PSY 340 Week 3 Quiz

Week 3 Quiz

 PSY 340 Week 3 Quiz | Wilmington University

Question 1

Helga, a researcher, explains to her participants the purpose of her study before she conducts an experiment. She also informs them that participation is voluntary and they can withdraw without penalty. This shows that the experiment involves  

·         an informed consent.  

·         role-playing.  

·         a psychological withdrawal.  

·         deception.

 

 Question 2

Participants volunteered for a study on "attitudes toward television violence." However, they actually completed a survey on their own aggressive behavior. After the completion of the study, the researcher failed to inform the participants about the true purpose of the study. In this case, the researcher has failed to conduct a(n)  

·         simulation study.  

·         evaluative study.    

·         debriefing session.  

·         cost-benefit analysis.

 

 Question 3

If a participant has been deceived, ethical considerations require that a researcher provide  

·         incentives.  

·         motivation.  

·         debriefing.  

·         counseling.

 

Question 4

A disadvantage of conducting online surveys is that they do not  

·         allow a researcher to obtain samples of people with particular characteristics.  

·         provide a researcher with immediate access to the responses. 

·         offer the scope of asking open-ended questions.

·         provide a researcher with accurate information about the characteristics of their participants.

 

 Question 5

Which of the following is a disadvantage of interviews?  

·         People are more likely to leave questions unanswered in an interview than on a written questionnaire.  

·         The interviewer could subtly bias the respondent's answers by inadvertently showing approval or disapproval of certain answers.  

·         People are more likely to agree to answer a mailed questionnaire than answer questions for a real person.  

·         In most cases, response rates tend to be lower when interviews are used.

 

 Question 6

During question construction, writing questions that are easily understood illustrates the concept of  

·         readability.  

·         simplicity.  

·         objectivity.  

·         positivity.

 

 Question 7

Asking students "Does your instructor show up on time?" and requiring them to indicate their response with a "yes" or "no" is an example of a question.  

·         double-barreled  

·         closed-ended  

·         loaded  

·         negatively worded

 

 Question 8

When an individual asks the question "Are you in favor of programs that are designed to help lower the unreasonably high rent in the county?" it is an example of a question.  

·         simplistic  

·         socially undesirable

·         loaded  

·         double-barreled

 

 Question 9

"Do you agree that elected officials should not be allowed to run for more than two consecutive terms in office?" is an example of a question.  

·         negatively worded  

·         simplistic  

·         double-barreled  

·         yea-saying and nay-saying

 

 Question 10

When researchers ask several questions about a topic, a respondent may employ a response set to agree or disagree with all the questions. Such a tendency is referred to as  

·         yea-saying or nay-saying.  

·         open-ended or closed-ended response.  

·         negative or positive wording.  

·         social desirability or undesirability.