SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS
◉ Experimental Research. Answer: studies that seek clues to cause-
effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors while
controlling others
◉ Independent Variable. Answer: the factor in an experiment that is
being manipulated
◉ Dependent Variable. Answer: the factor in an experiment that is
being measured
◉ Random Sample. Answer: survey procedure in which every
person in the population being studied has an equal chance of
inclusion
◉ Variables that could influence survey answers?. Answer:
unrepresentative samples, order of questions, response options,
wording of questions, and framing
, ◉ Framing. Answer: the way a question or an issue is posed; framing
can influence people's decisions and expressed opinions
◉ Random Assignment. Answer: the process of assigning
participants to the conditions of an experiment such that all persons
have the same chance of being in a given condition; helps us infer
cause and effect
◉ Mundane Realism. Answer: degree to which an experiment is
superficially similar to everyday situations
◉ Experimental Realism. Answer: degree to which an experiment
absorbs and involves its participants
◉ Deception. Answer: in research, an effect by which participants
are misinformed or misled about the study's methods and purposes
◉ Demand Characteristics. Answer: cues in an experiment that tell
the participants what behavior is expected
◉ Informed Consent. Answer: an ethical principle requiring that
research participants be told enough to enable them to choose
whether they wish to participate
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS
◉ Experimental Research. Answer: studies that seek clues to cause-
effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors while
controlling others
◉ Independent Variable. Answer: the factor in an experiment that is
being manipulated
◉ Dependent Variable. Answer: the factor in an experiment that is
being measured
◉ Random Sample. Answer: survey procedure in which every
person in the population being studied has an equal chance of
inclusion
◉ Variables that could influence survey answers?. Answer:
unrepresentative samples, order of questions, response options,
wording of questions, and framing
, ◉ Framing. Answer: the way a question or an issue is posed; framing
can influence people's decisions and expressed opinions
◉ Random Assignment. Answer: the process of assigning
participants to the conditions of an experiment such that all persons
have the same chance of being in a given condition; helps us infer
cause and effect
◉ Mundane Realism. Answer: degree to which an experiment is
superficially similar to everyday situations
◉ Experimental Realism. Answer: degree to which an experiment
absorbs and involves its participants
◉ Deception. Answer: in research, an effect by which participants
are misinformed or misled about the study's methods and purposes
◉ Demand Characteristics. Answer: cues in an experiment that tell
the participants what behavior is expected
◉ Informed Consent. Answer: an ethical principle requiring that
research participants be told enough to enable them to choose
whether they wish to participate
