QUESTIONS
Question 1
What is a way to reduce a response set?
- Ask the question from a positive frame of reference and then a negative one.
- Have participants answer double the number of questions so they will get bored and respond in a different way.
- use a Likert scale.
- All of the above.
- None of the above.
Question 2
What is an advantage of taking questionnaires on the computer?
- Questions can be restricted to the participant.
- Different questions can be asked depending on an answer to another question.
- Computer administration has a high response rate.
- Both 1 and 2
- All of the above.
Question 3
What type of survey administration has a higher rate of completion and has more complete information?
- mail surveys
- one on one interviews
- Internet surveys
- telephone surveys
Question 4
Which of the following is an example of an open ended question?
- Do you like taking online classes?
- What do you like best about Brandman?
- Would you prefer to take abnormal psychology or child psychology?
- Of these three psychology classes, which do you find most interesting: (1) research methods, (2) abnormal psychology, or (3) industrial/organizational psychology?
Question 5
The following question is an example of what type of response format? Please rate yourself on your confidence in statistics. confident ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ not confident
- Likert
- Guttman
- open ended
- semantic differential
Question 6
Which of the following is an example of a double-barreled question?
- Should students be allowed to use their lap tops in class to take notes and to take essay tests?
- Would you rather take an online or a blended class?
- Do you think you will earn more money when you graduate?
- Does education lead to more life satisfaction?
Question 7
Which of the following is a good practice for writing surveys?
- Start with sensitive questions to get them over with.
- Put all information on one page, even if it seems a little cluttered.
- Use simple language so that it is easy for participants to understand what is being asked.
- Put demographic information at the beginning of the survey.
- All of the above.
Question 8
What is a disadvantage of open-ended questions?
- It is inflexible.
- The person being interviewed may give you information that you have not requested.
- The respondent is limited in his or her answers.
- It poses a problem when you try to analyze the data and establish behavioral patterns.
Question 9
Which of the following is true about experimental single-subject designs?
- The study can only be descriptive and no cause and effect relationships can be demonstrated.
- Single-subject designs can only be observational in nature and cannot be viewed as being experimental.
- Single-subject designs can manipulate more than one variable.
- Repeated observations can be used to determine if the treatment is making an impact.
Question 10
The case study design that summarizes an experimenter’s direct observation of a participant’s behavior after some sort of treatment has been administered is called what?
- systematic case study
- one-shot case study
- baseline case study
- all of the above
Question 11
In the television show, Big Brother, there are cameras and microphones everywhere. The contestants on the show demonstrate many behaviors that we would think people would not want to show on camera. When a contestant is asked about the behavior after the show is over, he says, “After the first day or two, I honestly forgot the cameras and microphones were there.” This is an example of what concept?
- habituation
- content analysis
- participant observation
- all of the above
Question 12
Dr. Spronak observes a child named Mandy in a early childhood education classroom for a period of 4 hours. He uses a stopwatch to time the periods where she is not hitting another child. This is an example of what way to quantify his observations?
- interval
- duration
- frequency
- all of the above
- none of the above
Question 13
Dr. Tino wants to study how individuals who are homeless adapt to different challenges. He decides to become a person who is homeless so he can observe and record behavior to understand. This is an example of what concept?
- participant observation
- archival research
- contrived observation
- experimental research
Question 14
Dr. Hite contacts women’s groups throughout the state and wants to find out how many women have cheated on their husbands and how many are satisfied in their marriages. She sends out thousands of surveys and only 4% of all the women respond to the request. Dr. Hite finds a large number have cheated on their husband and almost all are unhappy in their marriage. She shares her findings, but there is a major flaw in her study? What is the flaw?
- interviewer bias
- participant observation
- nonresponse bias
- all of the above
- none of the above
Question 15
Dr. Jazzee believes that it is important to do an intensive study an individual who has been diagnosed with mental illness in order to really understand the challenges of day to day living with individuals who have been diagnosed. This is an example of what type of study?
- experimental
- idiographic
- nomothetic
- none of the above
ANSWERS:
Question 1
What is a way to reduce a response set?
- Ask the question from a positive frame of reference and then a negative one.
- Have participants answer double the number of questions so they will get bored and respond in a different way.
- use a Likert scale.
- All of the above.
- None of the above.
Correct Answer: Ask the question from a positive frame of reference and then a negative one.
Question 2
What is an advantage of taking questionnaires on the computer?
- Questions can be restricted to the participant.
- Different questions can be asked depending on an answer to another question.
- Computer administration has a high response rate.
- Both 1 and 2
- All of the above.
Correct Answer: Both 1 and 2
Question 3
What type of survey administration has a higher rate of completion and has more complete information?
- mail surveys
- one on one interviews
- Internet surveys
- telephone surveys
Correct Answer:……
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