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Psych Ch 2 Review Part 1
Test Description: Review game for chapter 2: Types of Research methods
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is a hypothesis?
A
a hyperactive person
B
a testable prediction of the experiment's/reasearch's outcome
C
scientific method
D
the data collected during a research experiment
2) What is the term for the tendency for researchers to engage in behaviors & selectively notice evidence that supports their hypothosis or expectations?
A
experimental design
B
random assignment
C
researcher bias
D
educated guessing
3) Which research method involves a detailed indepth account/description of a person or group of people over a period of time
A
correlational study
B
cross-sectional study
C
survey
D
case study
4) What is the tendency for participants to respond in a certain way because they know they are being watched or they know what the researcher wants.
A
participant bias
B
observation
C
animal bias
D
faking
5) The research method that cannot establish a cause & effect relationship, but can be useful for making predictions is
A
Cross-Sectional Study
B
Longitudinal Study
C
Correlational Study
D
Case Study
6) When a researcher observes the behavior of a group without interfering in it, he is conducting
A
unbiased results
B
Naturalistic Observation
C
gaining accurate data
D
an experiment
7) If Miss Crossett decided to study the language development of the same group of kindergarten students for 10 years, she would be conducting a
A
Longitudinal Study
B
Survey
C
Case study
D
Cross-Sectional Study
8) This research method allows researchers to collect a large amount of data from particpants who reported their attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors through questions or interviews
A
Predicting Behavior
B
experimental design
C
Random Sample
D
Survey
9) An disadvantage of conducting a longitudinal study is
A
misinterpretation of data
B
can take a lot of effort and time to do it
C
biased results
D
very subjective
10) An advantage of Naturalistic Observation is
A
very detailed information
B
it's a good place to start when little to nothing is known about the subject
C
very accurate results
D
can be coincidental
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