Stan And Jenny Are In Psychology Course

Question: replication

Answer: Stan and Jenny are in a psychology course that requires them to repeat an experiment that researchers have conducted in the past, in order to determine whether they produce the same results. This is called ________.

Question: correlation

Answer: means that there is a relationship between two or more variables.

Question: attrition

Answer: is a reduction in the number of research participants as some drop out of the study over time.

Question: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was ethically problematic because

Answer: participants were not allowed to seek available treatment

Question: In order to assess whether viewpoints on decriminalization of marijuana for medical purposes change with age, four groups of participants, ages 20, 30, 40, and 50, are asked whether they support this issue. What is one flaw of this design?

Answer: Social or cultural factors may influence the results, not age

Question: Ethics need to be considered when ________ scientific research.

Answer: designing, conducting, and reviewing

Question: Magali and Jean-Gabriel have been asked to design a study investigating happiness across the lifespan. They decide their study will involve going to the mall and asking people of a variety of ages if they are happy or unhappy. What is the most serious flaw of this design?

Answer: They have not defined happiness or how it will be measured

Question: Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good hypothesis?

Answer: It is complex.

Question: statistical analyses; reliability

Answer: ________ can be used to assess ________.

Question: Research describing a link between childhood vaccines and autism has been

Answer: retracted due to a financial conflict of interest by the author