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Question 1 2 / 2 pts When data fails to provide support for some idea that is advanced, we can say that _______ has occurred

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Question 1

2 / 2 pts

When data fails to provide support for some idea that is advanced, we can say that _______ has occurred.

  

intuition

   

peer review

   

authority

   

falsifiability

 

 

Question 2

2 / 2 pts

Which one of the following periodicals publishes articles that summarize recent
developments in various areas of psychology?

  

Social Science Citation Index

   

Annual Review of Psychology

   

Psychological Abstracts

   

PsychINFO

 

 

Question 3

2 / 2 pts

Experimental control is accomplished by

  

treating participants in all groups alike except for the independent variable.

   

using a control group as a standard to measure against.

   

using careful operational definitions.

  

paying attention to the sensitivities of the participant.

 

 

Question 4

2 / 2 pts

A researcher asks male and female college students to rate the quality of the food offered in the cafeteria versus the food offered in the vending machines. Which one of the following is a participant variable?

  

Gender of the participant

   

Quality ratings

   

The type of food offered

   

All of these

 

 

Question 5

2 / 2 pts

One genuine case of fraud appears to be

  

the "controlled drinking" study by Sobell and Sobell.

  

Milgram's study on obedience to authority.

  

the "twin" studies by Sir Cyril Burt.

  

None of these

 

 

Question 6

2 / 2 pts

_____ is the process by which scientists with expertise in a particular field judge the scientific merit of another's research within that same field.

  

Intuition

   

Peer review

   

Skepticism

   

Falsifiability

 

 

Question 7

2 / 2 pts

In studies that involve concealed observation, researchers suggest that employing ______ keeps ethical problems to a minimum.

  

pilot studies

   

discussions with potential participants

   

role-playing

  

All of t

 

 

Question 8

2 / 2 pts

A general rule to help detect pseudoscience is to be highly ______ when scientific assertions are made by evidence that is _____.

  

skeptical; vague

   

convinced; vague

   

skeptical; reputable

   

convinced; reputable

 

 

Question 9

2 / 2 pts

The empirical approach to science requires that

 

ideas based on intuition not be examined.

only knowledge presented by an authority figure be deemed correct.

knowledge be based on observations.

All of these.

 

 

Question 10

0 / 2 pts

A theory

  

generates new knowledge by guiding our observations.  

is proven after many studies support its predictions.

is an established fact after being confirmed at least 100 times.   

categorizes data into distinct groups.