Question

1 Which of the following is NOT one of the three fundamental features of science?

a empirical questions
b public knowledge
c mathematical equations (My Answer)
d systematic empiricism

2 A set of beliefs can be said to be pseudoscientific if it lacks one or more of the three features of science and _____.

a its adherents claim or imply that it is scientific (My Answer)

b it has been discredited by scientific research
c it seems “crazy”
d it refers to phenomena that cannot be directly observed

3 Research questions in psychology can come from which of the following?

a previous research
b informal observations
c practical problems to be solved
d all of the above (My Answer)

4 Which of the following is a categorical variable?

a eye color
b IQ
c number of lifetime sexual partners (My Answer)
d shoe size

8 In a negative relationship, higher scores on one variable are associated with lower scores on another variable.

a True (My Answer)
b False

9 Pearson’s r cannot be negative.

a True
b False (My Answer)

11 In Milgram’s famous study, who was the confederate?

a the person being shocked (My Answer)
b the experimenter
c the person doing the shocking
d none of the above

12 Which of the following occurred in the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study?

a Research participants were told they had syphilis even though they did not to see how they would react. (My Answer)

b Research participants were denied treatment for their syphilis.

c Research participants were injected with syphilis bacteria.

d Research participants were give experimental treatments for syphilis.

17 For every _____ there are many plausible _____.

a fact; phenomena
b theory; researchers (My Answer)
c phenomenon; theories
d researcher; variables

20 A theory that explains a behavior primarily in terms of why it happens is which of the following?

a a mechanistic theory
b a typology
c a functional theory
d a hypothesis (My Answer)

22 What is the first thing that you should do in constructing a new theory?

a Create a set of mathematical equations that might account for the phenomena of interest. (My Answer)

b Understand the phenomena of interest in detail, along with any existing theories of them.

c Conduct at least four to six new empirical studies.

d Decide which type of theory you want to construct.

23 Measurement is best defined as which of the following?

a directly comparing one individual to a standard reference individual

b the assignment of scores to individuals so the scores represent some characteristic of the individuals (My Answer)

c the use of an established measuring instrument such as a ruler or scale to describe an individual

d an objective method of counting individuals

24. Which of the following is the best example of a construct?

a. depression
b. number of siblings
c. height (My Answer)
d. annual income

26. There is a single best conceptual definition of every psychological construct.

a. True
b. False (My Answer)

27. There is a single best way to measure every psychological construct.

a. True
b. False (My Answer)

28. Face validity is the extent to which a psychological measure appears to measure the construct of interest.

a. True (My Answer)
b. False