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1
Research:
A)is a systematic inquiry aimed at discovery of new knowledge.
B)is the central ingredient on the scientific method in psychology.
C)provides a key to understanding the degree to which a hypotheses are accurate.
D)All of these.
2
If you were to spend some time watching people in the checkout line of a local discount store to see how many read the tabloid newspapers displayed next to the register, you have chosen the __________ research method to answer your question.
A)experimental
B)naturalistic observation
C)survey
D)case study
3
As a researcher, Cheep Skate wanted to use a relatively inexpensive way to test his hypothesis. Therefore, he examined existing data such as census documents, college records, and newspaper clippings. This type of research is known as:
A)naturalistic observation.
B)case study.
C)archival research.
D)correlational research.
4
The most direct way of finding out what people think, feel, and do is carry out the following type of research:
A)naturalistic observation.
B)archival research.
C)case study.
D)survey.
5
Nolonga A. Studd discovers that there is a –.89 correlation between stress and sexual performance. This demonstrates:
A)a weak correlation.
B)a strong correlation.
C)no correlation.
D)None of these.
6
The only way psychologists can establish cause-and-effect relationships through research is by carrying out a(an):
A)observational study that records the actual behavior of real people in real-life situations.
B)survey study that asks people to explain why they behave the way they do.
C)experiment that demonstrates the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable.
D)case study that focuses intensively on individual behavior.
7
Dr. Secret Decoda wanted to investigate students' problem-solving abilities. He designed a study in which he presented an easy problem, a moderately difficult problem, and a very difficult problem. He measured how long it took students to complete each problem. He hypothesized that students would take less time to solve the easier problem and more time to solve the moderately difficult problem and even more time to solve the very difficult problem. The level of problem difficulty is:
A)the dependent variable.
B)the independent variable.
C)an operational definition.
D)the control condition.





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