PSYC 101 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 2026
COMPREHENSIVE SET SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉Measure. Answer: a concrete way of assessing a variable
◉Reliability. Answer: produces consistent results
◉Test-Retest Reliability. Answer: being able to test the participants
again over time and getting the same results
◉Internal Consistency (or reliability). Answer: do all of the items in
a test measure the same thing
◉Interrater Reliability. Answer: do different people rate the
behaviors in the same way
◉Face Validity. Answer: does it look like it measures what it says it
measures (sometimes psychologists want this to be low)
◉Construct Validity. Answer: does it measure what it is supposed to
, ◉Criterion Validity. Answer: does it relate to other measures like it
should
◉Error. Answer: the part of a score that is unrelated to the person's
true score (some people are more inclined in certain things that
could affect the experiment)
◉Descriptive Research types. Answer: Case Studies, Naturalistic
Observation, Survey Research and Correlational
◉Case Study. Answer: in depth observation of a small group of
participants (useful at beginning or end of a series of quantitative
series)
◉Drawbacks to Case Studies. Answer: small sample, not very
generalizable, researcher bias
◉Naturalistic Observation. Answer: in depth observation in the
participant's natural setting, the researcher can be a covert
participant or observer
◉Drawbacks to Naturalistic Observation. Answer: researcher bias,
only descriptive so we can't know what causes what
COMPREHENSIVE SET SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉Measure. Answer: a concrete way of assessing a variable
◉Reliability. Answer: produces consistent results
◉Test-Retest Reliability. Answer: being able to test the participants
again over time and getting the same results
◉Internal Consistency (or reliability). Answer: do all of the items in
a test measure the same thing
◉Interrater Reliability. Answer: do different people rate the
behaviors in the same way
◉Face Validity. Answer: does it look like it measures what it says it
measures (sometimes psychologists want this to be low)
◉Construct Validity. Answer: does it measure what it is supposed to
, ◉Criterion Validity. Answer: does it relate to other measures like it
should
◉Error. Answer: the part of a score that is unrelated to the person's
true score (some people are more inclined in certain things that
could affect the experiment)
◉Descriptive Research types. Answer: Case Studies, Naturalistic
Observation, Survey Research and Correlational
◉Case Study. Answer: in depth observation of a small group of
participants (useful at beginning or end of a series of quantitative
series)
◉Drawbacks to Case Studies. Answer: small sample, not very
generalizable, researcher bias
◉Naturalistic Observation. Answer: in depth observation in the
participant's natural setting, the researcher can be a covert
participant or observer
◉Drawbacks to Naturalistic Observation. Answer: researcher bias,
only descriptive so we can't know what causes what
