PSYC 2000 - Chapter 01 Part 02 Practice MCQ

Dr. Nguyen wants to conduct a research study that will examine anxiety levels in first-year law school students. Before they can begin data collection, they must submit their research proposal to:

• their institution's review board.

• the APA.

• the BPS.

• their department chair for review.

One way to improve our understanding and retention of course material is to actively retrieve the information by:

• restudying the material.

• using our laptop to take notes.

• self-testing and rehearsal.

• studying on the day before an exam.

In an experiment on the effects of a particular drug, the researcher administers the drug to one group and an inert substance to the other group. The inert substance is a:

• variable.

• coefficient.

• placebo.

• sample.

Alba has read that the more people exercise, the greater their reported life satisfaction. This is an example of a(n):

• positive correlation.

• negative correlation.

• neutral relationship.

• inverse relationship.

The explanatory power of a scientific theory is MOST closely linked to its capacity to generate testable:

• assumptions.

• correlations.

• predictions.

• variables.

Research on animal subjects has demonstrated that:

• animals can benefit from research.

• animals are always harmed during research.

• it is not possible for animals to benefit from research.

• research using animal subjects is unethical.

Meta-analysis is a(n):

• descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.

• carefully worded statement of the exact procedures (operations) used in a research study.

• explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events.

• statistical procedure for analyzing the results of multiple studies to reach an overall conclusion.

Which of these statements is true for those assigned to a control group?

• The experimenter exerts the greatest influence on participants' behavior.

• The research participants are exposed to all the different experimental treatments.

• The research participants are exposed to the most favorable levels of experimental treatment.

• The experimental treatment is absent.

Professor Sarlin is measuring the relationship between people's intelligence test scores and later career achievement; that is, Professor Sarlin is measuring whether these two _____ are related.

• samples

• populations

• variables

• correlations

Replication of a research study is MOST likely to be facilitated by:

• massed practice.

• debriefing.

• operational definitions.

• the placebo effect.