UNC PSYC 270 Final
What are the two primary types of questions psychologists deal with?
a. open-ended and structured self-reporting
b. open-ended and quantitative
c. close-ended and structured self-reporting
d. close-ended and quantitative - Correct answer-a. open-ended and structured self-
reporting
Which of the following is not a threat to internal validity?
a. nonresponse bias
b. Hawthorne effect
c. regression to the mean
d. maturation - Correct answer-a. nonresponse bias
What is/are the primary strength(s) of archival research?
a. high external validity
b. no response bias
c. high external validity
d. strong construct validity - Correct answer-a. high external validity
b. no response bias
If I asked how happy you are from 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely), what type of scale
would I be using?
a. interval
b. ordinal
c. nominal
d. ratio - Correct answer-a. Interval
b. ordinal
Experimental studies have their limits. What is the primary limit?
a. difficult to conduct
b. low external validity
c. low construct validity
d. difficult to conduct ethically - Correct answer-a. difficult to conduct
b. low external validity
The Stanford Prison Experiment was a breach of ethics because ___________.
, a. the participants were harmed
b. the participants were coerced into participating
c. no important information was gathered
d. the study was not IRB approved - Correct answer-a. the participants were harmed
What are the cornerstones of experimental research?
a. random assignment and manipulation
b. random assignment and measurement
c. random selection and manipulation
d. random selection and measurement - Correct answer-a. random assignment and
manipulation
Which of the following is not a scientific "way of knowing"?
a. metaphysics
b. thinking
c. intuiting
d. observing - Correct answer-a. metaphysics
If I came up with a hypothesis using my own personal experiences, I would be using
____________.
a. empiricism
b. induction
c. deduction
d. metaphysical logic - Correct answer-a. empiricism
b. induction
During the judgement phase of question writing, what is our primary concern?
a. are participants thinking of the same question?
b. are researchers thinking about the same question?
c. can participants translate internal psychological states into scales?
d. are researchers translating states into scales? - Correct answer-a. are participants
thinking of the same question?
IRB approval is required for any study involving human participants.
a. true
b. false - Correct answer-b. false
Why do we care about random assignment?
What are the two primary types of questions psychologists deal with?
a. open-ended and structured self-reporting
b. open-ended and quantitative
c. close-ended and structured self-reporting
d. close-ended and quantitative - Correct answer-a. open-ended and structured self-
reporting
Which of the following is not a threat to internal validity?
a. nonresponse bias
b. Hawthorne effect
c. regression to the mean
d. maturation - Correct answer-a. nonresponse bias
What is/are the primary strength(s) of archival research?
a. high external validity
b. no response bias
c. high external validity
d. strong construct validity - Correct answer-a. high external validity
b. no response bias
If I asked how happy you are from 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely), what type of scale
would I be using?
a. interval
b. ordinal
c. nominal
d. ratio - Correct answer-a. Interval
b. ordinal
Experimental studies have their limits. What is the primary limit?
a. difficult to conduct
b. low external validity
c. low construct validity
d. difficult to conduct ethically - Correct answer-a. difficult to conduct
b. low external validity
The Stanford Prison Experiment was a breach of ethics because ___________.
, a. the participants were harmed
b. the participants were coerced into participating
c. no important information was gathered
d. the study was not IRB approved - Correct answer-a. the participants were harmed
What are the cornerstones of experimental research?
a. random assignment and manipulation
b. random assignment and measurement
c. random selection and manipulation
d. random selection and measurement - Correct answer-a. random assignment and
manipulation
Which of the following is not a scientific "way of knowing"?
a. metaphysics
b. thinking
c. intuiting
d. observing - Correct answer-a. metaphysics
If I came up with a hypothesis using my own personal experiences, I would be using
____________.
a. empiricism
b. induction
c. deduction
d. metaphysical logic - Correct answer-a. empiricism
b. induction
During the judgement phase of question writing, what is our primary concern?
a. are participants thinking of the same question?
b. are researchers thinking about the same question?
c. can participants translate internal psychological states into scales?
d. are researchers translating states into scales? - Correct answer-a. are participants
thinking of the same question?
IRB approval is required for any study involving human participants.
a. true
b. false - Correct answer-b. false
Why do we care about random assignment?
