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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
scientific method
C
a testable prediction of the experiment's/reasearch's outcome
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
educated guessing
B
researcher bias
C
random assignment
D
experimental design
3) Which research method involves a detailed indepth account/description of a person or group of people over a period of time
A
survey
B
correlational study
C
case study
D
cross-sectional 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
Longitudinal Study
B
Cross-Sectional Study
C
Case Study
D
Correlational Study
6) When a researcher observes the behavior of a group without interfering in it, he is conducting
A
Naturalistic Observation
B
an experiment
C
gaining accurate data
D
unbiased results
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
Cross-Sectional Study
B
Survey
C
Case study
D
Longitudinal 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
Survey
B
Random Sample
C
Predicting Behavior
D
experimental design
9) An disadvantage of conducting a longitudinal study is
A
biased results
B
very subjective
C
misinterpretation of data
D
can take a lot of effort and time to do it
10) An advantage of Naturalistic Observation is
A
it's a good place to start when little to nothing is known about the subject
B
can be coincidental
C
very accurate results
D
very detailed information
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