PSYC 217 Midterm 1 Practice Exam | All Solutions – UBC Research Methods

PSYC 217 (MIDTERM 1) EXAM WITH ALL b b b b b b




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Scientific vSkepticism v- v vcorrect vanswer-ideas vmust vbe vevaluated von vthe vbasis vof
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vcareful vlogic vand vresults vfrom vscientific vinvestigations
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Intuition v(folk vwisdom/common vsense) v- v vcorrect vanswer-accept vbased von
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vpersonal vexperience vor vanecdote
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Intuition v(illusory vcorrelations) v- v vcorrect vanswer-focussing von vtwo vevents vthat
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vstand vout vand voccur vtogether
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Pseudoscience v- v vcorrect vanswer-scientific vterms vto vsubstantiate vclaims vwithout
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vusing vscientific vdata
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Systematic vempiricism v- v vcorrect vanswer-gathering vinformation vwith vstructured
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vobservations
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Peer vreview v- v vcorrect vanswer-increases vlikelihood vthat vonly vthe vmost vrigorous
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vresearch vis vpublished
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replicable v- v vcorrect vanswer-being vable vto vrepeat va vmethod
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Falsifiability v- v vcorrect vanswer-can veither vbe vsupported vor vrefuted
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Behaviourism v- v vcorrect vanswer-all vbehaviour vcan vbe vstudied vby vstimulus-
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response vrelations b




Cognitivism v- v vcorrect vanswer-organism vprocesses vstimulus vwith vthought
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, Covariation vof vcause vand veffect v- v vcorrect vanswer-when vthe vcause vis vpresent,
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vthe veffect voccurs, vwhen vthe vcause vis vnot vpresent vthe veffect vdoes vnot voccur
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Elimination vof valternative vexplanations v- v vcorrect vanswer-removing vany
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vexplanation vyou vfound vthe vresult vfor vthat vwasn't vwhat vyou vwere vlooking vfor
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Basic vresearch v- v vcorrect vanswer-studies vwhich vaim vto vanswer vfundamental
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vquestions vabout vthe vnature vof vbehaviour
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Applied vresearch v- v vcorrect vanswer-studies vconducted vto vaddress vpractical
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vproblems
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Program vevaluation v- v vcorrect vanswer-evaluates vnew vprograms vof vthe
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vgovernment
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Theory v- v vcorrect vanswer-organize v& vexplains vknowledge; vgenerates vnew
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vknowledge
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Hypothesis v- v vcorrect vanswer-tentative vstatement vabout vwhat vmight vbe vtrue
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Prediction v- v vcorrect vanswer-specific vstatement vabout vthe vexpected voutcome vof
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van vexperiment, vgiven vyour vprecise vmethod
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Serendipity v- v vcorrect vanswer-Fortunate vmistakes b b b b b




Parsimony v- v vcorrect vanswer-Least vcomplex vtheory vis vmost vdesirable
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Method v- v vcorrect vanswer-details von vhow vthe vstudy vwas vconducted
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Abstract v- v vcorrect vanswer-Summarizes vand vexplains vstudy, vbut vdoesn't vinclude
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vmuch vfrom vthe vdiscussion
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Introduction v- v vcorrect vanswer-section vof van varticle vthat vexplains vproblem vunder
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vinvestigation
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Discussion v- v vcorrect vanswer-discusses vvarious vperspectives vand vgives
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vexplainations vof vresult
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Results v- v vcorrect vanswer-Presents vfindings vusing vnarrative vform, vstatistical, vand
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vtable/graph vform
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Thesaurus vof vPsychological vIndex v- v vcorrect vanswer-lists vall vstandard vterms vthat
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vare vused vto vindex vthe vabstracts
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Review varticles v- v vcorrect vanswer-summarize vand vutilize vvarious vresearch varticles
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Literature vreview v- v vcorrect vanswer-article vemploying vnarrative vtechniques
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