Question 1

In general, when selecting factors for a study, you want to be sure of which of these?

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They are available to investigate

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They have been investigated

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They do not lead to another question

Question 2

Which of the following are aims of the ethical codes by which psychology researchers operate?

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All of the above

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Protection of the researcher from harm

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Protection of participants from distress

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Protection of organizations involved in research from legal consequences

Question 3

Which of the following best describes a hypothesis?

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Posits a clear relationship between different factors

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Tested by collecting only the data that support it

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Proposed before a good research question can be developed

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Statement that you set out to prove

Question 4

If a researcher uses a tape of legend from a Tribal elder as a source of data, he is using a data source known as a(n)

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document

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oral statement

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relic

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secondary source

Question 5

Experimental methods can typically be described by which of the following?

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Cause-and-effect

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Qualitative

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Correlational

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Descriptive

Question 6

Michael hands out a survey to find out the average age and schooling level of his class. What type of research is this?

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Descriptive

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Historical

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Quasi-experimental

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Cause-and-effect

Question 7

What does a good research question usually pursue?

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A small part of a broad topic

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A topic unrelated to any other topics

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The same thing as the null hypothesis

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A broad topic

Question 8

What advice do we give regarding ethical issues around the use of email in your project?

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Distributing questionnaires by email can compromise the anonymity of individual participants’ responses.

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Sending unsolicited emails to large numbers of people is an excellent way of gaining a good sample.

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It is preferable to use your personal email account rather than your personal one to contact gatekeepers.

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None of the above.

Question 9

Identify and select the correct order of steps in scientific inquiry

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Formulating a hypothesis, collecting relevant information, testing the hypothesis, working with the hypothesis

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Asking the question, identifying the important factors, asking new questions, testing the hypothesis

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Reconsidering the theory, asking new questions, identifying the important factors, collecting relevant information

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Asking new questions, reconsidering the theory, working with the hypothesis, testing the hypothesis

Question 10

In a study of the effect of the amount TV viewing on children’s aggressiveness, amount of TV viewing would be what type of variable?

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Independent variable

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Dependent variable

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Extraneous variable

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Control variable

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