Question

QUESTION 1

Researchers are interested in the speed of responses people make to different target finding tasks. They state that reaction time is the time in the unit of milliseconds between the presentation of a stimulus, and the keyboard press made by the individual. This is an operational definition of reaction time.

True
False

QUESTION 2

Some researchers are interested in the cognitive limits to the various tasks air traffic controllers perform. They figure the best way to understand these cognitive limits is to study these people during long working hours, across multiple days. Their goal is to limit the negative outcomes from performance failures, and to ensure safety above anything else. Which variables or considerations might the researchers take into account when trying to design their experiment(s). Choose all that apply.

		context effect
		carryover effect
		learning styles
		trait racism
		literacy effect
		practice effect
		placebo effect
		need for cognition
		fatigue effect

QUESTION 3

A pre/post test design does not need to have a control group

True

False

QUESTION 4

After the Belmont report was created a set of laws were put in place to protect human subjects. Now, IRB's review all research conducted on human subjects and require that informed consent is obtained from each participant. Every study with human participants no matter the risk is required to follow the regulations set forth by the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects.

True

False

QUESTION 5

Let's say I run a study where I give some nutritional supplement to a group of primates in the wild and another group a sugar pill to see what effect it has on their health. Also, I would watch them in a unobtrusive manner after the experiment was done and record observations about the entire group and then see what patterns i can find in their social interactions and health outcomes over the span of their lives. What design is this called?   Choose the best answer.

		qualitative research
		quantitative research
		naturalistic observation
		mixed-methods
		correlational research
		case study

QUESTION 6

The scientific method is ______________

		bogus
		the only way true knowledge is created
		a way of thinking
		evil

QUESTION 7

A palm reader claims that they know your future and can predict that you'll marry a nice individual when you're 34 years old and together you both will have a pool in the backyard of your (future) home. You question the claim, and want to challenge it, but you can't think of how to do it other than to say no, you're wrong. This hard-point that you've reached exemplifies what divides the a scientific claim from a non-scientific one. Which of the statements below relates to the difference between scientific and non-scientific claims?

		a claim must be verifiable
		a claim must be falsifiable
		a claim must be justified
		a claim must have plausibility

Answer 1

Question No.1.

Answer: True

Question No.2

Answer:

Context Effect

Learning Styles

Literacy Effects

Practice Effects

Fatigue Effect

Question No.3

Answer: False

Question No.4

Answer: True