PSY403 Quiz 1

MUHAMMAD IMRAN · PSY403 Social Psychology Covering Video Lectures 01-06. · QUIZ NO 1

1. A presumed cause must occur before the presumed effect is known as what?________ ___________________________________________________Covariation of relationship
2. Which of the following is an organized system of ideas that seeks to explain why two or more events are related _______________________________________________________ theory
3. In an experiment when the researcher can identify a given person’s response but not to do so publicly ________________________________________________________ Confidentiality
4. Which of the following justified when each and every element has an equal chance of being included __________________________________________________ Probability samples
5. Which of the following is defined as a group of people who are selected to participate in a given study?________________________________________________________________ Sample
6. Which of the following hormones makes male more aggressive then females?__ Testosterone
7. Which of the following independent variable Federman (1994-1998) used in his research?____- __________________________________________________________________TV violence
8. Which of the following is NOT a reason why a random sample is important?_____________ ___________________________ It allows you to generalize to a broader population
9. Which of the following is not the area of interest in social psychology?_____________ Doing

10. Which of the following is the abbreviation of the IRB? ______Institutional review boards 11. “How do we know when someone is lying or telling truth” is an example of:_______________ ___________________________________________________________Person perception 12. Who wrote the third book on social psychology? ________________________Floyd Allport 13. Which one is not a characteristic of empirical research?______________ Not well planned 14. Which of the following is not a data collection technique?____________________ Reliability 15. IQ is an abbreviation of ___________________________________ Intelligence quotient 16. Which of the following is not a step in the research process?__________ Subjective needs 17. Well-planned, internally consistent and replicable are characteristics of which of the following?___________________________________________________ Empirical research 18. In which year US government established Institutional Review boards for research involving human participants?________________________________________________________ 1974 19. Which of the following research’s aim is to simply increase knowledge about social behavior, knowledge for knowledge's sake?____________________________________ Basic research 20. Heredity & physiology, past experiences and current situational factors are included in which of the following levels?____________ _________________________Individual level explanations 21. Which of the following variable controlled by the researcher in an experiment?_______ 22. In an experimental study of the effects of failure on self-esteem, self-esteem is known as what?____________________________________________________ 23. Which of the following is FALSE when applied to the survey (or Correlational) method?___________________________ 24. Which of the following best defines that a student is given candy and soft drinks along with words of praise for a superb performance?_____________________________ Reinforcement 25. The process of selecting a subset of a population for a survey is known as what__ Sampling 26. Which of the following are individual evaluative responses?____________________ Attitude 27. World War II stimulated research on which of the following?________________ _________ ______________________________________________________ Prejudice & conformity 28. “whether early deprivation can cause a deterioration in IQ” is an example of which goal of research?___________________________________________________________ Prediction 29. Which of the following sampling technique involves selecting respondents primarily on the basis of their availability and willingness to respond?_________________ Accidental sample