PSYC 304 EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What is the lifetime prevalence of TBI?
In other words, how many people (what percent of the U.S.
population) experience a TBI at some point in their lives?. Answer:
Description
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: Are boys more likely to sustain TBI than
girls?. Answer: Prediction
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What can we do to prevent TBI or
minimize negative outcomes when it happens?. Answer: Application
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: Do children who play rugby have more
TBIs than children who do not?. Answer: prediction
,◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: Who is most likely to sustain TBI?.
Answer: prediction
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: Why is it better to have a TBI when you
are older than when you are younger?. Answer: Explanation
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What makes people who have sustained
TBIs more impulsive than people who have not?. Answer:
explanation
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What is the best way for health care
professionals to determine when a child is ready to return to school
following TBI?. Answer: application
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What are the biggest risk factors for
TBI?. Answer: prediction
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What happens after a TBI?. Answer:
explanation
,◉DSM-IV is a system for classifying mental disorders. As such, it
most clearly illustrates which of psychology's goals?. Answer:
description
◉A Los Angeles Times article entitled "Green coffee beans show
potential for losing weight" is most likely to be a. Answer: non-peer
reviewed secondary source
◉Open discussions of psychological and scientific research
represent which of the following essential elements of science?.
Answer: democratic discussion
◉In the scientific peer-review process, a reviewer should comment
on all of the following EXCEPT
A. whether the content fits within the scope of the journal
B. The quality of the university where the authors conducted the
study
C. Potential flaws with the study design
D. What the manuscript adds to what experts already knew about
the topic?. Answer: B
◉Which of the following is a peer-reviewed source of evidence?
A. Your psychology professor's endorsement of a study.
, B. A research article in Psychology Today.
C. A research article in the American Journal of Psychology.
D. An Op-Ed piece in the New York Times.. Answer: C. A research
article in the American Journal of Psychology
◉Which of the following titles of an academic paper best reflects the
notion that science is democratic?
A. Statistics: They NEVER Lie!
B. Look at These Data and Form Your Own Opinion
C. The Myth that Publications Lead to Academic Job Stability
D. Ethics: Who Needs the American Psychological Association?
E. To Experiment or Not Experiment, that is the Question.. Answer:
B. Look at these data and form your own opinion
◉Which of the following is NOT always a credible source:
A. A peer reviewed article
B. Encyclopedia Britannica
C. Websites ending in .gov
D. Websites ending in .org. Answer: D. websites ending in .org
◉Which of these is a primary source?
A. Article in Time magazine about the latest cancer research
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What is the lifetime prevalence of TBI?
In other words, how many people (what percent of the U.S.
population) experience a TBI at some point in their lives?. Answer:
Description
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: Are boys more likely to sustain TBI than
girls?. Answer: Prediction
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What can we do to prevent TBI or
minimize negative outcomes when it happens?. Answer: Application
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: Do children who play rugby have more
TBIs than children who do not?. Answer: prediction
,◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: Who is most likely to sustain TBI?.
Answer: prediction
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: Why is it better to have a TBI when you
are older than when you are younger?. Answer: Explanation
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What makes people who have sustained
TBIs more impulsive than people who have not?. Answer:
explanation
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What is the best way for health care
professionals to determine when a child is ready to return to school
following TBI?. Answer: application
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What are the biggest risk factors for
TBI?. Answer: prediction
◉Classify the following research question as description, prediction,
explanation, or application: What happens after a TBI?. Answer:
explanation
,◉DSM-IV is a system for classifying mental disorders. As such, it
most clearly illustrates which of psychology's goals?. Answer:
description
◉A Los Angeles Times article entitled "Green coffee beans show
potential for losing weight" is most likely to be a. Answer: non-peer
reviewed secondary source
◉Open discussions of psychological and scientific research
represent which of the following essential elements of science?.
Answer: democratic discussion
◉In the scientific peer-review process, a reviewer should comment
on all of the following EXCEPT
A. whether the content fits within the scope of the journal
B. The quality of the university where the authors conducted the
study
C. Potential flaws with the study design
D. What the manuscript adds to what experts already knew about
the topic?. Answer: B
◉Which of the following is a peer-reviewed source of evidence?
A. Your psychology professor's endorsement of a study.
, B. A research article in Psychology Today.
C. A research article in the American Journal of Psychology.
D. An Op-Ed piece in the New York Times.. Answer: C. A research
article in the American Journal of Psychology
◉Which of the following titles of an academic paper best reflects the
notion that science is democratic?
A. Statistics: They NEVER Lie!
B. Look at These Data and Form Your Own Opinion
C. The Myth that Publications Lead to Academic Job Stability
D. Ethics: Who Needs the American Psychological Association?
E. To Experiment or Not Experiment, that is the Question.. Answer:
B. Look at these data and form your own opinion
◉Which of the following is NOT always a credible source:
A. A peer reviewed article
B. Encyclopedia Britannica
C. Websites ending in .gov
D. Websites ending in .org. Answer: D. websites ending in .org
◉Which of these is a primary source?
A. Article in Time magazine about the latest cancer research
