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PYC3704 Psychological Research Exam Questions and Answers PYC3704 Psychological Research Test Bank Complete study Guide. A+ Rated Very Reliable This document is a compilation of UNISA Ex am Questions and Answers Answers are motivated by a combination of: • Short summaries/reasoning regarding the relevant topic(s) in question. (Incorrect options are also marked where applicable, in order to identify and disregard red -herring alternatives) Exams covered are: • 2016 May -June • 2016 October -November • 2017 May -June • 2017 October November • Mock Exam 1 • Mock Exam 2 • Test yourself Questions and Answers from the Study Guide Please note: This document is an additional tool for exam preparation. The Stuvia -user that compiled and uploaded this document takes no responsibility for incorrect answers. Students must ensure that they study the prescribed material and understand the content. May June 2016 Question 1 A theory can be described as an interdependent set of - - - - - relations between - - - - - 1. proposed, constructs 2. empirical, hypotheses 3. verified, variables Answer: The correct option is 1 Reasoning: • Alternative 1 is correct because a theory is defined as a “network of postulated relations between constructs”. • Alternative 2 is wrong because one does not test relations between hypotheses, but between variables. • The relations are postulated (and ther efore not verified) so that alternative 3 is also incorrect. Question 2 A measurement model of attention deficit disorder relates this - - - - - to its - - - - - 1. construct, intervening variables 2. hypothetical variable, observable instances 3. variable, parameters Answer: The correct option is 2 Reasoning: • Alternative 2 is correct because (a) ‘attention deficit disorder’ is a hypothetical variable used to refer to a cluster of observable symptoms, and (b) the symptoms are the observable instances (of behaviour) which are used to measure (e.g. indicate the se verity) of the disorder. • Alternative 1 is incorrect because one requires manifest, not latent variables for measurement. • Alternative 3 is also incorrect because a model is not a variable, but a theory of the relationship between ‘referents’ (or hypothet ical entities). Use the following scenario to answer Questions 3 to 5 "Acute stress disorder among patients who suffer from this disorder can be explained in terms of how the intensity of stress is affected by personality factors, by the nature of the stressors which they experience, and by the support they experience in their social system. My research will investigate whether the level of anxiety of these patients can be reduced by providing social support through group therapy. More specifically, patients receiving group therapy are expected to score lower on the Manifest Anxiety Scale than patients not receiving therapy" Question 3 "Acute stress disorder among patients who suffer from this disorder can be explained in terms of how the intensity of stress is affected by personality factors, by the nature of the stressors which they experience, and by the support they experience in the ir social system” is a(n) - - - -- 1. hypothesis 2. theory 3. operational definition Answer: The correct option is 2 Question 4 The dependent variable(s) in my research is/a re - - - - - 1. personality factors, nature of stressors, support received 2. whether or not group therapy is received 3. level of anxiety experienced by patients Answer: The correct option is 3 Reasoning: In the hypothesis it is indicated the level or intensity of anxiety experienced ‘depends’ on other variables such as personality factors, the nature of the stressors and support experienced in the social system, showing that it functions as a dependent or Y-variable which is to be predicted or explained in the study. [The dependent variable is usually the one that the researcher is interested in, the variable that is the focus of the research. The independent variable is something that the researcher man ipulates, to see how this affects the dependent variable (in other words, the dependent variable is dependent on the independent variable).] Question 5 When interpreting the results of this research I will assume that personality factors and the nature of the stressors - - - - - 1. do affect level of anxiety, but their effects more or less cancel out over all my patients in the research sample 2. do not affec t level of anxiety 3. do affect level of anxiety, but according to the central limit theorem their average effect will be zero Answer: The correct option is 1 Reasoning: • Alternative 1 is correct because it is obvious that the type of stressor may have an effect on the level of anxiety experienced, but if an unbiased (e.g. random) sample is selected from the population, the influence of the type of stressor will be averaged over the sample. • Alternative 2 is incorrect because there are no grounds for assuming that the type of stressor will not affect anxiety.

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