Psych Scientific Method + Methods of Inquiry

Question 1

Study predicting pedestrians walk faster on hot days vs cold days. Independent variable

Accepted Answer

Temperature

Question 2

Studying seeing if reaction time is affected by drinking alcohol. Dependent Variable?

Accepted Answer

Reaction Time

Question 3

Studying whether amount of TV watched per night affects grades is which type of study?

Accepted Answer

Correlational

Question 4

Are younger siblings treated better by parents than older siblings? Dependent Variable?

Accepted Answer

Treatment by parents

Question 5

You would use this to get large amounts of data quickly

Accepted Answer

Survey

Question 6

Studying the effects of chewing gum and students' test scores is what type of study?

Accepted Answer

Correlational Study

Question 7

What type of correlation is this study?

Accepted Answer

Negative

Question 8

A girl was raised by wolves and never learned to speak is studied. What type of study?

Accepted Answer

Case Study

Question 9

Study examining if TV violence increases aggression in children. What is independent variable?

Accepted Answer

TV violence

Questions 9