6. Which of the following is not typically one of the types of risk that may be present in psychological research?
Physical
Economic
Social
Psychological
7. One of the key points to both Thematic analysis and Grounded Theory is staying 'in touch with' and 'close to' the data. True of false?
True
False
8. Which of the following statements could you make if you knew that the correlation between the time A-level students spend watching TV and their scores on a school achievement test was -0.64?
The more time students spend watching TV, the lower their scores on a school achievement test will be
Spending more time watching TV causes students to do more poorly on a school achievement test
The more time students spend watching TV, the higher their scores on the school achievement test will be
The amount of time students spend watching TV and their scores on a school achievement test are entirely unrelated to eachother
9. The point of IPA is to describe a participant's account of an experience. True or false?
True
False
10. What is the definition of an independent variable?
A variable that is manipulated or controlled by the experimenter
A response variable
The behavioural measure made by the experimenter
A dependent variable that is controlled by the experimenter
11. The behaviour that is measured during an experiment is known as the...
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Confounding variable
Control variable
12. In what way does a ratio scale measurement differ from an interval measurement?
It implies the existence of an absolute zero value
It requires that exhaustiveness is applied to all observations
It measures larger or smaller scores on some underlying dimension
It requires the mutual exclusivity of all cases
13. An overriding principle of the APA Ethical Standards for the care and use of animals in research is that the care of the animals by psychologists be as...
Efficient as possible
Convenient as possible
Humane as possible
Inexpensive at possible
14. Which of the following do APA guidelines recommend when conducting research with animals?
The animal's life should only be terminated under anaesthetic
Anaesthesia should be administered prior to surgery
Under no circumstances should animals be exposed to pain
Researchers have a minimum of 2 weeks laboratory training
15. Making an ethical decision involves...
Identifying what ethical guidelines are relevant in a situation and what is at stake for all the parties involved
Deciding that an ethical decision is good if it makes you happy
Simply adding a clear and definitive set of guidelines for ethical research
Maintaining the anonymity of the researchers who are conducting the research
16. The overall effect of one IV in a factorial design is called a...
Simple main effect
Main effect
Omnibus effect
Independent effect
17. Karl Popper is responsible for...?
Falsification
Introspection
Positivism
18. Which of the following is not a subsection of the methods section?
Procedure
Hypothesis
Materials
Participants
19. Many experimental psychologists collect data using psychology undergraduates as participants. Such samples are referred to as...
Convenience samples
Cluster samples
Unbiased samples
Representative samples
20. Suppose a population is 60% women and 40% men. A representative sample of 200 people from this population would consist of...
