2. Psychology Research

Which of the following best distinguishes scientific psychology from pseudoscience and popular opinion?

Which of the following is NOT a recommended action after you finish a research interview in psychology?

Why is it important for a poll in psychology to be conducted scientifically rather than informally?

After formulating hypotheses and predictions, what step must a psychologist take next in the scientific method?

Which of the following is a reason why a researcher interested in making a causal claim might choose not to conduct an experiment in psychology?

Which of the following best describes a defining characteristic of the correlational study in psychology?

Which of the following features would be most useful in identifying pseudoscience within psychological research?

Which statement best describes what an Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible for reviewing in psychological research?

In the context of the Stanford Prison Experiment, what was a major ethical oversight committed by the lead researcher?

Which statement best summarizes the role of the scientific method in psychology?

Which type of research design do psychologists primarily use to determine cause and effect relationships?

In the context of the scientific method in psychology, in order to determine how much validity is sufficient, one usually tests for which of the following types of validity?

When a researcher submits a study to the Institutional Review Board (IRB), what is the primary purpose of this process in psychological research?

In the context of the scientific method in psychology, what does it mean when an observational study is retrospective?

Exploratory research is usually associated with which of the following data-gathering techniques?