tExam- tple: tchoosing tall tmale tparticipants tin ta tstudy, teven tthough
tfemales tneed tto tbe tlooked tat.
12.How tdoes tsubject teffects teffect tinternal tvalidity: tdifferent tsubjects
thave tdif- tferent teffects. t"Good" tsubjects tdo twhat tthe tresearcher twants,
tapprehensive tsubjects tbehave tin tways tthat tare tsocially tdesirable,
trebel tsubjects tdo tthe topposite tof twhat tthe tresearcher twants.
13.How tdo tplacebo teffects teffect tinternal tvalidity?: tReactions tor tchanges
tare tinfluenced tby tsuggestions tor texpectations
14.What tare tdemand tcharacteristics?: tCues tthat tenable tparticipants tto
tdetect tthe tpurpose tof tthe tstudy
15.What tare texamples tof tdemand tcharacteristics?: tbody tlanguage,
ttone tof tvoice, tchosen twords
16.What tis tan texperimenter teffect?: tbias ttowards tspecfic tparticipants
17.What tis tattrition?: tLoss tof tparticipants tduring ta tstudy
18.What tare tsequence teffects?: tbehavior tis tdue tto texperience twith ta
tprevious tcondition.
example: tearlier tevents tcan taffect tlater tsteps tor tsteps tthat toccur tat tthe
tsame ttime
19.what tis ta tpractice t(testing) teffect?: tpracticing tor ttaking ta ttest
tmultiple ttimes tcan taffect tperformance
20.What tare tgeneral tcontrol tprocedures?: tPreparation tof tthe tsetting tand
tmaking tsure teverything tis tconstant tand tDOES tNOT tchange
2 t/
t5
