Madison is interested in knowing whether there is a statistically significant difference
between participants' scores in the control and experimental conditions. She should look
at the _____ in order to determine if the difference is greater than what would be
expected based on chance alone. - ANS IS p value
Which of the following requires examination using experimental research? - ANS IS the
effect of practice on performance
Penelope is investigating the hypothesis that wearing a watch makes people more
punctual. In her study participants in the experimental group are those who are
assigned to _____, while participants in the control group are assigned to_____. - ANS
IS wear a watch; not wear a watch
Statistical significance is to magnitude as - ANS IS p level is to effect size.
If you are interested in determining whether fatigue causes negative mood, you would
need to conduct a(n): - ANS IS experiment.
For a researcher to have confidence in his/her results, the level of internal validity
should: - ANS IS be high
In a _____ design, the researcher creates a set of two participants who are highly
similar on a key trait and then randomly assigns these individuals to different groups. -
ANS IS matched-pair
Designing a highly controlled laboratory experiment will _____ power and _____
external validity. - ANS IS increase; decrease
Sacha is interested in conducting an experiment examining the impact of sleep
deprivation on memory. After analyzing her results, she finds a p-value of 0.08. Based
on these findings, which of the following is true? - ANS IS Sleep deprivation does not
have a statistically significant effect on memory.
To answer a research question, one must accomplish each of the following tasks,
EXCEPT: - ANS IS determine that an experiment is the only appropriate way to
examine the hypothesis.
When would using an independent samples t-test be inappropriate? - ANS IS when the
experimenter has more than two levels of the independent variable
Researcher notes are important because they do each of the following - ANS IS -
document abnormalities.
-minimize alternative explanations.
-identify issues that arose during data collection that should be considered.
Each of the following makes a measure more sensitive, - ANS IS -making questions
more difficult
- adding more questions.
-making the rating scale more diverse.
Professor Tompkins notices that rats run quickly through a maze when exposed to loud
noise. Identify which of the following is necessary to transform this observation into a
two-group experimental design? - ANS IS a control condition where rats run through a
maze without exposure to loud noise
Confederates can be used to increase: - ANS IS effect size
An independent samples t-test that fails to reach statistical significance indicates that: -
ANS IS there is not enough evidence to prove that the groups are significantly different.
Compared with participants in the control condition, participants in the experimental
condition should be: - ANS IS essentially the same.
Temporal precedence is established by showing that changes in the suspected cause
occur _____ changes in the outcome. - ANS IS before
When would using an independent samples t-test be inappropriate? - ANS IS when the
experimenter has more than two levels of the independent variable
Designing a highly controlled laboratory experiment will _____ power and _____
external validity. - ANS IS decrease; increase
If Dr. Ryan, a social psychologist, was investigating the relationship between
temperature and participants' moods, an example of an extraneous variable would be: -
ANS IS the time of day the study takes place
A self-report measure may be inappropriate when the experimenter has concerns about
- ANS IS social desirability bias.
A confederate is: - ANS IS an accomplice of the experimenter who helps to administer
the study by pretending to act as a participant.
Jayla's experimental study revealed a significant result. Which of the following will help
to increase her confidence in her findings? - ANS IS replication
Juanita recruits participants for a study examining the impact of adrenaline on attraction.
In her study she randomly assigns participants to either receive a placebo injection or
an injection of adrenaline. All participants then rate the desirability of potential romantic
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