PSYC 255 Quiz 2 ( Version 2) – Question and Answers; Latest 2019/20, Liberty.
Review Test Submission: PSYC 255 Quiz 2 Question 1 2 out of 2 points Researchers studied Clive Wearing to better understand which of the following phenomena? Question 2 2 out of 2 points Jason and Kelly are trying to decide on which research method they should employ for a project in their research methods class. They have decided to use a correlational research method. Of the reasons below, what is the best reason why Jason and Kelly selected this method? Question 3 2 out of 2 points Researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center found that as weight in children increased, the risk of tooth decay decreased. These results indicate what type of correlation? Question 4 2 out of 2 points Which of the following reasons would not be a disadvantage to conducting an ethnography? Question 5 2 out of 2 points According to the textbook, this type of technique allowed researchers to learn more about homeless women in Baltimore. Question 6 2 out of 2 points Gazdzinski and colleagues found that as weight increased for individuals, neuronal health decreased. These results indicate what type of correlation? Question 7 2 out of 2 points The first step to survey construction is to think about the purpose of the survey. This is important for all the reasons below except: Question 8 2 out of 2 points What is the first step to survey construction? Question 9 0 out of 2 points Which of the following is similar to archival research in the use of existing documents? Question 10 2 out of 2 points Which of the following examples illustrates how Goal 4: Communication was covered in chapter four? Question 11 2 out of 2 points Which example below best illustrates a negative correlation? Question 12 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is not a suggestion for survey construction? Question 13 2 out of 2 points Why might a researcher select to use a naturalistic observation? Question 14 2 out of 2 points Which of the following examples illustrates how Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking was covered in this chapter? Question 15 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is an example of archival research? Question 16 0 out of 2 points Which of the following statements is correct? Selected Answer: The conditions of the independent variable are known as the experiment group. Question 17 2 out of 2 points A correlation coefficient of in a measure is generally seen as very reliable. Question 18 2 out of 2 points is the extent to which obtained results in a study can be generalized to other settings. Question 19 2 out of 2 points Consider the following example: a marketing researcher wants to know the influence of participants’ gender on willingness to buy toothpaste. In this example, participants’ gender is the . Question 20 2 out of 2 points In this reliability assessment procedure, you repeat the split-half method multiple times and obtain an average of the correlation coefficients. Question 21 2 out of 2 points A researcher is interested in determining if different exercise programs have an influence on the amount of weight that participants lose. Upon arriving to the experiment, the researcher assigns the participants to different exercise programs and measures the amount of weight lost over a two-month period. In this example, the exercise programs are the . Question 22 2 out of 2 points Owens et al. (2011) manipulated texting while driving conditions (i.e., driving with no texting, driving while texting on a personal phone, driving while texting using an in-vehicle texting system) to see if this influenced visual and steering behaviors of drivers. Participants completed the task by texting the researcher on a closed course. In this design, the texting condition served as the . Question 23 2 out of 2 points is confidence in saying the observed change in the dependent variable is due to the independent variable. Question 24 2 out of 2 points The placebo control group is similar to the control group in that . Question 25 2 out of 2 points What variables are essential to research? Question 26 2 out of 2 points The control group is the group of participants . Question 27 2 out of 2 points Imagine your professor asked the following question, “how stressed are you about taking research methods?” In this example, what would be the variable? Question 28 2 out of 2 points The independent variable is . Question 29 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is not one of the three most common types of validity? Question 30 2 out of 2 points Recently, the Mozart effect was studied by Jones and Estell by dividing high school participants into two groups. The first group listened to Mozart’s music and the second group did not. Both groups completed a series of spatial problems tasks. In this example, what was the experimental group?
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