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Science, Social Studies, Biology
8th -
12thgrade
Psychology Unit 2 Summative Quiz
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Study of one individual in great detail.
case study
correlation
representative sample
experiment
- 2. Multiple Choice
Randomly selected sample of subjects from a larger population of subjects.
case study
hypothesis
independent variable
representative sample
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is an ethical consideration?
making sure you research does not cause harm or offence
when people are different colours
making sure your research causes harm or offence
when you are polite to people
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is informed consent?
when people involved in your research are told
when people involved in your research are not told
when people involved in your research are paid
when people involved in your research are not paid
- 5. Multiple Choice
The purpose of ethical guidelines in research is to
Ensure that the participants are safe
Enable ethical deception
To ensure participants are paid for their time
Ensure the study get valid results
- 6. Multiple Choice
The process that researchers must partake in while conducting a psychological research study is called...
The Scientific Method
Psychology Research
The Board of Ethics
Newton's Law
- 7. Multiple Choice
An educated guess as to what a researchers believes will happen during their study is called...
A hypothesis
A claim
Evidence
A theory
- 8. Multiple Choice
The standard of morals and procedures that must be followed by researchers to ensure the safety of participants is known as...
Morals
Values
Ethics
Rules
- 9. Multiple Choice
What type of correlation does this scatterplot illustrate?
A positive correlation
A negative correlation
No correlation
A neutral correlation
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis research method is a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principlesCase StudySurveyObservationalCorrelationalExperiments
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThis research method is a technique for ascertaining the self – reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group.SurveyObservationalCorrelationalExperimentsCase Study
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThis research method is a measure of the extent to which two variables change together, and thus of how well either variable predicts the otherCorrelationalExperimentsCase StudySurveyObservational
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThis is a method of research where an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable).ExperimentsCase StudySurveyObservationalCorrelational
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a step of the scientific method?
Hypothesis
Problem
Count items
Draw Conclusions
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is bias?
a predisposition to a certain point of view despite what the facts suggest
believing the facts, despite one's opinion
listening to opinions of politicians
believing in childhood myths
- 16. Multiple Choice
The Naturalistic-Observation Method takes place...
with a mouse
in a house
in the field
in a lab
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