Question: Professor Kirkman the relationship between the color of the house you grew up in and your IQ and finds that there is no correlation. The correlation coefficient here would be:

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-0.5 0.0 +0.5 1.0

Answer: 0.0

 

Question: Dr. Stangor is carefully training the graduate students that will be conducting observations during his upcoming research study. He wants to be sure that the students are consistent in the way that they conduct and record their observations. Dr. Stangor is concerned about ___.

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validity inter-rater reliability reliability attrition

Answer: inter-rater reliability

 

Question: Grace finds that the more she sleeps the night before an exam, the higher are the score she is able to attain on an exam. There is ___ correlation between the time for which Grace sleeps and her exam scores.

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compounding no a negative a positive

Answer: a positive

 

Question: An intelligence test is administered on 3 separate occasions yields the same results each time. However, the test’s results are more strongly correlated with hours spent doing homework than they are with other standardized intelligence tests. This test has ___ reliability and ___ validity.

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high; high low; low high; low low; high

Answer: high; low

 

Question: According to the provided resource, what was the name of the person who is attributed to the development of the “Windows and Mirrors Theory”?

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Ronald Franklin Anna Deverre Smith Jessie Thomas Emily Style

Answer: Emily Style

 

Question: According to the provided resource, it is possible that a single event can be both a mirror and a window.

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True False

Answer: True

 

Question: Applying the principles of the “Windows and Mirrors Theory” as found in your provided resource, which did I say occurred for me personally when I reflected on Sara’s comment that she has “never driven a car because it’s cheaper to take taxi’s or subways around town”?

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window mirror

Answer: window

 

Question: According to the resource provided, what fallacy is being used in the following question: “Was it right or wrong to take that class?”

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equality oneness polarization empathy

Answer: polarization

 

Question: According to the resource provided, what fallacy is being used in the following statement: “I always know what’s going on.”

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polarization allness apathy equality

Answer: allness

 

Question: To ensure the likelihood that an experimental group represents the population of interest, researchers should conduct ______ and ______.

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blind sampling; random group assignment blind group assignment; random sampling blind group assignment; blind sampling random sampling; random group assignment

Answer: random sampling; random group assignment

 

Question: Drs. Benally and Chavis are investigating the effects of two vocabulary learning strategies on word retention two weeks later. In this example, learning strategy is the ______ variable and word retention is the ______ variable.

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control; experimental independent; dependent dependent; independent experimental; control

Answer: independent; dependent

 

Question: Corina is participating in a research study in which the subjects’ participation must be completely voluntary. In addition, the subjects are given enough information about the study to make an intelligent decision about participating. This scenario demonstrates the concept known as:

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clinical trial experimental clarification mature minor doctrine informed consent

Answer: informed consent

 

Question: Dr. Salazar and Dr. Carr plan to conduct a study where they will hire and train actors to attend speed dating events, posing as daters. The researchers will then carefully take notes on the behaviors of the daters. What type of research design are they using?

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survey naturalistic observation experimental longitudinal

Answer: naturalistic observation

 

Question: Justin believes that television programs create unrealistic expectations of wealth, success, and romance that cause people to become dissatisfied with their lives. He randomly samples students at his college and surveys them about their TV viewing habits. Justin finds that students who watch more television have higher levels of depression than students who watch less TV. Can Justin conclude that TV viewing causes depression?

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No, correlation is not causation No, because he does not know if these students are typical of students across different colleges. Yes, because he used a random sample. Yes, but he can only conclude that TV viewing causes depression amongst students at his particular college. No, because he did not ask what sort of television shows the students were watching.

Answer: No, correlation is not causation

 

Question: According to the Crash Course video, “Introduction to Psychology, Episode #1”, the word Psychology comes from the Latin word meaning:

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the study of the brain the science of emotions the study of the soul the study of the insane

Answer: the study of the soul

 

Question: In the video “The ethical problem with Facebook’s emotional experiment” what ethical violation did Facebook and the researchers commit?

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They published the research results in a popular magazine rather than in a peer-reviewed journal. They charged money to participate in the study. They failed to obtain informed consent from the participants. They tapped into Facebook user’s financial information.

Answer: They failed to obtain informed consent from the participants.

 

Question: According to John Oliver’s video “Scientific Studies” one of the best practices that the scientific community has to guard against “fluke-ish” results in research studies is ______.

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replication study p-hacking experiments on rats statistical analysis

Answer: replication study