Answer: c
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective (LO): 1.5 Recall the five steps of the scientific approach.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Comprehension
35. In psychology, researchers try to find the answers to _______.
a. questions that involve values. c. philosophical questions.
b. questions that involve beliefs. d. empirical questions.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective (LO): 1.5 Recall the five steps of the scientific approach.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Comprehension
36. Studying children’s interactions by watching them play on the school playground is an example of _______.
a. naturalistic observation. c. a survey.
b. a case study. d. a single–blind study.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective (LO): 1.6 Compare and contrast some of the methods used to describe behavior.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Application
37. ________ refers to the tendency of observers to see what they expect to see.
a. Observer effect c. Blind observation
b. Observer bias d. Expectation observation
Answer: b
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective (LO): 1.6 Compare and contrast some of the methods used to describe behavior.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Comprehension
38. The case of Phineas Gage is an often-cited example of _______.
a. a double–blind study. c. a laboratory observation.
b. an experiment. d. a case study.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective (LO): 1.6 Compare and contrast some of the methods used to describe behavior.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Application
39. One drawback to the survey method is that ________.
a. it is impossible to ask serious questions in a way in which people will answer them truthfully.
b. the way in which a question is worded can affect the answer.
c. it involves only a small sample size.
d. it is hard to find the right people to survey.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Difficult
Topic: Scientific Research
Skill: Analyze It
Objective (LO): 1.6 Compare and contrast some of the methods used to describe behavior.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Analysis
40. If it is shown that students’ grades go down the more hours they spend watching TV, then grades and hours spent watching TV have a __________ correlation.