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Which of the following was the dependent variable in Boyatzis' (1995) research study on the effects of television viewing on children?

A) lying to parents
B) aggressive behavior
C) poor academic performance
D) early sexual promiscuity

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following statements is true about correlational research?

A) It allows researchers to predict changes in a variable that is related to another variable.
B) It enables researchers to establish a cause and effect relationship between two variables.
C) It is mandatory for researchers to debrief participants when conducting a correlational research.
D) It enables researchers to determine why a particular change in one variable causes a change in another variable.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following best defines informed consent in an experiment?

According to the text,social psychology is defined as the scientific study of how people

Douglas Carroll and his colleagues (1994) found that the height of graveyard markers in a Glasgow cemetery was positively correlated with

A researcher wants to study the mood differences in people when they are given different types of ice creams to eat,different songs to listen to,and different images of cartoons to look at.Which of the following is the dependent variable in this research study?

_____ is an ethical principle requiring that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.

Which of the following was the independent variable in Boyatzis' (1995) research study on the effects of television viewing on children?

Putting participants in one of two conditions by flipping a coin illustrates

You have just participated in a research study that required you to choose a picture you prefer among several pairs.At the end of the study,the researcher explained that she was trying to identify correlations between age,gender,and racial groups when making preferences.The researcher's disclosure of the true purpose of the study is part of the _____ process.

A psychiatrist tells you that she is interested in determining whether the condition of individuals who are clinically depressed improves with 20 or with 40 milligrams of Prozac.She decides to administer 20 milligrams to a random half of her clients and 40 milligrams to the other half.She finds that after 6 months,the clients who took 40 milligrams of Prozac are significantly less depressed than those clients who took 20 milligrams of Prozac.Which type of study did the psychiatrist conduct?

According to the text,which of the following is one of the purposes of a hypothesis?

The study of naturally occurring relationships among variables is referred to as

The process of assigning participants to the conditions of an experiment such that all persons have the same chance of being in a given condition is referred to as

As a result of random assignment,the people in both groups of an experiment

In order to determine whether or not changing one variable (such as education) will produce changes in another variable (such as income) ,one needs to conduct a(n) _____ research.

Rudolph wants his experiment to accurately simulate real-life situations that people encounter in their everyday lives.He believes an exact simulation is necessary for an experiment to be valid.In this case,Rudolph is most likely interested in maintaining _____ in his experiments.

Which of the following is an example of a laboratory research?

A serious shortcoming of a correlational study is that it cannot

A sample in which every person in the population being studied has an equal chance of inclusion is called a _____ assignment.