Methods In Behavioural Research 3rd Canadian Edition by Paul C. Cozby Test bank
30. As a scientist Dr. Drew _____
A. faithfully accepts intuitions or conclusions of studies conducted at his university.
B. accepts anyone else's intuitions or conclusions without evaluating the evidence.
C. accepts anyone else's intuitions or conclusions only after evaluating the evidence.
D. accepts ideas evaluated on the basis of results from structured and unstructured investigations.
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Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-02 Describe the scientific approach to learning about behaviour and contrast it with pseudoscience.
Topic: 01-05 The Scientific Method
31. The statement, "The average intelligence test score of children living in the Nation's capital city is 108" is an example of a(n) ________ of behaviour; the statement "Children from smaller families have higher intelligence test scores than children from larger families" is an example of a(n) ________ of behaviour.
A. explanation; description
B. description; description
C. explanation; explanation
D. description; explanation
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Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 01-03 Define and give examples of the four goals of scientific research in psychology.
Topic: 01-08 Describing Behaviour
32. Which of the following is NOT true of replicating studies?
A. Replications help to ensure that the effects being reported are not the result of chance.
B. Replications help to ensure that the funding allocated by the University towards research is rightly being used.
C. Replications help to ensure that the effects being reported are not the result of false positives.
D. Replications help to ensure that the effects being reported are not the result of scientific fraud.
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-02 Describe the scientific approach to learning about behaviour and contrast it with pseudoscience.
Topic: 01-05 The Scientific Method
33. The fundamental characteristic of the scientific approach is
A. intuition.
B. authority.
C. falsifiability.
D. empiricism.
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 Describe the scientific approach to learning about behaviour and contrast it with pseudoscience.
Topic: 01-05 The Scientific Method
34. Which statement best illustrates the scientific goal of explaining behaviour?
A. Females who commit a crime will be rated more leniently than males who commit the same crime.
B. Differences in assigned guilt ratings between attractive and unattractive defendants is due to a physical attractiveness stereotype.
C. Fourth grade boys run faster than fourth grade girls.
D. Men do not like to go shopping with women.
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: 01-03 Define and give examples of the four goals of scientific research in psychology.
Topic: 01-08 Describing Behaviour
35. When you accept unquestionably what your own personal judgment tells you about the world, you are relying on _______.
A. skepticism
B. authority
C. intuition
D. scientific understanding
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Explain reasons why understanding research methods is important.
Topic: 01-03 Intuition
36. John has decided to purchase several copies of a new children's book because he has a feeling that the availability of this book will be scarce in the future. Which of the following best explains John's behaviour?
A. Authority
B. Skepticism
C. Intuition
D. Empirical evidence
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Explain reasons why understanding research methods is important.
Topic: 01-03 Intuition
37. The problem with using intuition to make conclusions about human behaviour is that
A. it is easy to draw erroneous conclusions because our biases affect our perceptions.