PSYCH 1100 MIDTERM 1-- MULTIPLE
CHOICE COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.The belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation is:
a. parsimony
b. dogmatism
c. empiricism
d. scientific research - ANSWERS✔-c. empiricism
\.Which of the following is the best definition of a hypothesis?
a. empirical evidence
b. a scientific observation
c. a falsifiable prediction
d. a theoretical data - ANSWERS✔-c. a falsifiable prediction
\.The methods of psychological investigation take _____ into account because
when people know they are being studied, they don't always behave as they
otherwise would.
a. reactivity
b. complexity
,c. variability
d. sophistication - ANSWERS✔-a. reactivity
\.When a measure produces the same measurement whenever it is used to
measure the same thing, it is said to have
a. variability
b. reliability
c. power
d. concreteness - ANSWERS✔-b. reliability
\.Aspects of an observational setting that cause people to behave as they think
they should are called
a. observer bias
b. reactive conditions
c. natural habitats
d. demand characteristics - ANSWERS✔-d. demand characteristics
\.In a double blind observation
a. the participants know what is being measured
b. people are observed in their natural environments
c. the purpose is hidden from both the observer and the person being observed
d. only objective, statistical measures are recorded - ANSWERS✔-c. the purpose is
hidden from both the observer and the person being observed
, \.Which of the following describes the average value of all the measurements in a
particular distribution?
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. range - ANSWERS✔-a. mean
\.What does a correlation coefficient show?
a. the value of one specific variable
b. the direction and strength of a correlation
c. the efficiency of the relevant research method
d. the degree of natural correlation - ANSWERS✔-b. the direction and strength of
a correlation
\.When two variables are correlated, what keeps us from concluding that one is
the cause and the other is the effect?
a. the possibility of third-variable correlation
b. random assignment of control groups
c. the existence of false positive correlation
d. correlation strength is impossible to measure accurately - ANSWERS✔-a. the
possibility of third-variable correlation
\.A researcher administers a questionnaire concerning attitudes toward global
warming to people of both genders and of all ages who live all across the country.
The dependent variable in the study is the ___ of the participant.
CHOICE COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.The belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation is:
a. parsimony
b. dogmatism
c. empiricism
d. scientific research - ANSWERS✔-c. empiricism
\.Which of the following is the best definition of a hypothesis?
a. empirical evidence
b. a scientific observation
c. a falsifiable prediction
d. a theoretical data - ANSWERS✔-c. a falsifiable prediction
\.The methods of psychological investigation take _____ into account because
when people know they are being studied, they don't always behave as they
otherwise would.
a. reactivity
b. complexity
,c. variability
d. sophistication - ANSWERS✔-a. reactivity
\.When a measure produces the same measurement whenever it is used to
measure the same thing, it is said to have
a. variability
b. reliability
c. power
d. concreteness - ANSWERS✔-b. reliability
\.Aspects of an observational setting that cause people to behave as they think
they should are called
a. observer bias
b. reactive conditions
c. natural habitats
d. demand characteristics - ANSWERS✔-d. demand characteristics
\.In a double blind observation
a. the participants know what is being measured
b. people are observed in their natural environments
c. the purpose is hidden from both the observer and the person being observed
d. only objective, statistical measures are recorded - ANSWERS✔-c. the purpose is
hidden from both the observer and the person being observed
, \.Which of the following describes the average value of all the measurements in a
particular distribution?
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. range - ANSWERS✔-a. mean
\.What does a correlation coefficient show?
a. the value of one specific variable
b. the direction and strength of a correlation
c. the efficiency of the relevant research method
d. the degree of natural correlation - ANSWERS✔-b. the direction and strength of
a correlation
\.When two variables are correlated, what keeps us from concluding that one is
the cause and the other is the effect?
a. the possibility of third-variable correlation
b. random assignment of control groups
c. the existence of false positive correlation
d. correlation strength is impossible to measure accurately - ANSWERS✔-a. the
possibility of third-variable correlation
\.A researcher administers a questionnaire concerning attitudes toward global
warming to people of both genders and of all ages who live all across the country.
The dependent variable in the study is the ___ of the participant.
