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1. The word science derives from a Latin word that means what?
a. Laboratory
b. Knowledge
c. Questioning
d. Progress
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:19 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
2. What is one way in which psychological research differs from chemistry and other sciences?
a. Unlike psychologists, chemists use the experimental method.
b. Unlike psychologists, chemists analyze their results with statistics.
c. Psychological research faces more serious ethical restraints.
d. Psychological experimentation dates back to the time of the ancient Greeks.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: introduction
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: application and understanding
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:23 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
3. Any scientific study goes through four steps. Which of these is the correct order of events?
a. Hypothesis-interpretation-methods-results
b. Hypothesis-methods-interpretation-results
c. Hypothesis-methods-results-interpretation
d. Interpretation-hypothesis-methods-results
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:27 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
4. What is a hypothesis?
a. A statistical test for determining the significance of a result
b. A method of doing an experiment
c. A statement that leads to a prediction
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d. An interpretation of the results of a study
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering (definition)
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:28 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
5. When someone conducts a research study, which of these comes first?
a. Interpretation
b. Methods
c. Hypothesis
d. Results
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:30 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
6. What does it mean to say that a result is “replicable”?
a. The results would be unlikely to arise by chance.
b. The results conform to the predictions of a theory.
c. Most scientists consider the results important.
d. Other researchers can get the same results.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:32 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
7. If other investigators repeat a study with similar results, what is the result said to be?
a. Analytical
b. Redundant
c. Parsimonious
d. Replicable
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
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REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering (definition)
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:34 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
8. If a result is replicable, which of these must be true?
a. Other investigators can repeat the results.
b. The interpretation is more parsimonious than other possible explanations.
c. The results have been published in a reputable journal.
d. The results are statistically significant.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering (definition)
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:36 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
9. How could someone determine whether the results of some study are replicable?
a. Survey other scientists for their opinions of the study.
b. Perform a statistical analysis to determine the likelihood of such results.
c. Compare the interpretation of results to other possible interpretations.
d. Repeat the procedure and try to get the same results.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: understanding
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:38 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
10. If someone publishes surprising but incorrect results, in the long run people will not take the study seriously. Why
not?
a. The interpretation will not be parsimonious.
b. The methods will not be explained in enough detail.
c. The hypothesis will not be plausible.
d. The results will not be replicable.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
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NOTES: application and understanding
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:40 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
11. If researchers get similar results whenever they follow a procedure, what are the results?
a. Statistically significant
b. Parsimonious
c. Replicable
d. Experimental
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:42 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
12. If several researchers follow the same procedure as the first researcher but get different results, what do we say about
those results?
a. They are not fictitious.
b. They are not replicable.
c. They are not parsimonious.
d. They are not statistically significant.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: application and understanding
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:45 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
13. Which of these refers to the idea that we accept results only if other investigators can repeat them?
a. Significance
b. Replicability
c. Determinism
d. Parsimony
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:47 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
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1. The word science derives from a Latin word that means what?
a. Laboratory
b. Knowledge
c. Questioning
d. Progress
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:19 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
2. What is one way in which psychological research differs from chemistry and other sciences?
a. Unlike psychologists, chemists use the experimental method.
b. Unlike psychologists, chemists analyze their results with statistics.
c. Psychological research faces more serious ethical restraints.
d. Psychological experimentation dates back to the time of the ancient Greeks.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: introduction
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: application and understanding
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:23 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
3. Any scientific study goes through four steps. Which of these is the correct order of events?
a. Hypothesis-interpretation-methods-results
b. Hypothesis-methods-interpretation-results
c. Hypothesis-methods-results-interpretation
d. Interpretation-hypothesis-methods-results
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:27 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
4. What is a hypothesis?
a. A statistical test for determining the significance of a result
b. A method of doing an experiment
c. A statement that leads to a prediction
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d. An interpretation of the results of a study
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering (definition)
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:28 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
5. When someone conducts a research study, which of these comes first?
a. Interpretation
b. Methods
c. Hypothesis
d. Results
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:30 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
6. What does it mean to say that a result is “replicable”?
a. The results would be unlikely to arise by chance.
b. The results conform to the predictions of a theory.
c. Most scientists consider the results important.
d. Other researchers can get the same results.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: gathering evidence
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:32 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
7. If other investigators repeat a study with similar results, what is the result said to be?
a. Analytical
b. Redundant
c. Parsimonious
d. Replicable
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
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REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering (definition)
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:34 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
8. If a result is replicable, which of these must be true?
a. Other investigators can repeat the results.
b. The interpretation is more parsimonious than other possible explanations.
c. The results have been published in a reputable journal.
d. The results are statistically significant.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering (definition)
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:36 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:23 AM
9. How could someone determine whether the results of some study are replicable?
a. Survey other scientists for their opinions of the study.
b. Perform a statistical analysis to determine the likelihood of such results.
c. Compare the interpretation of results to other possible interpretations.
d. Repeat the procedure and try to get the same results.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: understanding
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:38 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
10. If someone publishes surprising but incorrect results, in the long run people will not take the study seriously. Why
not?
a. The interpretation will not be parsimonious.
b. The methods will not be explained in enough detail.
c. The hypothesis will not be plausible.
d. The results will not be replicable.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
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NOTES: application and understanding
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:40 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
11. If researchers get similar results whenever they follow a procedure, what are the results?
a. Statistically significant
b. Parsimonious
c. Replicable
d. Experimental
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:42 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
12. If several researchers follow the same procedure as the first researcher but get different results, what do we say about
those results?
a. They are not fictitious.
b. They are not replicable.
c. They are not parsimonious.
d. They are not statistically significant.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: application and understanding
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:45 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
13. Which of these refers to the idea that we accept results only if other investigators can repeat them?
a. Significance
b. Replicability
c. Determinism
d. Parsimony
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: replicable
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NOTES: remembering
DATE CREATED: 10/15/2015 3:47 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 10/19/2015 7:24 AM
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