Research (Planning, Conducting, and Reporting) Quiz # 1

Mental shortcuts (e.g., estimations and commonsense) that often guide thinking and problem solving is called heuristics

True

False

A testable proposition based on theory, stating an expected empirical outcome resulting from specific observable conditions” is known as

Hypotheses

Deduction

Result

Experiment

Mental representation of a category that can be a role, an object, or an event (e.g., parent, table, or going to the dentist, respectively) is known as schema

True

False

One of the heuristics talked about by Kahneman and Tversky (1972) in which we use examples that easily come to mind is called

Availability

Non availability

Inaccessibility

None of above

Presenting orders of the treatment to control for the influence of extraneous variables in an experiment is called

Disproportionality

Imbalancing

Losing

Counterbalancing

Wason selection task is a logic problem in which you have to determine which of four two-sided cards need to be turned over to evaluate the stated hypothesis

True

False

Confirmation bias is a tendency to look for information that confirms our ________

Results

Experiments

Hypotheses

Deductions

Thinking that an event is less likely to occur if it has just occurred or that it is likely to occur if it hasn’t occurred for some time iis known as coincidence

True

False

Thinking that an event is less likely to occur if it has just occurred or that it is likely to occur if it hasn’t occurred for some time iis known as coincidence

True

False

Representativeness is one of the heuristics talked about by Kahneman and Tversky (1972) in which we make decisions based on how representative or characteristic of a particular pattern of events data

True

False

Hasty generalization is _______ before evidence warrants, or faulty induction

Reaching decisions

Taking decisions

Reaching results

Taking test

Reasoning from the premises to a conclusion that is not warranted is called

Faulty induction

Non faulty induction

Faulty connections

None of above

Trusting authorities without examining the ______ is called overreliance on authorities

Experiment

Hypothese

Evidence

Results

Online platform for ________ is known as qualtrics

Survey research

Scientific Research

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Project in which researchers are trying to reproduce the findings of 100 experimental and correlational articles in psychology is known as non reproducibility Project

True

False

When we do not seek to disprove hypotheses, only to confirm them is called problem solving inadequacy

True

False

Paradigm is an overarching approach to a field of inquiry that frames the questions to be asked and how research is conducted

True

False

After an event has occurred, we have the tendency to claim that it could have been easily _______ is called hindsight bias

Solved

Checked

Crossmatch

Predicted

Social desirability is responding to experimental stimuli and/or scales in a way that presents the respondent in a _______ light

Positive

Negative

Colorful

None of above

A body of interrelated principles and hypotheses that explain or predict a group of phenomena and have been largely verified by facts or data” is known as

Experiment

Principle

Law

Theory.

“A theory accepted as correct, that has no significant rivals in accounting for the facts within its domain” is known as

Experiment

Principle

Law

Theory

When the magnitude of a physical stimulus is increased/decreased by a constant ratio, people’s reactions to it also increase/decrease by equal increments is called Weber fechner law

True

False

Deliberate body that evaluates research with human subjects; required where institutions received federal funds for research is institutional review board

True

False

With regard to the federal definition (45 CFR 46), involves living individuals from whom the researcher obtains data or about whom the research obtains personally identifiable information is called hunan subjects

True

False

Research designed to answer practical questions is called

Basic research

Applied research

Simple research

Complex research

Research that focuses on testing fundamental theories or principles, with the goal of generalization is known as

Basic research

Applied research

Analytical research

Advanced research

Digital paybell limits _______ access to the publication without a paid subscription

Internet users’

Mobile users’

Camera users’

None of above

Search terms for information retrieval is called

Keynotes

Keywords

Key Points

All of these

PsycINFO is ______ database of citations and summaries from the American Psychological Association (APA) with almost 4 million records

Electronic

Digiital

Physical

All of above

Free bibliographic tool that automatically fills in the citation information is bibme

True

False