TEST BANK
PSYCHOLOGY THIRTEENTH EDITION
David G. Myers & C. Nathan DeWall
,Chapter 1: Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
Myers: Psychology 13th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
If results are statistically significant but have a small effect size, the results may
lack practical significance.
lack a cause-effect relationship.
represent a negative relationship.
represent a neutral relationship.
In one study, introductory psychology students were fitted with electronically activated recorders so that
researchers could sample their daily activities. The researchers were employing a scientific method known as
naturalistic observation.
the double-blind procedure.
experimentation.
the case study.
Studies conducted in the late 1990s in which the researcher concluded that children who were administered
the MMR vaccination developed autism were
withheld from the public intentionally.
accurate.
never published by academic journals.
discovered to be fraudulent.
Seven members of a boys' club reported the following individual earnings from their sale of cookies: $2, $9,
$8, $10, $4, $9, and $7. In this distribution of individual earnings
the median is greater than the mean and greater than the mode.
the median is less than the mean and less than the mode.
the median is greater than the mean and less than the mode.
the median is less than the mean and greater than the mode.
Professor Valetta believes that identical twins have similar levels of intelligence largely because they share
common genes. His idea is best described as a(n)
theory.
replication.
naturalistic observation.
operational definition.
The idea that "people's emotions and personal beliefs often override their acceptance of objective facts" is
expressed in the dictionary definition of
false news.
, post-truth.
powerful examples.
repetition.
Professor Terrance has conducted a study that examined the relationship between level of physical
activityand academic performance among children. He is most likely to use to determine if a relationship
exists.
meta-analysis
preregistration
a correlation coefficient
experimental research
The tendency to perceive order in random events often leads to overestimating the value of
common sense.
operational definitions.
informed consent.
the double-blind procedure.
Dr. Carlson wants to conduct a research study that will examine the sexual behaviors of college students.
Before she can begin data collection she must submit her research proposal to
her institution's review board.
the APA.
the BPS.
her department chair for review.
Approximately what percentage of the cases represented by the normal curve fall between 3 and +3
standard deviations from the mean?
34
68
95
100
Unconscious gut feelings, or , provide(s) a sharp contrast to explicit, conscious reasoning.
theory
chance-based explanation
common sense
naturalistic observation
The explanatory power of a scientific theory is most closely linked to its capacity to generate testable
assumptions.
correlations.
predictions.
variables.
Several weeks after a political election, voters often exaggerate their ability to have predicted the election
outcome. This best illustrates
, the fplacebo feffect.
random fassignment.
wording feffects.
hindsight fbias.
Repeating fthe fessence fof fa fprevious fresearch fstudy fto fverify fwhether fits ffindings fextend fto fa fnew fgroup
fof fresearch fparticipants fand fto fdifferent fcircumstances fis fcalled
replication.
random fsampling.
naturalistic fobservation.
the fdouble-blind fprocedure.
What fwas fthe fOxford fEnglish fDictionary's fword fof fthe fyear fin f2017?
false fnews
preregistration
post-truth
repetition
Neither fthe fresearchers fnor fthe fparticipants fin fa fstudy fof fa fweight-loss fpill fknow fwhich fparticipants
fhave factually freceived fa fdrug fdesigned fto fhelp fweight floss fand fwhich fhave freceived fa fplacebo. fThis
finvestigation finvolves fthe fuse fof
naturalistic fobservation.
random fsampling.
the fdouble-blind fprocedure.
replication.
Which fof fthe ffollowing fcorrelations fbetween fself-esteem fand fphysical fappearance fwould fenable fyou fto
fmost faccurately fpredict fphysical fappearance ffrom fknowledge fof flevel fof fself-esteem?
a. f +.60
b. f+.01
c. f –.10
d. f–.06
When fwe fask, ffor fexample, fhow fclosely frelated fare fthe fintelligence fscores fof ffraternal ftwins, fwe fare
fasking fhow fstrongly ftwo are frelated.
experimental fgroups
control fgroups
variables
scatterplots
When fyou fread fa fbar fgraph, fit fis fmost fimportant ffor fyou fto
mentally ftransform fthe fdata finto fa fnormal fcurve.
identify fthe fvalue fof fthe fstandard fdeviation.
note fthe frange fand fsize fof fthe fscale fvalues.
PSYCHOLOGY THIRTEENTH EDITION
David G. Myers & C. Nathan DeWall
,Chapter 1: Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
Myers: Psychology 13th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
If results are statistically significant but have a small effect size, the results may
lack practical significance.
lack a cause-effect relationship.
represent a negative relationship.
represent a neutral relationship.
In one study, introductory psychology students were fitted with electronically activated recorders so that
researchers could sample their daily activities. The researchers were employing a scientific method known as
naturalistic observation.
the double-blind procedure.
experimentation.
the case study.
Studies conducted in the late 1990s in which the researcher concluded that children who were administered
the MMR vaccination developed autism were
withheld from the public intentionally.
accurate.
never published by academic journals.
discovered to be fraudulent.
Seven members of a boys' club reported the following individual earnings from their sale of cookies: $2, $9,
$8, $10, $4, $9, and $7. In this distribution of individual earnings
the median is greater than the mean and greater than the mode.
the median is less than the mean and less than the mode.
the median is greater than the mean and less than the mode.
the median is less than the mean and greater than the mode.
Professor Valetta believes that identical twins have similar levels of intelligence largely because they share
common genes. His idea is best described as a(n)
theory.
replication.
naturalistic observation.
operational definition.
The idea that "people's emotions and personal beliefs often override their acceptance of objective facts" is
expressed in the dictionary definition of
false news.
, post-truth.
powerful examples.
repetition.
Professor Terrance has conducted a study that examined the relationship between level of physical
activityand academic performance among children. He is most likely to use to determine if a relationship
exists.
meta-analysis
preregistration
a correlation coefficient
experimental research
The tendency to perceive order in random events often leads to overestimating the value of
common sense.
operational definitions.
informed consent.
the double-blind procedure.
Dr. Carlson wants to conduct a research study that will examine the sexual behaviors of college students.
Before she can begin data collection she must submit her research proposal to
her institution's review board.
the APA.
the BPS.
her department chair for review.
Approximately what percentage of the cases represented by the normal curve fall between 3 and +3
standard deviations from the mean?
34
68
95
100
Unconscious gut feelings, or , provide(s) a sharp contrast to explicit, conscious reasoning.
theory
chance-based explanation
common sense
naturalistic observation
The explanatory power of a scientific theory is most closely linked to its capacity to generate testable
assumptions.
correlations.
predictions.
variables.
Several weeks after a political election, voters often exaggerate their ability to have predicted the election
outcome. This best illustrates
, the fplacebo feffect.
random fassignment.
wording feffects.
hindsight fbias.
Repeating fthe fessence fof fa fprevious fresearch fstudy fto fverify fwhether fits ffindings fextend fto fa fnew fgroup
fof fresearch fparticipants fand fto fdifferent fcircumstances fis fcalled
replication.
random fsampling.
naturalistic fobservation.
the fdouble-blind fprocedure.
What fwas fthe fOxford fEnglish fDictionary's fword fof fthe fyear fin f2017?
false fnews
preregistration
post-truth
repetition
Neither fthe fresearchers fnor fthe fparticipants fin fa fstudy fof fa fweight-loss fpill fknow fwhich fparticipants
fhave factually freceived fa fdrug fdesigned fto fhelp fweight floss fand fwhich fhave freceived fa fplacebo. fThis
finvestigation finvolves fthe fuse fof
naturalistic fobservation.
random fsampling.
the fdouble-blind fprocedure.
replication.
Which fof fthe ffollowing fcorrelations fbetween fself-esteem fand fphysical fappearance fwould fenable fyou fto
fmost faccurately fpredict fphysical fappearance ffrom fknowledge fof flevel fof fself-esteem?
a. f +.60
b. f+.01
c. f –.10
d. f–.06
When fwe fask, ffor fexample, fhow fclosely frelated fare fthe fintelligence fscores fof ffraternal ftwins, fwe fare
fasking fhow fstrongly ftwo are frelated.
experimental fgroups
control fgroups
variables
scatterplots
When fyou fread fa fbar fgraph, fit fis fmost fimportant ffor fyou fto
mentally ftransform fthe fdata finto fa fnormal fcurve.
identify fthe fvalue fof fthe fstandard fdeviation.
note fthe frange fand fsize fof fthe fscale fvalues.
