Question 1

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Kiara, a researcher, conducts an experiment in a research laboratory to find out the effects of room temperature on a participant's state of mind. For this purpose, she exposes the participant to different room temperatures. Identify the independent variable in this experiment.

  

the results of the study

   

the room temperature

 

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the participant's sensitivity to varying temperatures

  

the participant's state of mind and emotions

 

Question 2

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Maslow's description of "self-actualized" people was based on a sample he personally selected. Had he selected other people to describe, his resulting description of self-actualization might have been different. This is an example of how ________ can influence our idea of how best to live.

  

people

   

lifestyle

   

attitudes

   

values

 

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Question 3

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The tendency to exaggerate one's ability to have foresaw how something turned out, only after learning the outcome, is known as:

  

omission bias.

   

regressive bias.

   

information bias.

   

hindsight bias.

 

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Question 4

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Kayla, a researcher, conducts a study in a research laboratory to find out the effect of crowded space on people's state of mind. She categorizes the participants into two groups. She asks the first group to be seated in a small room and the second group to be seated in a large room for an hour. In this scenario, Kayla conducts a(n):

  

experimental research.

 

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desk research.

   

field research.

   

correlational research.

 

 

Question 5

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The experimental factor that a researcher manipulates in a study is called the ________ variable.

  

correlational

   

control

   

dependent

   

independent

 

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Question 6

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Nathan, a researcher, conducts a study to find out the effects of sugar consumption on the activity level of toddlers. He categorizes the participants into two groups with equal number of participants. In a day, the members of the first group consume 50 grams of sugar, whereas the members of the second group consume 40 grams of sugar. After a week, Nathan notices that the members of the first group display more restlessness than the members of the second group do. Which of the following is the independent variable in this study?

  

the members of the second group

   

the members of the first group

   

sugar consumption by the participants

 

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restlessness of the participants

 

 

Question 7

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Chris Boyatzis and colleagues (1995) showed some elementary schoolchildren, but not others, an episode of the most popular—and violent—children's television program of the 1990s, Power Rangers. Identify the dependent variable in this research.

  

the content and duration of the television program

   

the observed aggressive acts by the children who watched the program

 

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the behavior of the children who did not watch the program

   

the peer pressure experienced by the children

 

 

Question 8

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In the context of social psychology, identify a true statement about intuitions.

  

Intuitions depend on objective reality rather than subjective reality.

   

Intuitions require one to adopt the approach of conscious reasoning.

   

Intuitions are routinely powerful and sometimes perilous.

 

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Intuitions are also known as conscious information processing.

 

 

Question 9

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Good theories do all of the following EXCEPT:

  

suggest practical applications.

   

make assumptions about concepts.

 

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summarize observations.

   

make predictions that generate new research projects.

 

 

Question 10

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In research, a strategy by which participants are misinformed or misled about the study's methods and purposes is known as:

  

deception.

 

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counterbalancing.

   

replication.

   

operant conditioning.