Psych 3003 Week 2 Test.docx (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)

1. Which of the following interview questions is open-ended? 2. A textbook that reviews behavioral research on animal behavior would be considered a(n) 3. A sampling technique used for a population that has no sampling frame and that is divided into a set of smaller groups is called 4. One of the disadvantages of using our observation of everyday life to generate a research hypothesis is that 5. Charles has noticed that every time it rains, both his car and his lawn mower are hard to start up. On the basis of these observations, he develops a theory that humidity reduces the ability of gasoline to burn effectively. Charles’s theory can be said to have been developed on the basis of which of the following? 6. Scientist Jones believes that children learn to read primarily through a combination of visual and auditory processes, that they learn to do mathematics primarily through spatial processing, and that they learn to write primarily through a tactile system. Scientist Smith, on the other hand, hypothesizes that reading, writing, and mathematics are all produced by the operation of a single decision system. Although scientist Smith’s 7. Oversampling refers to 8. A limitation of using questionnaires in survey research is that 9. Which of the following survey methods is best for dealing with highly personal or embarrassing topics, especially when you want to preserve the anonymity of respondents? 10. A scientist has concluded that two variables are significantly correlated when in fact they are not. The scientist has 11. The primary means that scientists use to establish control in their observations is to DOWNLOAD FOR MORE SOLUTIONS