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The most valuable type of research is
A. always conducted using a factor analysis
B. conducted using the chi-square
C. the experiment, used to discover cause-and effect relationships
D. the quasi-experiment correct answers C
Experiments emphasize parsimony, which means
A. interpreting the results in the simplest way
B. interpreting the results in the most complex manner
C. interpreting the results using a correlation coefficient
D. interpreting the results using a clinical interview correct answers A
Occam's Razor suggests that experimenters
A. interpret the results in the simplest manner
B. interpret the results in the most complex manner
C. interpret the results using a correlation coefficient
D. interpret the results using a clinical interview correct answers A
A counselor educator is running an experiment to test a new form of counseling. Unbeknownst to
the experimenter one of the clients in the study is secretly seeing a gestalt therapist. This
experiment
A. a parsimonious
B. is an example of Occam's Razor
C. is confounded/flawed
D. is valid and will most likely helped the field of counseling correct answers C
Non-directive is to person-centered as
,A. psychological testing is to counseling
B. confounding is to experimenting
C. appraisal is to research
D. parsimony is to Occam's Razor correct answers D
An experiment is said to be confounded when
A. undesirable variables are not kept out of the experiment
B. undesirable variables are kept out of the experiment
C. basic research is used to in place of applied research
D. the sample is random correct answers A
In experimental terminology IV stands for_____ and DV stands for_____.
A. independent variable; dependent variable
B. dependent variable; independent variable
C. individual variable; dependent variable
D. independent variable; designer variable correct answers A
A professor of counselor education hypothesized that biofeedback training could reduce anxiety
and improve the average score on written board exams. If this professor decides to conduct a
formal experiment the IV will be the ____ and the DV will be the _____.
A. professor; anxiety level
B. anxiety level; board exam score
C. biofeedback; board exam score
D. board exam score; biofeedback correct answers C
Experimenters should always abide by a code of ethics. The variable you manipulate/control in
an experiment is the
A. DV
B. dependent variable
, C. the variable you will measure to determine the outcome
D. IV or independent variable correct answers D
In order for the professor of counselor education (see question 8) to conduct an experiment
regarding his hypothesis he will need a(n) ______ and a(n)_____.
A. biofeedback group; systematic desensitization group
B. control group; systematic desensitization group
C. control group experimental group
D. control group with at least 60 subjects experimental with at least 60 subjects correct answers
C
In order for the professor of counselor education to conduct the experiment suggested in question
8 the experimental group would need to receive
A. the manipulated IV
B. the biofeedback training
C. A and B
D. the organismisic IV correct answers C
Hypothesis testing is most closely related to the work of
A. Hoppock
B. Freud
C. Morgan
D. Fisher correct answers D
The null hypothesis suggestes that there will not be a significant difference between the
experimental group which received the IV and the control group which did not. Thus, if the
experiment in question 8 was conducted, the null hypothesis would suggest that
A. all students receiving biofeedback training would score equally well on the board exam
B. systematic desensitization might work better than biofeedback
The most valuable type of research is
A. always conducted using a factor analysis
B. conducted using the chi-square
C. the experiment, used to discover cause-and effect relationships
D. the quasi-experiment correct answers C
Experiments emphasize parsimony, which means
A. interpreting the results in the simplest way
B. interpreting the results in the most complex manner
C. interpreting the results using a correlation coefficient
D. interpreting the results using a clinical interview correct answers A
Occam's Razor suggests that experimenters
A. interpret the results in the simplest manner
B. interpret the results in the most complex manner
C. interpret the results using a correlation coefficient
D. interpret the results using a clinical interview correct answers A
A counselor educator is running an experiment to test a new form of counseling. Unbeknownst to
the experimenter one of the clients in the study is secretly seeing a gestalt therapist. This
experiment
A. a parsimonious
B. is an example of Occam's Razor
C. is confounded/flawed
D. is valid and will most likely helped the field of counseling correct answers C
Non-directive is to person-centered as
,A. psychological testing is to counseling
B. confounding is to experimenting
C. appraisal is to research
D. parsimony is to Occam's Razor correct answers D
An experiment is said to be confounded when
A. undesirable variables are not kept out of the experiment
B. undesirable variables are kept out of the experiment
C. basic research is used to in place of applied research
D. the sample is random correct answers A
In experimental terminology IV stands for_____ and DV stands for_____.
A. independent variable; dependent variable
B. dependent variable; independent variable
C. individual variable; dependent variable
D. independent variable; designer variable correct answers A
A professor of counselor education hypothesized that biofeedback training could reduce anxiety
and improve the average score on written board exams. If this professor decides to conduct a
formal experiment the IV will be the ____ and the DV will be the _____.
A. professor; anxiety level
B. anxiety level; board exam score
C. biofeedback; board exam score
D. board exam score; biofeedback correct answers C
Experimenters should always abide by a code of ethics. The variable you manipulate/control in
an experiment is the
A. DV
B. dependent variable
, C. the variable you will measure to determine the outcome
D. IV or independent variable correct answers D
In order for the professor of counselor education (see question 8) to conduct an experiment
regarding his hypothesis he will need a(n) ______ and a(n)_____.
A. biofeedback group; systematic desensitization group
B. control group; systematic desensitization group
C. control group experimental group
D. control group with at least 60 subjects experimental with at least 60 subjects correct answers
C
In order for the professor of counselor education to conduct the experiment suggested in question
8 the experimental group would need to receive
A. the manipulated IV
B. the biofeedback training
C. A and B
D. the organismisic IV correct answers C
Hypothesis testing is most closely related to the work of
A. Hoppock
B. Freud
C. Morgan
D. Fisher correct answers D
The null hypothesis suggestes that there will not be a significant difference between the
experimental group which received the IV and the control group which did not. Thus, if the
experiment in question 8 was conducted, the null hypothesis would suggest that
A. all students receiving biofeedback training would score equally well on the board exam
B. systematic desensitization might work better than biofeedback
