Exam 1 PSYC3650 Experimental Methods

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Exam 1 PSYC3650 Experimental Methods Question 1 3 / 3 pts 1. An ethical guideline that must be followed when research with human participants is conducted is ______. participation in research can be involuntary the benefit of the research must outweigh the risks all data collected must be stored by the researcher for at least 20 years all data must be collected anonymously Question 2 3 / 3 pts 2. As a result of the unethical experiments conducted by Nazi Germany in WWII, scientists from around the world created the ________, which is an agreed upon set of ethical principles (such as informed consent and coercion) that all scientists are expected to follow. Human Welfare Act APA Ethical Principles CITI Principles Nuremberg Code

Question 3 3 / 3 pts 3. A literature review is ______. never conducted using PsycINFO only conducted with books the same as a journal article a detailed review of past research in a topic area Question 4 3 / 3 pts 4. An abstract is ______. the research question being addressed an approximately 150 word summary of the entire article a discussion of the implications of the study results a detailed description of the participants Question 5 3 / 3 pts

5. What are the three types of publications? introduction, method, discussion reviews, books, PsychInfo research articles, reviews, books padawan, jedi, jedi master Question 6 3 / 3 pts 6. An APA style article has the section ordered as ______. introduction, method, discussion, abstract abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, references results, method, discussion, references references, abstract, discussion, results Question 7 3 / 3 pts

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7. Approximately what percentage of theories in psychology have achieved the level of 'scientifically proven fact'? 15% 0% 3% 35% Question 8 3 / 3 pts 8. What is PsychInfo? the title of the most prestigious peer-reviewed journal in the field of psychology a book of all known mental disorders a database of all researchers and the university/company that they work for an online database that allows researchers to browse published papers Question 9 3 / 3 pts 9. Peer review is a process where an article is ______. reviewed by an IRB

sent to several experts on the general topic of the article for review posted on a public blog and readers can make comments discussed by the author and their peers in a meeting Incorrect Question 10 0 / 3 pts 10. Information about the statistical tests that were performed to analyze the data is included in the ______ section of an empirical journal article. methods results discussion introduction Question 11 3 / 3 pts 11. Throughout the history of mankind, people performed trepanation (drilling a hole in the skull) in an attempt to: increase oxygen flow to the brain

release evil spirits they believe were inside the person's head political and/or religious persecution to study the different parts of the brain Question 12 3 / 3 pts 12. The parsimony canon of the scientific method states that ______. explanations of phenomena should be able to be falsified if they are incorrect phenomena have observable causes observation is the best way of gaining new knowledge the simplest explanation of a phenomenon is most likely to be correct Question 13 3 / 3 pts 13. External validity is typically more important for ______ research than for ______ research. applied; basic scientific; non-scientific non-scientific; scientific

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basic; applied Question 14 3 / 3 pts 14. External validity is ______. the degree to which a study’s results can be generalized to individuals and situations outside of the study a type of research conducted in psychology the degree to which a study provides a good test of a causal prediction the degree to which the study accurately predicts results Question 15 3 / 3 pts 15. Which of the following is a primary reason for conducting a literature review? to decrease internal validity to increase external validity to make certain your proposed research is novel to make certain you are conducting applied research

Question 16 3 / 3 pts 16. One reason that Freud’s theories of personality have not been more influential in the field of psychology is that ______. the theories are difficult to falsify the theories do not specify causes for behavior the theories are too unusual the theories are not the simplest explanations for behavior Question 17 3 / 3 pts 17. A reporter who is writing an article on an important issue. This reporter only interviews experts that support one side of an issue, but not an alternative side of the issue. This is an example of ______. evidence bias belief bias confirmation bias contradictory bias

Incorrect Question 18 0 / 3 pts 18. ______ is a method of empiricism used to learn about behavior. Asking a knowledgeable friend or colleague relying on intution or 'gut feelings' reviewing scientifically published data in a peer reviewed journal deductive reasoning Question 19 3 / 3 pts 19. If we conducted a study to answer the research question, "What percentage of UNT students have a tattoo?", this would be an example of what kind of research question? causal data-driven exemplary descriptive

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Question 20 3 / 3 pts 20. Some researchers believe that all behaviors ultimately have an underlying cause. In other words, no behaviors occur by chance or via free will. This belief reflects the philosophical construct: determinism testability empiricism parsimony Incorrect Question 21 0 / 3 pts 21. The Zimbardo (1973) prison study resulted in all but ______ of the following. adverse stress reactions from some of the participants assigned to be prisoners the study being extended because of adverse effects on the participants the study being cut short because of adverse effects on the participants cruel behavior from some of the participants assigned to be guards Question 22

3 / 3 pts 22. In Milgram’s (1963) study of obedience, results showed that ______. most participants quit the study before it concluded none of the participants were willing to shock the confederate most of the participants were willing to “shock” the confederate at the highest level all but two of the participants were willing to “shock” the confederate at the highest level Question 23 3 / 3 pts 23. An ethical guideline that must be followed when research with human participants is conducted is ______. all data collected must be stored by the researcher for at least 8 years all data must be collected anonymously the benefit of the research must outweigh the risks participation in research can be involuntary Question 24 3 / 3 pts 24. Researchers conducting studies with nonhuman animal subjects are responsible for all but ______.

housing of the animals during the study monitoring the animals’ health during the study releasing animals into the wild at the completion of the study housing of the animals after the study Question 25 3 / 3 pts 25. ______ studies have the highest amount of risk. Exempt Expedited Full review Unlimited Question 26 3 / 5 pts 1. Describe how you would conduct a literature review for the research question “Do symptoms of depression improve with cognitive therapy?” Your Answer: I would search in PsycINFO the whole question “Do symptoms of depression improve with cognitive therapy?” and use in the same search engine phrase: depression improvement AND cognitive therapy". This might show more related articles. The literature review is a process of

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searching and reviewing previous studies therefore, I would just read the related articles I could find. COMMENT: Generally, we will use key words do the initial search, such as depression and cognitive therapy. Question 27 5 / 5 pts 2. Why is 1879 considered such an important year in the field of psychology? Your Answer: 1879 is considered such an important year in the field of psychology because that year Wilhelm Wundt created the first psychology laboratory (Leipzig, Germany) Question 28 5 / 5 pts 3. Why should clinicians and counselors who will never conduct a research study in their life, still need to know about Experimental Methods? Your Answer: Research is the foundation of the field of psychology and it helps a deeper understanding of the behaviors and results for more effective treatment. Question 29 5 / 5 pts 4. What is wrong with this statement? “It is a scientifically proven fact that psychotherapy can reduce levels of depression”. Your Answer: We can never prove that a theory or hypothesis is correct. The best we can do is to support or not support it from the data we observe in our study. This is due to the limitations of the research processes.

Question 30 5 / 5 pts 5. Name one criteria necessary for IRB approval Your Answer: The selection of participants is fair.

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