A controlled experiment has

both a control group and an experimental group

To encourage participants to tell the truth, researchers do what?

Keep the records of their research participants confidential

A Single blind study is when the participants

Do not know whether they are receiving the treatment

Psychologists use placebos because they are as effective as taking medication due to

a person's expectations affect the results of a treatment

Double blind studies are needed because

Researchers have expectations that affect their observations

The purpose of replicating a study is to

confirm the findings and produce the same results as before

A placebo is a substance or treatment that

has no effect apart from a person's belief in it

Control groups are useful in experiments because they

show the effect of the treatment and no other factors

Which of the following is an example of Naturalistic Observation?

Watching animals on the Kalahari in Africa

In depth study of an individual or small group

An Independent Variable is

Manipulated by the experimenter

In the case of "Genie", what was the purposed research question?

Can a child learn a first language at 13?

Which of the following is a double blind experiment?

Neither researcher or participants know

What is a sample in a survey?

data from a subset of a population, to estimate population

What is the drawback from laboratory experiments?

It cannot replicate real life situations

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1
A controlled experiment has
both a control group and an experimental group
has an experimental group
has a control group
has neither a control group or an experimental group
2
To encourage participants to tell the truth, researchers do what?
Create a known connection between the two groups
Keep the records of their research participants confidential
Give the participants informed consent to verify honesty
Use a control and experimental group
3
A way to measure how closely one thing is to another is called
Independent Variable
Data Sets
Dependent Variable
Correlation
4
A Single blind study is when the participants
know if they are receiving the treatment
Do not know whether they are receiving the treatment
and researchers do not know who is receiving the treatment
Are informed and have consented to the treatment
5
Studying behavior of people and animals in their every day setting is called
Naturalistic Observation
Case Study
Cross Sectional Observation
Laboratory
6
Psychologists use placebos because they are as effective as taking medication due to
To measure the effect of everything
To see how closely one thing is related to another
a person's expectations affect the results of a treatment
It is funny to see people act like they are tripping
7
To look at the way people change over time, you would probably want to use
Longitudinal Method
Survey Method
Case Study Method
Cross cultural Method
8
What can slant the results of a survey because these people are willing to answer questions?
Stratified sample
Volunteer Bias
Female vs. Male grouping
Random Sample
9
Freud was "known" to use which of the following methods?
Longitudinal Study
Surveys
Case Study
Cross Sectional Study
10
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that is used to test human behavior?
aptitude
personality
intelligence
laboratory
11
Double blind studies are needed because
Researchers have expectations that affect their observations
Researchers may have difficulty keeping the data straight
participants may see the researcher look at the control
participants may believe that they received the treatment
12
The purpose of replicating a study is to
verify that the individual findings are incorrect
create a control within the entire grouping situation
create a finding that will verify your hypothesis
confirm the findings and produce the same results as before
13
Mode is
The most occuring
The middle
The average
14
After making their observations, scientists study their data using...
Longitudinal Methods
Laboratory Observations
Correlations
Cross Sectional Methods
15
What is the short cut (and cheaper) version of the longitudinal study?
cross sectional
laboratory study
experimental study
case study
16
A placebo is a substance or treatment that
imaginary and often detected by the patient
creative way for scientists to bust em on patients
has no effect apart from a person's belief in it
is truly felt and is equal to the drug itself
17
In a survey, the group that is the subject of study is called
Random
Target
Survey
Volunteer Bias
18
Which method gets the most information from many people?
Naturalistic Observation
Survey
Experiment
Case Study
19
Control groups are useful in experiments because they
show the effect of the treatment and no other factors
Complete a stratified sampling
Show that the normal groups outside the treatment group
show the effect of volunteer bias
20
Which of the following is an example of Naturalistic Observation?
Playing with a dog
Watching animals on the Kalahari in Africa
Reading about a person in psychological need
Watching television
21
The mean is
average
most occuring
middle
22
A case study is a
experiment that has no one knowing who recvs.the treatment
In depth study of an individual or small group
takes people at varying ages for a study
studies a particular subject for its entire lifetime
23
When a sample in which subgroups of the population are represented proportionally is called
Stratified
Random
Longitudinal
Cross Sectional
24
As amount of education increases, Income increases this is a
cross sectional observation
Longitudinal observation
Negative correlation
Positive correlation
25
The experimental group are the ones in the experiment that
receive the treatment
are unaware of the placebo
don't receive the treatment
are not given the informed consent papers
26
The general overview of the research & a choice of weather to participate or not is called...
Research Identification
Stratified Sample
Informed Consent
Survey Sample
27
An Independent Variable is
Manipulated by the experimenter
Not receiving the treatment
Is measured to find the effect of the treatment
Is reactive to the manipulated variable
28
The median is
average
most occuring
middle
29
Which of the following is an example of Laboratory Method?
Grizzly Man
Selecting children at random ages
Skinner Box
Lions on the Kalahari desert
30
A Control Group does
receives the treatment
NOT receive the treatment
the manipulation in the experiment
the measured outcome of the experiment
31
In the case of "Genie", what was the purposed research question?
How often would the child learn to lower her mental capacity
What effect did the abuse have on future learning technique
does mental age equal chronological age in language
Can a child learn a first language at 13?
32
Comparing participants from different age groups is a type of
Double Blind study
Cross Sectional method
Longitudinal Grouping
Stratified samples
33
Which of the following is a double blind experiment?
participants know, but the research does not know
Neither researcher or participants know
Researcher does know, but participants do not know
No one has the slightest clue
34
What is a sample in a survey?
a grouping reflective of the entire population
data from a subset of a population, to estimate population
data from larger groups of people
The entire population
35
Using a printer increases and the amount of ink decreases, this is a
Positive Correlation
Negative Correlation
Survey sample
Mute Correlation
36
What is the drawback from laboratory experiments?
It is very expensive to set up a perfect lab situation
labs are often criticized by having too much data
They often kill the subject that is in the lab
It cannot replicate real life situations
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An "Educated Guess" is also considered a....
Survey
Factual Research result
Hypothesis
Random Sample
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The APA limits the type of research that psychologists may conduct by using
Good and Bad examples for the patients
Clear and informed consent
Ethics in research
Animals for replacement of humans, even if death occurs

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