Research Methods

A. counteract the random assignment of subjects
B. counteract the side effect of the drug
C. control for the effects of suggestion and expectation
D. keep control subjects from knowing they have been given the drug

A. Although 25% of U.S drivers say that they use the seatbelts in their cars only 14% really do
B. a case history of multiple personality appeared to be caused by traumatic childhood experiences
C. College women who are anxious tend to want to be together
D. As the temperature increases the number of hit batters in baseball increases

A. rely only on naturalistic observations
B. guide research for future studies
C. rely only on surveys
D. rely only on case studies

A. they show a strong positive correlation
B. all extraneous variables are controlled and the independent variable creates consistent differences in behavior of the experimental group
C. they are observed to co-vary on many separate occasions
D. they have been observed in a laboratory setting

A. observer bias
B. the experimenter effect
C. the effects of the observer
D. the halo effect

A. naturalistic
B. inventory
C. correlational
D. experimental

A. applied
B. commonsense
C. pseudo
D. forensic

A. haphazardly encounter behavior as it naturally occurs
B. set up controlled experiments by which they uncover causal elements in behavior
C. set out actively observe subjects in their natural environments
D. interview subjects at different ages

A. gender bias
B. courtesy bias
C. cultural bias
D. age bias

A. engage in naturalistic observation
B. develop a positive correlation
C. perform a controlled experiment
D. test for a negative correlation