The greater the __________ in a study, the more confidence the researcher has in concluding that the independent variable caused the change in the dependent variable
a. extraneous variability
b. external validity
c. nonsystematic variability
d. internal validity
d
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Suppose that you are conducting a research project for a social psychology class. Due to the fact that you have no budget for the research, you are forced to rely on a college student population. How big of a problem is this in terms of your ability to later generalize your findings to other groups of people?
a. It is completely unimportant for the majority of topics studied by social psychologists. b. It is a very serious problem for most,but not all topics, within social psychology. c. It is a very serious problem if your sample size is under 1000, and thus, lacks ameasure. d. It is generally not a very serious problem unless you are studying certain topics.
Martin's wife died suddenly in a traumatic accident. He believes it was a senseless death with no point. Jack's wife died in a similar manner. Jack believes his wife's death has provided an opportunity for the family to develop a foundation serving others with her life insurance benefits. Jack and Martin will probably cope equally well with their tragic circumstances
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The problem of ____________ is minimized with research in a natural setting
a. demand characteristics b. confounding c. the placebo effect d. conformity
All of the genes the developing person has are the person's:
phenotype. polygene. genotype. multifactor.