Question 1

Among the four potentially biasing influences on surveys,the meat lobby rejecting a new U.S.food labeling law that requires declaring ground beef as "30% fat" rather than "70% lean,30% fat" is an example of how _____ may influence human decisions and expressed opinions.

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A)  the framing of questions
B)  the order of questions
C)  limited options
D)  response optionsE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

The results of Boyatzis's (1995) research indicated that _____ can be one cause of children's aggressive behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  sugar consumption
B)  poor impulse control
C)  the lack of parental guidance
D)  viewing violence on televisionE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

The attributions a person makes for his or her spouse's acid remark depends on the happiness of his or her marriage.What concept does this portray?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social behavior is a function of what we believe.
B)  Social behavior is a function of an individual's general attitude in relation to his or her environment.
C)  Social behavior is a function of how a situation is handled.
D)  Social behavior is a function of an objective situation and how it is construed.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Which of the following is a disadvantage of correlational research?

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A)  It cannot be used to study everyday situations.
B)  It cannot explain cause and effect.
C)  It fails to analyze whether two variables are associated.
D)  It takes place in a laboratory.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

A psychological experiment is conducted in a laboratory to determine if meditation can cure insomnia in middleaged participants.The same experiment is conducted to find the effect of meditation on insomnia with teenage participants in natural settings.The researchers sought to find whether the observed results in the laboratory would be the same as those found in natural settings.This scenario illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  framing.
B)  replication.
C)  deception.
D)  debriefing.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

If you ask conservative,liberal,independent,and Green Party voters their opinions of political candidates,rather than just conservative voters,you are attempting to ensure that your sample is:

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A)  fair.
B)  sufficient.
C)  representative.
D)  random.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

You conduct a study on a group of individuals to examine the role of exercise in alleviating depression.You assign the first 50 people who are motivated to sign up to the experimental group,and the second group of 50 people,who sign up much later,to the control group.After one month,you find that the people in the experimental group (who exercised three times a week on average) are significantly less depressed than the people in the control group (who exercised once a week on average) .Although you may be tempted to conclude that exercise helps stave off depression,you cannot because of the lack of _____ in your study.

Accepted Answer

A)  random sampling
B)  random assignment
C)  random surveying
D)  random controlE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Valeria,a social psychologist,plans to conduct an experiment to establish a link between drug abuse and longevity.Before beginning the experiment,she shares the basic details of the experiment with the participants.She does so to let the participants decide if they wish to participate.In this scenario,Valeria follows the ethical principle of:

Accepted Answer

A)  debriefing.
B)  informed consent.
C)  deception.
D)  providing cues.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Studies that seek results pointing to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors while controlling others are known as:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

If you wanted more people to donate their organs when they die,you would:

Accepted Answer

A)  put nothing on their drivers' licenses about organ donation.
B)  give a default option of 'yes' and a space to check "opt out."
C)  give a default option of 'no' and a space to check donate.
D)  give them a 'yes' or 'no' choice to check.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Variable X is correlated with variable Y.Which of the following could potentially explain this correlation?

Accepted Answer

A)  X causes Y.
B)  Y causes X.
C)  A third variable causes or influences both X and Y.
D)  All of the answers are correct.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Discuss evidence related to the role of self-esteem in academic achievement.

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Question 13

Provide an example of a demand characteristic that could unintentionally alter the results of an experimental research study.

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Question 14

The finding that obese women earned lower salaries than women in a nonobese comparison group was most likely the result of which type of research study?

Accepted Answer

A)  experimental
B)  correlational
C)  laboratory
D)  qualitativeE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

The great strength of correlational research is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  cause-effect sequencing of events.
B)  ambiguity of results.
C)  ability to extract the influence of confounded variables.
D)  tendency to occur in real-world settings.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

A time-lagged correlation is an advanced correlational technique that reveals _____ variables or events,such as achievement and self-esteem.

Accepted Answer

A)  the relationship between
B)  differences between
C)  the sequence of
D)  confoundingE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Errors in both judging the future's foreseeability and in remembering our past together to create:

Accepted Answer

A)  information bias.
B)  hindsight bias.
C)  prediction bias.
D)  retrospective bias.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

Social representations are:

Accepted Answer

A)  value commitments within a culture.
B)  intuitive ideas that prove to be true
C)  widely held ideas and values,including assumptions and cultural ideologies.
D)  stereotypes that are rooted in racism rather than in objective truth.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

A theory is:

Accepted Answer

A)  an agreed-upon statement.
B)  a summary that explains facts.
C)  untestable.
D)  less than fact.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

A testable proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between events is known as a:

Accepted Answer

A)  statement.
B)  bias.
C)  correlation.
D)  hypothesis.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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The attributions a person makes for his or her spouse's acid remark depends on the happiness of his or her marriage.What concept does this portray?

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Studies that seek results pointing to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors while controlling others are known as:

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Errors in both judging the future's foreseeability and in remembering our past together to create:

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The great strength of correlational research is the:

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Among the four potentially biasing influences on surveys,the meat lobby rejecting a new U.S.food labeling law that requires declaring ground beef as "30% fat" rather than "70% lean,30% fat" is an example of how _____ may influence human decisions and expressed opinions.

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of correlational research?

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The results of Boyatzis's (1995) research indicated that _____ can be one cause of children's aggressive behavior.

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Studies that seek results pointing to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors while controlling others are known as:

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Errors in both judging the future's foreseeability and in remembering our past together to create:

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