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Question 21 0 / 2 pts Juan has written a section of a research report that describes who participated in the research along with a description of how the study was conducted

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Question 21

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Juan has written a section of a research report that describes who participated in the research along with a description of how the study was conducted. Juan has most likely written the _____ section.

  

introduction

   

method

   

results

   

discussion

 

 

UnansweredQuestion 22

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With regard to animal research,

  

ethics is of little concern because animals have no feelings.

   

there are explicit guidelines to protect animals as well as human participants.

   

very little has been written about ethics in animal research.

   

animals are not used for psychological research.

 

 

UnansweredQuestion 23

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A researcher observed that people who have a large number of pets also live in houses with more bathrooms than people with fewer pets. Which of the following conclusions might be correct?

  

Having a large number of bathrooms causes people to buy more pets.

   

Having many pets causes people to buy houses with several bathrooms.

  

Some other variable may cause people to buy larger houses and to have more pets.

  

All of these

 

 

UnansweredQuestion 24

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Which of the following is NOT a reason for a decrease in the type of elaborate deception used in past studies?

  

More researchers have become interested in cognitive variables rather than emotions, and tend to use methods which do not require deception.

   

Ethics committees review proposals more carefully and are less likely to allow studies that involve deception.

   

The use of deception has become too expensive to employ.

   

An increase in the awareness of ethical issues involved in using deception has led researchers to conduct studies in other ways.

 

 

UnansweredQuestion 25

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Which of the following alternatives is NOT correct?

  

Randomization is used in the experimental method to assign participants to groups.

   

Randomization is used in the nonexperimental method to eliminate the influence of third variables.

   

Randomization is used to ensure that participant characteristics will be evenly distributed between different groups.

   

Randomization is used when it is difficult or impossible to hold an extraneous variable constant.

 

 

UnansweredQuestion 26

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Which one of the following journal-article titles most likely represents an applied research study?

  

"Measurement of reaction times to different colored lights"

  

"The influence of a food reward on maze running behavior in kittens"

  

"Cognitive factors influencing logical reasoning"

  

"Increasing recycling of styrofoam containers: A test at an amusement park"

 

UnansweredQuestion 27

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The scientific approach requires that observations and findings be accurately reported. This requirement is important because

  

it allows other to replicate the findings.

   

fabricating data is inherently unethical and is dealt with by strong sanctions.

   

it advances the field of science.

   

All of these.

 

 

UnansweredQuestion 28

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A disadvantage of role-playing is that

  

reading a description of some situation may dangerously immerse the participant in the role.

   

it is very difficult to figure out the hypothesis from a written description.

   

participants are unable to respond to the demand characteristics.

   

participants may unknowingly give inaccurate predictions.

 

 

UnansweredQuestion 29

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John has decided to purchase several copies of a new children's book because he has a
feeling that the availability of this book will be scarce in the future. Which of the following best explains John's behavior?

  

Authority

   

Skepticism

   

Intuition

   

Empirical evidence

 

 

UnansweredQuestion 30

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Which one of the following describes an "honest" experiment?

  

Participants in a study on learning strategies are aware of the purposes of the study.

   

Voters' views are assessed before and after they attend a political campaign speech.

  

Shoppers at a mall are approached by either a male or female who asks them, "What time is it?" in a personal space study.

 

All of these are "honest" experiments.