Week 1

Question 1

Empirical methods

Answer 1

Approaches to inquiry that are tied to actual measurement and observation.

Question 2

Ethics

Answer 2

Professional guidelines that offer researchers a template for making decisions that protect research participants from potential harm and that help steer scientists away from conflicts of interest or other situations that might compromise the integrity of their research.

Question 3

Hypotheses

Answer 3

A logical idea that can be tested.

Question 4

Systemic observation

Answer 4

The careful observation of the natural world with the aim of better understanding it. Observations provide the basic data that allow scientists to track, tally, or otherwise organize information about the natural world.

Question 5

Theories

Answer 5

Groups of closely related phenomena or observations.

Question 6

Sometimes considered the core of science, ___ refers to the careful monitoring (or watching) of the natural world with the aim of better understanding it.

Answer 6

Systemic observation

Question 7

___ methods in psychological research are approaches to data gathering that are tied to actual measurement and observation.

Answer 7

Empirical methods.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of an empirical question that could be tested using systematic observation?

Answer 8

Do teenagers spend more time on their cellphones in a shopping mall than do adults?

Question 9

Dr. Miller-Lewis is conducting research aimed at understanding how elderly people can best thrive when residing in an assisted living facility. She has several logical ideas that can be tested in her research. These ideas, which might be though of as educated guesses, are called ___.

Answer 9

Hypotheses.

Question 10

___ are professional guidelines that offer researchers a path for making decisions that protect their participants from potential harm.

Answer 10

Ethics.

Question 11

Oladipo volunteers to be a participant in a research study. When he arrives at the laboratory, he is given a handout that describes the basic purposes of the research and explains that they are not obligated to participate in the study. This handout is related to the ethical consideration of ___.

Answer 11

Informed consent.

Question 12

According to the code of ethics that governs research in psychology, which of the following statements regarding the use of deception is the most accurate?

Answer 12

Deception may be used when necessary, but must be followed by a debriefing after the research participation is complete.