1.
Give an example not mentioned in the book or lecture of an IV and a DV relationship
2.
A researcher is interested in studying factors that influence interpersonal attraction. In a study designed to explore this variable, the researcher uses a very attractive person for an assistant. Interpersonal attraction is then assessed by whether or not the people participating in the study call up the attractive assistant to ask the person on a date. In this example, calling up the attractive assistant represents a(n) ____ of interpersonal attraction.
A ) Correlational study B) hypothesis C) case study D)operational definition
3.
A social psychologist is interested in studying aggression in sports fans. He goes to various sporting events and keeps track of the number of aggressive acts that occur between fans using a well-defined coding system. This psychologist is using ____ to measure behavior.
A) self-report measures B) physiological measures
C) behavioral observations D) reports by others
4.
Mention the benefits and disadvantages of a laboratory experiment
5.
In order to learn about the social behavior of children, a developmental psychologist goes to an elementary school, finds a seat near one of the windows in a classroom, and watches the children playing on the playground outside during recess. This psychologist is engaged in___ ____.
A) naturalistic observation B)correlational research C) a case study D)experimental research
6.
When it is not clear whether variable X caused variable Y or vice-versa, there is a(n) ____________________.
7.
Dr. Klein has heard that people tend to become more politically conservative as they get older and decides to conduct a study to see if this is true. She conducts a telephone survey in which she asks participants how old they are and their political identification. She then uses statistics to see if there is a relationship between age and political identification. The design that best describes Dr. Klein's research is ____________________.
8.
Dr. Gonzalez has just completed a correlational study where he found a strong association between parental expectations and child academic achievement. In other words, children who perform well in school tend to have parents who have high expectations for their children. However, Dr. Gonzalez can't tell which variable causes the other. It may be that high expectations cause children to perform better but it may be that children who perform better in school cause their parents to have higher expectations. This particular problem is known as _____________________.
9.
After years of experience, super researcher Dr. Yo G. Bayer finds that the more food from stolen picnic baskets in Jellystone Park bears eat, the sicker they get. Dr. Bayer has observed a _____________ relationship between the variables.
10.
Josh volunteers for a psychology experiment as part of his course requirement in Psychology 101. Before he can participate, the researcher follows informed consent procedures by giving him a full description of the procedures to be followed, ____ , and telling him that he is free to withdraw from the study at any time without penalty.
A) informing him of any risks that might be involved
B) obtaining his roommate's permission

C) assessing his psychological risk
D) assessing his external validity
11.
Sally has been suffering from depression and finally decides to seek help from a clinical psychologist. After a couple of months of therapy, Sally's depression starts to lift. However, her improvement really isn't due to any of the therapy she has received from her therapist but instead is a product of Sally's expectation that psychotherapy is supposed to be effective and therefore she should be getting better. This example is best considered an example of ______________________________.
12.
What is the Hawthorne effect?
13.
Dr. McGovern is interested in interpersonal attraction and the factors that affect it. She designs a study where she looks at the effect of similarity and social warmth on interpersonal attraction. Participants in her study meet a target person who either is or is not similar to the participant (the similarity variable) and who is either friendly or aloof (the social warmth variable). After interacting with the target person under these conditions, participants are then asked to rate how attractive they think the target person is. In this study, similarity and social warmth are the ____ variables and interpersonal attraction is the ____ variable.
A) independent; dependent
B) dependent; independent
C) confounding; dependent
D) independent; confounding
14.
If I predict that the more questions from this study guide you get correct, the higher the score you will get on your next exam, I am predicting a positive correlation between the variables.
A) True B) False
15.
Cues that participants pick up about the hypothesis of the study or about how they are supposed to behave
16.
What are some of the basic ethical standards used in human research? are known as placebo effects.
A) True B) False
17.
When every member of the population has an equal probability of being chosen for the sample, the sample is called a representative sample.
B) False A) True
18.
Give an example not mentioned in the book or in the lecture of two variables that has a positive correlation
19.
Give an example not mentioned in the book or in the lecture of two variables that has a negative correlation
20.
Mention two confounding variables and how to counter them