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TEST BANK Research Methods in Psychology
4th Edition Beth Morling

Chapter 1: Psychology Is a Way of Thinking
Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is an example of being a producer of research?
a. administering an anxiety questionnaire

b. applying a new therapy technique

c. writing an opinion article about a psychological study

d. undergoing a brain scan

2. Which of the following is an example of being a consumer of research?
a. administering a questionnaire of PTSD symptoms

b. consenting to participate in a research study

c. using a new teaching strategy to increase academic performance in a
classroom

d. measuring dopamine levels in patients with schizophrenia

3. Students who are interested in being consumers of, but not producers of, research might
choose which of the following professions?
a. A clinical psychologist

b. An intervention program evaluator

c. A political pollster

d. An advertising executive

,4. Dr. Smitherman insists that all his research assistants know how to be producers of
research. All of the following relate to this requirement EXCEPT
a. he wants to make sure they understand how to write in APA style.

b. he wants to make sure they understand why anonymity is important.

c. he wants to make sure they understand how to interpret study results
and graphs.

d. he wants to make sure they have previously been participants in
research studies.

5. Elliott is double majoring in English and psychology. He plans on being a high school
English teacher and is majoring in psychology only because he finds the classes
interesting. Which of the following is an important reason for him to be a good consumer of
research?
a. His psychology advisor may ask for his help in copyediting a research
article.

b. He will likely need to be a participant in research studies as part of his
psychology major.

c. He will probably want to read research related to enhancing his
teaching.

d. He will have to produce research before he can consume it.

6. In the theory-data cycle, theories first lead to
a. questions.

b. answers.

c. data.

d. research.

7. Another word for hypothesis is a(n)
a. theory.

, b. observation.

c. prediction.

d. outcome.

8. Another word for data is a(n)
a. theory.

b. observation.

c. prediction.

d. outcome.

9. RESEARCH STUDY 1.1: Deci and Ryan (1985, 2001) have proposed that three
fundamental needs are required for human growth and fulfillment: relatedness, autonomy,
and competence. Susan predicts that students who have these needs met in their
psychology class feel happier and more satisfied with the class. She collects data and
finds that students who feel more related and competent do feel happier, but that feeling
more autonomous does not seem to matter. Susan thinks that maybe autonomy is
necessary only when people are in situations in which they are not being evaluated.
Deci and Ryan’s general statement of how the three needs are related to growth and
fulfillment is an example of which of the following?

a. a theory

b. a hypothesis

c. data

d. research

10. RESEARCH STUDY 1.1: Deci and Ryan (1985, 2001) have proposed that three
fundamental needs are required for human growth and fulfillment: relatedness, autonomy,
and competence. Susan predicts that students who have these needs met in their
psychology class feel happier and more satisfied with the class. She collects data and
finds that students who feel more related and competent do feel happier, but that feeling

, more autonomous does not seem to matter. Susan thinks that maybe autonomy is
necessary only when people are in situations in which they are not being evaluated.
Susan’s prediction that students who have all three needs met will experience greater
satisfaction with their psychology class is an example of which of the following?

a. a theory

b. a hypothesis

c. data

d. research

11. RESEARCH STUDY 1.1: Deci and Ryan (1985, 2001) have proposed that three
fundamental needs are required for human growth and fulfillment: relatedness, autonomy,
and competence. Susan predicts that students who have these needs met in their
psychology class feel happier and more satisfied with the class. She collects data and
finds that students who feel more related and competent do feel happier, but that feeling
more autonomous does not seem to matter. Susan thinks that maybe autonomy is
necessary only when people are in situations in which they are not being evaluated.
After Susan collects and analyzes her data, which of the following is the next logical step?

a. Susan writes a paper challenging Self-Determination Theory because
some of her data did not support it.

b. Susan ignores the data that did not fit the theory.

c. Susan recalculates her data to fit the theory.

d. Susan designs a new study to test her new hypothesis.

12. RESEARCH STUDY 1.1: Deci and Ryan (1985, 2001) have proposed that three
fundamental needs are required for human growth and fulfillment: relatedness, autonomy,
and competence. Susan predicts that students who have these needs met in their
psychology class feel happier and more satisfied with the class. She collects data and
finds that students who feel more related and competent do feel happier, but that feeling
more autonomous does not seem to matter. Susan thinks that maybe autonomy is
necessary only when people are in situations in which they are not being evaluated.
Susan’s hypothesis was not completely supported by her data. What does this mean?

a. Susan must have collected the data incorrectly.

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