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Perspectives & Research Methods // AP Psychology

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  1. Which of the following is considered a disadvantage of naturalistic observation?
  2. All of the following are ethical guidelines psychologists must follow in their experimental research except:
  3. Frankie's median for his scores on a math test in which he earned a 55, 76, 55, 68, 95, 80, and 55 would be:
  4. A psychologist observes the confrontation between two rival neighborhood gangs from the window of an abandoned building. This method of collecting observations is best described as:
  5. In an experiment to find out if taking ginseng increases IQ scores, the IQ scores would be:
  6. A double-blind control is essential for
  7. A common method for selecting representative samples is to select:
  8. We wish to test the hypothesis that music improves learning. We compare test scores of students who study music with those who study in silence. Which of the following is a confounding variable in this experiment?
  9. The hindsight bias refers to people's tendency to:
  10. All of the following are measures of central tendency except:
  11. Some people believe that money can buy happiness. Dr. Goodwin wants to determine whether paying people plays a role in their happiness. The level of money given to a subject would be considered to be the:
  12. A outcome of a correlational study on attendance and grade point average could potentially conclude all of the following EXCEPT:
  13. In an experiment, the factor that is controlled by the experimenter is the
  14. Researchers find that there is a significant positive correlation between the number of hours students sleep and their grades. The researchers would be justified in concluding that
  15. Respondents to surveys and questionnaires often report that they are healthier, happier, and less prejudiced than would be expected based on the results of other types of research. This finding can best be explained by which of the following?
  16. When the mean is distorted by a few extremely high scores making it greater than the median, the mean is referred to as being:
  17. Dr. Thomas is interested in studying teenage behavior. His current experiment is interested in looking at the impact that sleep has on self esteem. He randomly selects 50 teenagers to participate in his study and randomly puts 25 in a sleep condition and puts the other 25 randomly in the non-sleep condition. An operational definition of the independent variable in this experiment could be:
  18. Unlike a normal curve where most participants score near the middle of the curve, in a curve that contains a positive skew the scores will:
  19. When a researcher takes specific data and generalizes the results to an entire population they are conducting:
  20. Publishing the names of research participants to the general public would violate what ethical guideline?
  21. A cognitive psychologist has been studying aggression in teens. Which of the following is most likely to be the title of his latest study?
  22. A scientist who studies the strategies involved in playing a game of chess is most likely to follow a(n) _______ approach to psychology.
  23. "Future actions can be predicted based on the consequences that were received to previous actions." This is most likely to be stated by a:
  24. Ralphie gathered data with the following numbers: 6, 5, 5, 8. The mean score in his data set would be:
  25. Martha is an undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing a career in psychology. She wants to use her knowledge of psychology to help employees become more productive in the workplace. Which field of psychology should Martha select in graduate school?
  26. A research design involves two randomly assigned groups of participants. One group receives a one-time treatment, and the other does not. Later, the two groups are compared to see whether the treatment had an effect. Psychologists call this kind of research
  27. The results of a correlational study involving student volunteers in a psychology laboratory might not apply to the general population because
  28. Survey research has shown that people with high levels of empathy (that is, an ability to imagine and feel what others are experiencing) tend to indicate lower ratings of enjoyment of violent humor than people with lower levels of empathy. Based on these results, one can conclude that
  29. A researcher randomly assigned boys and girls to each of two groups. One group watched a violent television program while the other group watched a nonviolent program. The children were then observed during a period of free play, and the incidence of aggressive behavior was recorded for each group. What is the independent variable in this study?
  30. Which of the following procedures is intended to control for preexisting differences between the groups of participants in an experiment?
  31. An instructor conducted an experiment to determine the effects of two different methods of study on the amount students learned in introductory physics. The results showed that the average amount learned by the group using one method was greater than the average amount learned by the group using the other. However, the difference was not statistically significant. Which of the following is the most appropriate conclusion to be drawn?
  32. Professor Ahad has forty-three students in section one of the psychology classes she teaches and fifty-two students in section two. Section one meets at eight a.m. and section two meets at one p.m. Professor Ahad gives all of her students the same final exam, and those in section two score significantly higher than those in section one. Professor Ahad concludes that her section one students are academically inferior to students in section two. The biggest problem with Professor Ahad’s conclusion is that
  33. Which of the following is a falsifiable claim:
  34. Which of the following studies would most likely have to be single-blind instead of double-blind:
  35. Dr. Yang is conducting a study in which the researcher instructs participants to act cruelly or dishonestly toward another study participant. She hopes that the study will help her to understand better how different factors affect whether people obey a person who has authority. To meet ethical guidelines, what must Dr. Yang include in this study?