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Dr.Gavin decides that instead of conducting a 2 x 4 independent-groups factorial design,he is going to conduct a 2 x 4 within-subjects factorial design.Which of the following things will change?


A) The number of main effects that need to be examined
B) The number of interactions that need to be examined
C) The number of participants needed
D) The number of cells
E) All of the above will change

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Imagine that you read the following passage in a popular magazine.Should you conclude that the original article found evidence of an interaction? Why should you conclude this? "One study had participants watch a crime show.Half the participants watched a documentary of a murder that took place in rural Virginia while the other half watched a movie adaptation of the same murder.The effect of viewing a crime show on people's fear of being a victim of crime depends on the participants' sex,with women in general being more fearful regardless of which show they saw,whereas men reported more fear after watching the documentary."

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Dr.Gavin decides that instead of conducting a 2 x 4 independent-groups factorial design,he is going to conduct a 2 x 3 x 4 mixed factorial design.Which of the following things will change?


A) The number of main effects that need to be examined
B) The number of interactions that need to be examined
C) The number of participants needed
D) The number of cells
E) All of the above will change

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Dr.Gavin is conducting a 2 x 4 independent-groups factorial design.How many main effects will Dr.Gavin need to examine?


A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 6

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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RESEARCH STUDY 11.1 Dr. Elder was interested in the way people recognize objects as members of categories. For example, what makes us recognize a dog as being a dog and not a cat? More specifically, he was curious as to whether people think about categories in a more complex way if they contemplate an "opposite" category first. For example, does a person think differently about the category of "southern" if they are also thinking about the category of "northern"? He is also curious as to whether people categorize differently if they are exposed to category members compared with generating category members. Dr. Elder has four groups of participants (with 30 people in each group) . In Group A, participants were told to cut out pictures of dogs and cats from magazines. In Group B, participants were told to cut out pictures of just dogs from magazines. In Group C, participants were told to draw pictures of cats and dogs. In Group D, participants were told to draw pictures of just dogs. After doing this for 30 minutes, participants in all groups were asked to list the attributes that define the "dog" category. Having a higher number of attributes listed was considered to be an indication of thinking about the category in a more complex way. The results of his study are below. -Refer to Research Study 11.2 above to answer the following question. Based on the graphs above,why should Dr.Elder conclude that there is a three-way interaction?


A) There is a two-way interaction for 10-year-olds but not for 20-year-olds.
B) There is a two-way interaction for 20-year-olds but not for 10-year-olds.
C) There is a two-way interaction for 10-year-olds that is different from the two-way interaction for 20-year-olds.
D) There is no two-way interaction for either 10-year-olds or 20-year-olds.
E) Three-way interactions cannot be determined from the examination of just two graphs.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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RESEARCH STUDY 11.1 Dr. Elder was interested in the way people recognize objects as members of categories. For example, what makes us recognize a dog as being a dog and not a cat? More specifically, he was curious as to whether people think about categories in a more complex way if they contemplate an "opposite" category first. For example, does a person think differently about the category of "southern" if they are also thinking about the category of "northern"? He is also curious as to whether people categorize differently if they are exposed to category members compared with generating category members. Dr. Elder has four groups of participants (with 30 people in each group) . In Group A, participants were told to cut out pictures of dogs and cats from magazines. In Group B, participants were told to cut out pictures of just dogs from magazines. In Group C, participants were told to draw pictures of cats and dogs. In Group D, participants were told to draw pictures of just dogs. After doing this for 30 minutes, participants in all groups were asked to list the attributes that define the "dog" category. Having a higher number of attributes listed was considered to be an indication of thinking about the category in a more complex way. The results of his study are below. -Refer to Research Study 11.2 above to answer the following question. Based on the graphs above,Dr.Elder should conclude which of the following?


A) There is a main effect for participants' age.
B) The three-way interaction does not look significant.
C) The interaction between activity focus and activity type depends on participants' age.
D) Participants' age appears to mediate the relationship between activity focus and activity type.
E) None of the above should be concluded.

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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According to the textbook,why is it important to study interactions?


A) Because they are more scientific
B) Because many outcomes in psychology are interactions
C) Because many outcomes in life are interactions
D) Both b and c are true
E) All of the above are true

F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

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Imagine that you are reading a journal article and you see the following sentence: "The study used a 2 x 2 x 4 design." Based on this sentence alone,you would know all of the following pieces of information EXCEPT:


A) The number of participants in the study
B) The number of main effects that need to be examined
C) The number of interactions that need to be examined
D) The number of cells
E) The number of independent variables

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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A "difference in the difference between the differences" would indicate which of the following?


A) An overall effect
B) A main effect
C) A two-way interaction
D) A within-groups factorial design
E) None of the above

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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The mathematical way to describe an interaction is:


A) A difference in differences
B) A caveat
C) A qualified main effect
D) A patterned pattern
E) All of the above

F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

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RESEARCH STUDY 11.1 Dr. Elder was interested in the way people recognize objects as members of categories. For example, what makes us recognize a dog as being a dog and not a cat? More specifically, he was curious as to whether people think about categories in a more complex way if they contemplate an "opposite" category first. For example, does a person think differently about the category of "southern" if they are also thinking about the category of "northern"? He is also curious as to whether people categorize differently if they are exposed to category members compared with generating category members. Dr. Elder has four groups of participants (with 30 people in each group) . In Group A, participants were told to cut out pictures of dogs and cats from magazines. In Group B, participants were told to cut out pictures of just dogs from magazines. In Group C, participants were told to draw pictures of cats and dogs. In Group D, participants were told to draw pictures of just dogs. After doing this for 30 minutes, participants in all groups were asked to list the attributes that define the "dog" category. Having a higher number of attributes listed was considered to be an indication of thinking about the category in a more complex way. The results of his study are below. -Refer to Research Study 11.1 above to answer the following question. How many participant variables exist in Dr.Elder's study?


A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 4
E) 6

F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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RESEARCH STUDY 11.1 Dr. Elder was interested in the way people recognize objects as members of categories. For example, what makes us recognize a dog as being a dog and not a cat? More specifically, he was curious as to whether people think about categories in a more complex way if they contemplate an "opposite" category first. For example, does a person think differently about the category of "southern" if they are also thinking about the category of "northern"? He is also curious as to whether people categorize differently if they are exposed to category members compared with generating category members. Dr. Elder has four groups of participants (with 30 people in each group) . In Group A, participants were told to cut out pictures of dogs and cats from magazines. In Group B, participants were told to cut out pictures of just dogs from magazines. In Group C, participants were told to draw pictures of cats and dogs. In Group D, participants were told to draw pictures of just dogs. After doing this for 30 minutes, participants in all groups were asked to list the attributes that define the "dog" category. Having a higher number of attributes listed was considered to be an indication of thinking about the category in a more complex way. The results of his study are below. -Refer to Research Study 11.1 above to answer the following question. To make his study a 2 x 2 x 3 factorial design,which of the following would Dr.Elder need to do?


A) Add a second dependent variable (quality of the category attributes listed)
B) Add a new manipulated variable (time to complete the task: 5 minutes versus 10 minutes versus 15 minutes)
C) Add a new participant variable (sex: males versus females)
D) Both b and c could be done
E) All of the above could be done

F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

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State the three types of factorial designs.

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RESEARCH STUDY 11.2 (The first paragraph is repeated from earlier. The second paragraph is specific to the new set of questions. The first paragraph is necessary to set up the original study.) Dr. Elder was interested in the way people recognize objects as members of categories. For example, what makes us recognize a dog as being a dog and not a cat? More specifically, he was curious as to whether people think about categories in a more complex way if they contemplate an "opposite" category first. For example, does a person think more differently about the category of "southern" if they are also thinking about the category of "northern"? He is also curious as to whether people categorize differently if they are exposed to category members compared with generating category members. Dr. Elder has four groups of participants (with 30 people in each group). In Group A, participants were told to cut out pictures of dogs and cats from magazines. In Group B, participants were told to cut out pictures of just dogs from magazines. In Group C, participants were told to draw pictures of cats and dogs. In Group D, participants were told to draw pictures of just dogs. After doing this for 30 minutes, participants in all groups were asked to list the attributes that define the "dog" category. Having a higher number of attributes listed was considered to be an indication of thinking about the category in a more complex way. Dr. Elder also is curious as to whether categorization happens similarly for children as it does for adults. As such, he recruits a group of 10-year-olds and a group of 20-year-olds to participate in the study. The results are below. RESEARCH STUDY 11.2 (The first paragraph is repeated from earlier. The second paragraph is specific to the new set of questions. The first paragraph is necessary to set up the original study.) Dr. Elder was interested in the way people recognize objects as members of categories. For example, what makes us recognize a dog as being a dog and not a cat? More specifically, he was curious as to whether people think about categories in a more complex way if they contemplate an  opposite  category first. For example, does a person think more differently about the category of  southern  if they are also thinking about the category of  northern ? He is also curious as to whether people categorize differently if they are exposed to category members compared with generating category members. Dr. Elder has four groups of participants (with 30 people in each group). In Group A, participants were told to cut out pictures of dogs and cats from magazines. In Group B, participants were told to cut out pictures of just dogs from magazines. In Group C, participants were told to draw pictures of cats and dogs. In Group D, participants were told to draw pictures of just dogs. After doing this for 30 minutes, participants in all groups were asked to list the attributes that define the  dog  category. Having a higher number of attributes listed was considered to be an indication of thinking about the category in a more complex way. Dr. Elder also is curious as to whether categorization happens similarly for children as it does for adults. As such, he recruits a group of 10-year-olds and a group of 20-year-olds to participate in the study. The results are below.    -Refer to Research Study 11.3 above to answer the following question. Using the marginal means,state whether it appears that the main effects in Dr.Lopez's study are important.(You do not need to say whether the main effects are statistically significant,but simply whether a difference appears to exist.) -Refer to Research Study 11.3 above to answer the following question. Using the marginal means,state whether it appears that the main effects in Dr.Lopez's study are important.(You do not need to say whether the main effects are statistically significant,but simply whether a difference appears to exist.)

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In the case of a factorial design,another term for independent variable is:


A) Interaction
B) Main effect
C) Cell
D) Factor
E) Moderator

F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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RESEARCH STUDY 11.1 Dr. Elder was interested in the way people recognize objects as members of categories. For example, what makes us recognize a dog as being a dog and not a cat? More specifically, he was curious as to whether people think about categories in a more complex way if they contemplate an "opposite" category first. For example, does a person think differently about the category of "southern" if they are also thinking about the category of "northern"? He is also curious as to whether people categorize differently if they are exposed to category members compared with generating category members. Dr. Elder has four groups of participants (with 30 people in each group) . In Group A, participants were told to cut out pictures of dogs and cats from magazines. In Group B, participants were told to cut out pictures of just dogs from magazines. In Group C, participants were told to draw pictures of cats and dogs. In Group D, participants were told to draw pictures of just dogs. After doing this for 30 minutes, participants in all groups were asked to list the attributes that define the "dog" category. Having a higher number of attributes listed was considered to be an indication of thinking about the category in a more complex way. The results of his study are below. -Refer to Research Study 11.1 above to answer the following question. Which of the following best describes Dr.Elder's study?


A) A 2 x 3 crossed factorial design
B) A 4 x 2 nested factorial design
C) A 2 x 1 mixed factorial design
D) A 2 x 2 within-groups factorial design
E) None of the above

F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

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RESEARCH STUDY 11.1 Dr. Elder was interested in the way people recognize objects as members of categories. For example, what makes us recognize a dog as being a dog and not a cat? More specifically, he was curious as to whether people think about categories in a more complex way if they contemplate an "opposite" category first. For example, does a person think differently about the category of "southern" if they are also thinking about the category of "northern"? He is also curious as to whether people categorize differently if they are exposed to category members compared with generating category members. Dr. Elder has four groups of participants (with 30 people in each group) . In Group A, participants were told to cut out pictures of dogs and cats from magazines. In Group B, participants were told to cut out pictures of just dogs from magazines. In Group C, participants were told to draw pictures of cats and dogs. In Group D, participants were told to draw pictures of just dogs. After doing this for 30 minutes, participants in all groups were asked to list the attributes that define the "dog" category. Having a higher number of attributes listed was considered to be an indication of thinking about the category in a more complex way. The results of his study are below. -Refer to Research Study 11.2 above to answer the following question. In the study described above,Dr.Elder will need to examine _________ main effects and __________ interactions.


A) 3, 3
B) 3, 4
C) 3, 8
D) 4, 4
E) 8, 3

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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The number of main effects that need to be examined is __________ the number of independent variables.


A) More important than
B) Equal to
C) Similar to
D) Unrelated to
E) Independent of

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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An author might use all of the following methods to indicate statistical significance EXCEPT:


A) Using the word significant
B) Including an asterisk in a table
C) Using the notation p < 0.05
D) All of the above are used to indicate statistical significance
E) None of the above are used to indicate statistical significance

F) All of the above
G) None of the above

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RESEARCH STUDY 11.1 Dr. Elder was interested in the way people recognize objects as members of categories. For example, what makes us recognize a dog as being a dog and not a cat? More specifically, he was curious as to whether people think about categories in a more complex way if they contemplate an "opposite" category first. For example, does a person think differently about the category of "southern" if they are also thinking about the category of "northern"? He is also curious as to whether people categorize differently if they are exposed to category members compared with generating category members. Dr. Elder has four groups of participants (with 30 people in each group) . In Group A, participants were told to cut out pictures of dogs and cats from magazines. In Group B, participants were told to cut out pictures of just dogs from magazines. In Group C, participants were told to draw pictures of cats and dogs. In Group D, participants were told to draw pictures of just dogs. After doing this for 30 minutes, participants in all groups were asked to list the attributes that define the "dog" category. Having a higher number of attributes listed was considered to be an indication of thinking about the category in a more complex way. The results of his study are below. -Refer to Research Study 11.1 above to answer the following question. In graphing the results of his study,which of the following would be true for Dr.Elder?


A) Dr. Elder would see a crossover interaction.
B) Dr. Elder would reach different conclusions based on which independent variable he put on the x-axis.
C) Dr. Elder would have to use a line graph.
D) Dr. Elder would see a difference between the differences for one variable but not the other variable.
E) None of the above are true.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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