Inquizitive 9 EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Inquizitive 9 EXAM 2 UPDATED
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When observers' knowledge of the research hypothesis influences how they record their
observations - CORRECT ANSWER- observer bias
When participants change their behavior based on perceived expectations from the observer,
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Inquizitive 9 EXAM 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When observers' knowledge of the research hypothesis influences how they record their
observations - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔observer bias
When participants change their behavior based on perceived expectations from the observer,
it is called - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔observer effects
When people change their behavior based on the presence of someone else, this is known as -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reactivity
Which of the following scenarios are examples of observational research? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔- counting the number of people who walk through a busy convenience store
- recording how often students use the word literally in conversations with each other
Identify the true statements about the construct validity of observational research. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- The construct validity of observational studies can be threatened
by reactivity.
- The construct validity of observational studies deals with whether the observations
accurately measure the variable of interest.
Identify the false statements about the construct validity of observational research. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Observational studies always have better construct validity than
self-report studies.
- A variable in an observational study with good interrater reliability will always be valid.
What would be a reason for researchers to choose an observational study instead of a self-
report study? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- the researchers want a report of what people are
really doing
- What would be a reason for researchers to choose an observational study instead of a self-
report study?
, Marla has created an intervention to help children improve their social skills and wants to test
it against another, similar intervention to see if it is more effective. In the final part of her
study, Marla brings groups of children who have experienced each intervention into a room to
play with other children and records their social behavior. Marla is concerned that she will
unconsciously perceive the children who participated in her intervention as more social than
the children who participated in the other intervention.
Which of the following strategies may be helpful in addressing Marla's concern? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Use observers who have no knowledge of which children are in
which group.
- Create a codebook to carefully map out social behaviors.
Small children stop and stare at the experimenter who is in the room taking notes on their
behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reactivity
Based on the researcher's body language, a participant guesses that the study is about
politeness in intergroup interactions, so he acts politely to align with the researcher's
expectations. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔observer effects
Researchers interpret prisoners' behavior as more aggressive than college students' behavior
even though the behavior is actually identical. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔observer bias
problem that can occur in observational studies to the potential solution that addresses it.
Use unobtrusive data. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reactivity
problem that can occur in observational studies to the potential solution that addresses it.
Use a clear coding system. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔observer bias
problem that can occur in observational studies to the potential solution that addresses it.
Use a masked or blind study design. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔observer bias
problem that can occur in observational studies to the potential solution that addresses it.
Use a one-way mirror. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reactivity
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