Question 1

If you think that informed consent is unnecessary in your research you

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A)   should still obtain assent.
B)   must request a waiver from the IRB.
C)   must get approval to forgo consent from the research dean at your college or university.
D)   are wrong; all research requires informed consent.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Researchers would like for power to be at least

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A)   .30.
B)   .50.
C)   .80.
D)   2.5.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

When selecting participants from a population, experimenters need

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A)   to be concerned about differences between volunteers and nonvolunteers.
B)   not worry about random selection with children
C)   not worry about representativeness if a large sample size is used.
D)   all of the above.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

Postexperimental interviews are particularly important when, experimental procedures involves the use of

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A)   deception.
B)   random assignment.
C)   minors.
D)   all of the above.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

If an IRB refuses to approve a study the researcher

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A)   must abide by their ruling and either redesign the study or not conduct it.
B)   has the option to appeal to the national IRB committee.
C)   can still conduct the study but has greater liability if something goes wrong.
D)   must appear before the board to answer questions about his or her research design.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Which of the functions of debriefing is probably least likely to be accomplished?

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A)   the ethical function of explaining the purpose of any deception employed
B)   the educational value function
C)   the ability to determine if our independent variable manipulation was effective
D)   none of the above; that is, all have been shown to be adequately addressed with debriefing.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 7

A good way to work out the kinks of an experiment is to

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A)   conduct a pilot study.
B)   write an IRB proposal.
C)   engage in step-by-step visualization of the research procedure.
D)   have someone else read the procedure section of your paper.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Effect size is the

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A)   magnitude of alpha and power combined.
B)   magnitude of the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable.
C)   magnitude of the manipulation of the independent variable.
D)   scale on the vertical axis required to plot all of the data.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Reporting of details regarding participant characteristics, selection, and assignment procedures

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A)   violates conditions of anonymity and is therefore considered unethical.
B)   is important to enable other researchers to replicate your findings.
C)   is considered superfluous and unnecessary given space limitations in most journals.
D)   is not important.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT typically considered to be a function of debriefing?

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A)   to return participants to their preexperimental state
B)   to teach the participants something about the research
C)   to obtain demographic information from the participants
D)   to assess the effects of the independent variable manipulationE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

A "participant pool" is

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A)   a collection of former research participants that have expressed a willingness to conduct future studies.
B)   a group of individuals that have completed a pilot study and are therefore no longer naïve to the researcher's hypothesis.
C)   a group of potential research participants usually college students) .
D)   a place where participants can swim and cool off after their arduous research participation.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Postexperimental interviews fulfill many obligations the experimenter has toward his or her participants. Which of the following is NOT among them?

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A)   ethical obligations to inform participants about the experiment
B)   educating participants about the nature and role of psychological research
C)   offering the participant satisfaction with his or her role in the experiment
D)   assessing whether the participant would like to be trained as a researcher, tooE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 13

If human participants cannot be selected randomly,

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A)   then select with a conscious bias and keep that in mind when interpreting data.
B)   then use non-human participants so you can get them at your convenience.
C)   it is imperative to match participants to each other individual matching) .
D)   it becomes more important to report exactly how participants were selected and assigned.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Perhaps the greatest technological advance in experimental apparatus has been

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A)   the ability to tape record experimental instructions.
B)   the arrival of affordable, easily programmed microcomputers.
C)   the development of the Skinner box.
D)   the development of EEG.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Exam 9: Procedure for Conducting an Experiment

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If an IRB refuses to approve a study the researcher

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Which of the following is NOT typically considered to be a function of debriefing?

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Effect size is the

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A "participant pool" is

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Postexperimental interviews fulfill many obligations the experimenter has toward his or her participants. Which of the following is NOT among them?

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Reporting of details regarding participant characteristics, selection, and assignment procedures

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A good way to work out the kinks of an experiment is to

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Which of the functions of debriefing is probably least likely to be accomplished?

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Researchers would like for power to be at least

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If human participants cannot be selected randomly,

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Perhaps the greatest technological advance in experimental apparatus has been

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When selecting participants from a population, experimenters need

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If an IRB refuses to approve a study the researcher

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Which of the following is NOT typically considered to be a function of debriefing?

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Effect size is the

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