Research methods section A

Question 1

The name given to the type of observation where one of the research team becomes a member of the group being observed?

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participant

Question 2

What sampling technique was used in the study by Bocchiaro et al. investigating disobedience and whistle-blowing?

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self-selected

Question 3

Why is the Casey et al. study (neural correlates of the delay of gratification) regarded as a quasi experiment?

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as the classification of p's as ‘high’ or ‘low delayers’ already existed

Question 4

What is the name given to data collected directly by researchers, rather than obtaining from another person or source?

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Primary

Question 5

Which of these core studies is an example of the longitudinal research method?

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Casey et al. (neural correlates of delay of gratification)

Question 6

Which of the following is a feature of psychology as a science?

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standardisation

Question 7

Which of these indicates the research is significant at the 1% level of probability?

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p<0.01

Question 8

Which of the following is not related to external validity?

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extent to wich findings can be repeated by testing the same ppl in same way

Question 9

In which type of distribution is the mean, median and mode all the same score?

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a normal distribution

Question 10

which of these is associated with the term demand characteristics

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Changes in behaviour after knowing they are being studied

Question 11

What comes first in an academic reference

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surname of researcher

Question 12

What sampling technique did milgram use

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self selected

Question 13

Which of these is not a measure of dispersion?

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mean

Question 14

Peer review of a new paper should be conducted by

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another researcher working in the same field

Question 15

The name given to the technique that allows verbal/visual information to beconverted into numerical for analysis

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coding frame

Question 16

What was the dependent variable in Chaney et al.’s (Funhaler) study?

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adherence to asthma medication

Question 17

What is a quasi experiment

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The independant variable cannot be directly manipulated

Question 18

which of these is a closed question?

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how often do you watch horror movies. 1 times a year/4 times a year. Tick

Question 19

What type of a rating scale is a semantic differential?

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one with words having opposite meaning at either end

Question 20

Which experimental design was used in loftus and palmer

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Independant measures

Question 21

In which section of a practical report would you find the calculations performed for inferential testing

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appendices

Question 22

What type of interview has some predetermind questions and some made up whilst the interview is being conducted

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semi structured

Question 23

What is the name given to the hypothesis that predicts no difference between two conditions in an experiment?

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null

Question 24

Which of these is the name of a referencing system used to cite research

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harvard

Question 25

What type of experiment is conducted in a real life setting?

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field

Question 26

If a researcher checks to see if p's have answered questions that ask about the same thing in a similar way, this is?

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internal reliability

Question 27

Which experimental design was used in the Grant et al. study investigating context-dependent memory?

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independant measures

Question 28

Which is a principle of scientific enquiry

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induction

Question 29

Which of these would produce interval level data

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Reaction time when responding to stimulus

Question 30

What does the alternative hypothesis in an experiment state?

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there will be an effect of the IV on the DV

Question 31

Which of these descriptive statistics would it be possible to use with nominal data?

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mode

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Research methods section A

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