Stan and Jenny are in a psychology course that requires them to repeat an experiment that researchers have conducted in the past, in order to determine whether they produce the same results. This is called ________.
A. inter-rater reliability
B. reliability
C. replication
D. validity
Ans: C. replication
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______ are useful tools for organizing and understanding data.
A. Quasi-experimental designs B. Research methods C. Design tools D. Statistics
Aiden has always been a bit shy and self-doubting. He tries to start a conversation with the attractive young woman sitting next to him in the physics lecture hall, but she turns the other way and talks only with her friend. Which of the following thoughts is most likely to be running through Aiden’s mind?
a. ?“She must be busy; I’ll try again another time.” b. ?“Nobody likes me; nobody will ever like me.” c. ?“I may not be good at small talk but I’m very good at physics.” d. ?“It’s her loss.”
A research team wishes to study depression in Japan. They translate a questionnaire developed in the U.S. from English into Japanese, and believe that step is enough to study the concept of depression in a non-western culture. This illustrates the assumption of ____
a. methodological equivalence b. within-group methodology c. population equivalence d. population homogeneity
The unintentional spreading of a behavior as a result of social interactions is referred to as _____________
A) meme propagation B) social contagion C) the HPA axis D) peer mimicking