Question 1

In the context of psychological research,identify a true statement about random assignment.

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A)  It helps generalize to a population.
B)  It reduces the validity of research studies or programs.
C)  It creates equivalent groups.
D)  It gives importance to extraneous factors related to research.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Explain how values can affect the study of social psychology.

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Question 3

Laboratory research is an example of research in a:

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A)  correlational context.
B)  common environment.
C)  controlled situation.
D)  field setting.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 4

Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of how people:

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A)  motivate,persuade,and interact with one another.
B)  think about,influence,and relate to one another.
C)  manipulate,use,and betray one another.
D)  conform,help,and form attitudes about one another.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

The process of assigning participants to the conditions of an experiment such that all persons have the same chance of being in a given condition is referred to as:

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A)  random sampling.
B)  random assignment.
C)  random surveying.
D)  random control.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

To generalize information from a survey to apply to the whole country,you will need to get information from at least _____ people.

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A)  150
B)  1,200
C)  5,000
D)  10,000E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Kayla,a researcher,conducts a study in a research laboratory to find out the effect of crowded space on people's state of mind.She categorizes the participants into two groups.She asks the first group to be seated in a small room and the second group to be seated in a large room for an hour.In this scenario,Kayla conducts a(n) :

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A)  correlational research.
B)  desk research.
C)  field research.
D)  experimental research.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

One's decision to call someone engaged in guerrilla warfare a terrorist rather than a freedom fighter depends on one's view of the cause they're fighting for.In the context of social psychology,this statement indicates that:

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A)  scientific ideas should be dismissed because they are mostly subjective.
B)  what social psychologists think is independent of their prior beliefs.
C)  people who have with their needs for survival,safety,belonging,and self-esteem met satisfied,go on to fulfill their human potential.
D)  values can lie hidden within one's cultural definitions of mental health,one's psychological advice for living,one's concepts,and one's psychological labels.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

You have noticed that as the temperature drops outside,more students wear sweaters and heavy coats.Your observation is most similar to:

Accepted Answer

A)  correlational research.
B)  experimental research.
C)  controlled research.
D)  hypothetical research.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Standing in a campus courtyard with a clipboard to record your observations of students' usage of their cell phones is an example of what type of research?

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A)  qualitative research
B)  experimental research
C)  laboratory research
D)  field researchE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

In 1936,the newsmagazine Literary Digest obtained the opinions of over two million Americans regarding the presidential candidates prior to the election.Among the more than 2 million returns,Alf Landon won by an overwhelming majority over Franklin Roosevelt. A few weeks later,Roosevelt won the real election by a landslide.The results of the survey were not valid due to:

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A)  an unrepresentative sample.
B)  poor wording of questions' variables.
C)  a lack of experimental control.D) A) and C)
E) All of the above

Question 12

An important factor in survey research is how closely a sample reflects the population under study.This is referred to as sample:

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A)  fairness.
B)  strategy.
C)  size.
D)  representativeness.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

_____ helps researchers generalize to a population.

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A)  Random sampling
B)  Random assignment
C)  Random surveying
D)  Informed consentE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Explain the ethical requirements of social psychological research.

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Question 15

A society's widely held ideas and values,including assumptions and cultural ideologies,are known as:

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A)  national diversities.
B)  racial inclinations.
C)  social representations.
D)  general moralities.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Ammar,a researcher,studies about the possible links between wealth and popularity.He finds that popularity increases with wealth.Which of the following statements is most likely true about this scenario?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ammar adopts the method of stratified sampling.
B)  Ammar adopts the method of random sampling.
C)  Ammar conducts experimental research.
D)  Ammar conducts correlational research.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Research indicates that survey results often depend on the:

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A)  number of questions asked.
B)  gender of the surveyor.
C)  gender of the respondent.
D)  wording of the questions.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

In the context of the ethics of experimentation and social psychological research,we must be cautious about:

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of random assignment.
B)  inferring cause and effect from experiments.
C)  the types of subjects used.
D)  generalizing from laboratory to life.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

An experimenter exposes a participant to different room temperatures to determine its effects on the participant's aggressive behavior.In this experiment,the aggressive behavior is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  independent variable.
B)  dependent variable.
C)  control variable.
D)  confounding variable.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

A _____ is an integrated set of principles that can explain and predict observed events.

Accepted Answer

A)  theory
B)  hypothesis
C)  fact
D)  correlationE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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