Test Bank for Research Methods in Psychology, Evaluating a World of Information, 4th Edition Morling (All Chapters included)
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Research methods
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Research Methods
Complete Test Bank for Research Methods in Psychology, Evaluating a World of Information, 4th Edition by Beth Morling ; ISBN13: 9780393893724. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 14)....CHAPTER 1 Psychology Is a Way of Thinking, CHAPTER 2 Sources of Information: Why Research Is Best and How to Fin...
1. Which of the following is an example of being a producer of research?
a. administering an anxiety questionnaire
b. applying a new therapy technique
c. writing an opinion article about a psychological study
d. undergoing a brain scan
2. Which of the following is an example of being a consumer of research?
a. administering a questionnaire of PTSD symptoms
b. consenting to participate in a research study
c. using a new teaching strategy to increase academic performance in a
classroom
d. measuring dopamine levels in patients with schizophrenia
3. Students who are interested in being consumers of, but not producers of, research might
choose which of the following professions?
a. A clinical psychologist
b. An intervention program evaluator
c. A political pollster
d. An advertising executive
, 4. Dr. Smitherman insists that all his research assistants know how to be producers of
research. All of the following relate to this requirement EXCEPT
a. he wants to make sure they understand how to write in APA style.
b. he wants to make sure they understand why anonymity is important.
c. he wants to make sure they understand how to interpret study results
and graphs.
d. he wants to make sure they have previously been participants in
research studies.
5. Elliott is double majoring in English and psychology. He plans on being a high school
English teacher and is majoring in psychology only because he finds the classes
interesting. Which of the following is an important reason for him to be a good consumer of
research?
a. His psychology advisor may ask for his help in copyediting a research
article.
b. He will likely need to be a participant in research studies as part of his
psychology major.
c. He will probably want to read research related to enhancing his
teaching.
d. He will have to produce research before he can consume it.
6. In the theory-data cycle, theories first lead to
a. questions.
b. answers.
c. data.
d. research.
7. Another word for hypothesis is a(n)
a. theory.
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