PSYCH 302 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which of the following types of studies is most susceptible to a carryover effect?
a. True controlled (within-subject)
b. Correlative
c. Descriptive
d. True controlled (between-subject) - ANSWER-True Controlled (Within-Subject)
Which of the following study designs is most appropriate for studying whether
ultraviolet radiation is associated with skin cancer?
a. True Controlled (within-subject)
b. True controlled (between-subject)
c. Correlative
d. Descriptive - ANSWER-Correlative
Clever Hans was able to come up with the correct answer to simple math problems
because he
a. attended to subtle cues
b. had a cheat sheet
c. memorized the answers
d. knew basic arithmetic - ANSWER-attended to subtle cues
If a researcher wished to investigate whether sleep deprivation negatively impacts
test scores using a within-subjects design, it would be important to make sure that:
a. subjects got enough sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the
other exam
b. the order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken was
counterbalanced across subjects
c. subject got enough sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the
other exam AND the order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams
were taken was counterbalanced across subjects
d. subjects got enough sleep before each exam - ANSWER-subjects got enough
sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the other exam AND the
order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken was
counterbalanced across subjects
In a controlled study, the X variable is what the experimenter manipulates while the
X variable is what the experimenter measures
a. non-random, random
b. random, non-random
c. independent, dependent
, d. dependent, independent - ANSWER-independent, dependent
Which of the following has never been a confound in conflict adaptation studies?
a. mental rotation
b. feature repetitions
c. contingency learning
d. conflict monitoring - ANSWER-conflict monitoring
While the stimuli in Experiment 1 of Schmidt & Weissman (2014) were BLANK, the
stimuli in Experiment 2 were BLANK
a. words, arrows
b. letters, colors
c. colors, letters
d. arrows, words - ANSWER-arrows, words
Schmidt & Weissman (2014) argue that their methods for avoiding confounds when
studying the CSE
a. all of the other choices
b. can easily be adopted by other researchers
c. are better than other methods (e.g., modeling approaches)
d. may be useful in future functional MRI studies of the CSE - ANSWER-all of the
other choices
Which of the following was a limitation of the Schmidt & Weissman (2014) study?
a. It did not rule out temporal learning confounds
b. it did not rule out contingency learning confounds
c. it did not rule out feature repetition confounds
d. none of the other answers - ANSWER-it did not rule out temporal learning
confounds
A potential problem with employing arrows as stimuli in conflict adaptation tasks is
that
a. none of the answers
b. arrows engender greater contingency learning than other types of stimuli
c. arrows (e.g., left and right) are automatically associated with responses (e.g., left
and right)
d. one arrow (e.g., left) can always be rotated to look exactly like another arrow (e.g.,
right) - ANSWER-one arrow (e.g., left) can always be rotated to look exactly like
another arrow (e.g., right)
A good place to speculate on the implications of your findings when you are writing a
scientific article is
a. the introduction
b. the discussion
ANSWERS
Which of the following types of studies is most susceptible to a carryover effect?
a. True controlled (within-subject)
b. Correlative
c. Descriptive
d. True controlled (between-subject) - ANSWER-True Controlled (Within-Subject)
Which of the following study designs is most appropriate for studying whether
ultraviolet radiation is associated with skin cancer?
a. True Controlled (within-subject)
b. True controlled (between-subject)
c. Correlative
d. Descriptive - ANSWER-Correlative
Clever Hans was able to come up with the correct answer to simple math problems
because he
a. attended to subtle cues
b. had a cheat sheet
c. memorized the answers
d. knew basic arithmetic - ANSWER-attended to subtle cues
If a researcher wished to investigate whether sleep deprivation negatively impacts
test scores using a within-subjects design, it would be important to make sure that:
a. subjects got enough sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the
other exam
b. the order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken was
counterbalanced across subjects
c. subject got enough sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the
other exam AND the order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams
were taken was counterbalanced across subjects
d. subjects got enough sleep before each exam - ANSWER-subjects got enough
sleep before one exam but were sleep-deprived before the other exam AND the
order in which the "sleep-deprived" and "well-rested" exams were taken was
counterbalanced across subjects
In a controlled study, the X variable is what the experimenter manipulates while the
X variable is what the experimenter measures
a. non-random, random
b. random, non-random
c. independent, dependent
, d. dependent, independent - ANSWER-independent, dependent
Which of the following has never been a confound in conflict adaptation studies?
a. mental rotation
b. feature repetitions
c. contingency learning
d. conflict monitoring - ANSWER-conflict monitoring
While the stimuli in Experiment 1 of Schmidt & Weissman (2014) were BLANK, the
stimuli in Experiment 2 were BLANK
a. words, arrows
b. letters, colors
c. colors, letters
d. arrows, words - ANSWER-arrows, words
Schmidt & Weissman (2014) argue that their methods for avoiding confounds when
studying the CSE
a. all of the other choices
b. can easily be adopted by other researchers
c. are better than other methods (e.g., modeling approaches)
d. may be useful in future functional MRI studies of the CSE - ANSWER-all of the
other choices
Which of the following was a limitation of the Schmidt & Weissman (2014) study?
a. It did not rule out temporal learning confounds
b. it did not rule out contingency learning confounds
c. it did not rule out feature repetition confounds
d. none of the other answers - ANSWER-it did not rule out temporal learning
confounds
A potential problem with employing arrows as stimuli in conflict adaptation tasks is
that
a. none of the answers
b. arrows engender greater contingency learning than other types of stimuli
c. arrows (e.g., left and right) are automatically associated with responses (e.g., left
and right)
d. one arrow (e.g., left) can always be rotated to look exactly like another arrow (e.g.,
right) - ANSWER-one arrow (e.g., left) can always be rotated to look exactly like
another arrow (e.g., right)
A good place to speculate on the implications of your findings when you are writing a
scientific article is
a. the introduction
b. the discussion
