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PSYA01H3 CHAPTER 2 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS FROM THE TEXT BOOK
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
1. What is a biased sample?
Correct Answer -an unfair or unequal representation of a population
2. What are wording effects?
Correct Answer -The influence of language, or wording, on people's
responses to survey questions.
3. What is a response bias
Correct Answer -a tendency for people to answer questions the way
they feel is expected
4. What is acquiescent response bias
Correct Answer -a tendency for participants to respond "yes" to ever
question regardless of their answer
5. What is socially desirable bias
Correct Answer -Participants respond in ways that would be seen as
socially acceptable to others
6. What is illusory superiority
Correct Answer -A tendency to describe out own behaviour as better
than average
7. What is a volunteer bias
Correct Answer -A bias where only a motivated fraction of a
population respond to a survey or participate in research.
, 8. When is a case study the most useful?
Correct Answer -When a participant has a rare condition
9. Why are the 5 general ethical principles of psychology
Correct Answer -1) Beneficence & Non-maleficence
2) Fidelity & Responsibility
3) Integrity
4) Justice
5) Respect for peoples rights and dignity
10. What is beneficence and non-maleficence
Correct Answer -This principle states that research should strive to do
good (beneficence) and avoid creating experiments (maleficence)
that could cause harm to participants.
11. What is fidelity and responsibility
Correct Answer -This principle means that researcher should be
honest and reliable with participants, data, and when they report
their findings
12. what is intergity
Correct Answer -This principle states that psychologists should
engage in accurate, honest, and non biased practices in the science,
teaching, and practice of psychology
13. What is the principle of justice
Correct Answer -This principle strives for equality in the research
process. People who participate in the research should be the same
people who benefit from its outcomes
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