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What ethical principles apply when we propose and conduct research with animals?
What is the difference between animal welfare and animal rights?
To study the effect of a new drug to reduce depression, researchers must sacrifice ani- mal subjects and dissect their brains. Dis- cuss the ethical pros and cons of this line of research.
What is fraud? Describe the external pres- sures that can produce fraud. Describe the safeguards that keep it in check. What are the possible penalties for scientific misconduct?
Lee had put off doing a lab report until the end of the term. He was badly pressed for time. His roommate said, "No problem. I took that course last year. You can use my report. Just put your name on
Learn about techniques for studying behavior that do not manipulate antecedent conditions
Understand the concept of phenomenology and how it is employed in empirical phenomenology
Learn how to conduct new research using data already collected by other researchers
Learn about the techniques employed in observational research
Familiarize yourself with the basics of qualitative research
Describe each of these nonexperimental ap- proaches and give an example of how each might be used:a. Phenomenologyb. Case studyc. Field studyd. Qualitative research
What is meant by external validity? Why are nonexperimental studies often higher in ex- ternal validity than true experiments?
What is meant by internal validity? Why are nonexperimental studies often lower in inter- nal validity?
What is retrospective data? Why is the use of retrospective data considered a shortcoming in scientific research?
Why are unobtrusive measures preferred?
Devise an unobtrusive measure to establish each of the following:a. Which professor at the university is the most popular?b. What are the most popular library books?c. Do people prefer to sit on the
For each of the research topics listed here, indicate the type of nonexperimental ap- proach that would be most useful and ex- plain why. (You may find more than one approach potentially useful for
For each of your answers to question 7, ex- plain whether an experiment would generate more useful information than the nonexperi- mental method you selected. Would it be possible to set up
What is the current paradigm in psycho- logical science? What is meant by a para- digm shift?
Design a qualitative study to explore sibling rivalry. Use a method from empirical phe- nomenology as your data-gathering technique.
Learn about more nonexperimental techniques for studying behavior: survey and interview research
Learn the factors involved in designing questionnaires and devising good questions
Using standardized tests Learn how to administer questionnaires and conduct interviews
Learn how focus groups work
Learn the pros and cons of different sampling techniques
Pick a survey topic and list seven objectives for a possible survey.
Evaluate the pros and cons of open-ended and closed questions.
How are open-ended questions quantified? Give an example of an open-ended question and how you might quantify the responses. How else might you do it?
Imagine that you are writing survey questions for the topic you chose for item
Select one objective and design four questions to explore it: one using a nominal scale, one using an ordinal scale, one using an interval scale, and one using a ratio scale.
When designing survey questions, how would you control for each of the following response styles?a. Willingness to answerb. Position preferencec. Yea- or nay-saying
What is wrong with this question? "Do you think it is acceptable to kill animals with painful procedures and use them to advance scientific knowledge to benefit human beings?" Rewrite the item to fix
What type of measurement scale is being used in each of these instances?a. A researcher measures the brand of car purchased by subjects who heard one of three advertising campaigns.b. A counselor
You have designed a survey for nurses, and you have mailed it to 500 nurses across the country. It has now been several weeks since you mailed out the surveys, but so far only 20% of the nurses have
What are the pros and cons of telephone sur- veys and face-to-face interviews?
Explain the difference between probability sampling and nonprobability sampling and describe the different forms of each.
Discuss the logic behind random selection and why it is important in research.
Evaluate each of the following as a technique for obtaining a random sample of subjects.a. An experimenter obtains subjects by asking every third driver stopping at the stoplight on the corner of
Using Table B1, the random number table in Appendix B of this book, select a random sample of 10 subjects from a subject pool of 20.
Learn more techniques that do not manipulate antecedent conditions: correlations, other correlational-based methods, and quasi-experimental designs
Learn how causal models can be constructed from correlation-based designs
Understand how the results of these nonexperimental techniques may (and may not) be interpreted
What is a correlation? When can it be used?
Leilani just computed the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient for two sets of data. She got r=2.30. Leilani is thrilled, mar- veling at what a large relationship she found. What can she
A college administrator has located a new aptitude test that is correlated with aca- demic achievement (r=-54). The admis- sions committee of the college now uses a screening test also correlated
A researcher found that variable X and vari- able Y are very strongly correlated. She claimed that variable X causes variable Y to occur. Why can't this statement be made?
How are beta weights used to construct paths in a path analysis?
What does a cross-lagged panel design attempt to do? What cannot be ruled out as an alter- native to any cause-and-effect model found with a cross-lagged panel design?
Define the term quasi-experiment and discuss the pros and cons of quasi-experimentation.
Explain the pros and cons of longitudinal versus cross-sectional studies.
Claire conducted an ex post facto study com- paring attitudes of a group of rap music fans and a group of classical music buffs. She found that the rap fans had more sexist atti- tudes about women
What four groups are needed in the Solomon 4-group design?
Design a correlation-based study or a quasi-experiment to test each of the following:a. Hot weather is associated with higher rates of violence in the streets.b. Rap music causes people to become
For each study you designed for question 11, list all the reasons you can think of that explain why your study would be low in internal validity.
Learn the differences between nonexperimental and experimental hypotheses
Understand the components of a good experimental hypothesis
Explore where hypotheses come from
Learn how to conduct a literature search
What is a hypothesis? What is the difference between a nonexperimental hypothesis and an experimental hypothesis?
What are the characteristics of a good hypothesis?
Which of the following are synthetic state- ments? Why?a. If I am cold, then it is December.b. Out of sight, out of mind.c. Virtue is its own reward.d. A statement that is always true is never true.
Explain the differences between induction and deduction. Describe the way they are used together to create theories and generate hypotheses.
Is a discovery made through serendipity just a matter of luck? Explain your answer.
a. What is the role of intuition in research?b. Is intuition scientific?c. Why are our hunches often correct?
Before you set up an experiment, you should conduct a review of the research literature. What is the purpose of this review?
Dr. G. has just completed a study that shows a correlation between the amount of time children watch television and their attention spans. Assume the correlation was 7-34. State an experimental hy-
Mary is lost: She just cannot think of a hypothesis. Give her some advice about how to proceed.
Select one of the research areas listed be- low. Review some of the prior work in that area and formulate a new experimental hypothesis based on your review.a. Paired-associates learningb. The
Sit in a public place and observe people for an hour. Write down all the hypotheses that come to mind to explain their behaviors.
In individualistic cultures, an independent self-concept is common; identity comes from inner attributes that remain stable throughout life, and the individual is considered separate and distinct.
In collectivistic cultures, an interdependent self-concept is typical, where people value connection and participation in social groups and relationships.
People with interdependent selves have a clearer distinction between ingroups and outgroups than people with independent selves. Interdependent selves are more common among the working class than the
Everyone has aspects of both independence and interdependence in their self-concepts, and every culture has a diverse array of people who vary in their view of self.
Gender differences in self-concept are not simply along the lines of independence(individualism) and interdependence (collectivism). Women and men are simliar in most areas, but women score higher
Cultures that are more urban, more Protestant, more individualistic, more northern in location, and have a shorter history of using the plow in agriculture tend to have more egalitarian gender views.
People with an independent view of self value consistency in their behavior more than those with an interdependent view of self.Interdependent people are more often in a state of objective
Interdependent people endorse more of an incremental theory of self, in which they believe their abilities can be improved; independent people tend to have an entity theory of self, believing their
The five-factor model of personality is generally supported in many cultures around the world. Indigenous personality traits sometimes emerge when studied with local languages?
1. Research comparing the self-concepts of Americans and Kenyans has found: a Kenyan undergraduates and tribal people (e.g., the Samburu) view the self in highly different ways.b. All Kenyan
2. Ambrose has an independent self, and Hayden has an interdependent self. Knowing only this, which of the following is probably true about Hayden?a. He draws a weaker distinction between a stranger
3. Based on research exploring gender comparisons of the self-concept, what statement below is true?a. Women tend to have self-concepts more like Asians, whereas men have self-concepts more like
4. What happens when people evaluate themselves while facing a mirror?a. People from all cultures become more self-critical in front of a mirrorb. Americans view themselves more positively, and
5. According to research on consistency, what would be an effective way to persuade an American friend to help you? a Remind her of how consistently she acts across different social situations.b.
6. The Big Five personality traits a are clearly observed only in Western cultural contextsb. do not vary significantly in magnitude across culturesc. are believed to be unique to humansd. emerge
1. Do you think your own self-concept is more similar to the independent view or the interdependent view?
2. Why do you think independence versus interdependence is such a critical dimension for understanding how cultures differ?
3. In what ways are the self-concepts of women similar to Asians and in what ways are the self-concepts of men similar to Americans?
4. Why are people with interdependent selves more likely to act differently across different situations?
5. What do you think are some ways people's thoughts about their self-concept would differ if they were taking an inside-out perspective versus an outside-in one?
6. Do you think about intelligence more from an incremental or an entity perspective?
7. Which of the traits from the five-factor model of personality best characterize you? Which ones best characterize others from your culture? Are they the same traits?
Acculturation, an important topic of research, is a challenging subject to study because people's acculturation experiences vary dramatically.
Migrants typically experience predictable changes in attitude toward the host culture; their acculturation process usually consists of a honeymoon stage, followed by culture shock, then a gradual
People who have the easiest time acculturating have a short cultural distance to travel; they come from heritage cultures that are not that different from their new host culture.
Acculturation is easier for people with a good cultural fit, their personality is compatible with the values of the host culture.
Acculturation strategies depend on people's attitudes toward both their heritage culture and their host culture. The four strategies are integration, marginalization, assimilation, and separation.
An integration strategy makes acculturation easier; marginalization makes it difficult. The acculturation experience can be clouded by discrimination, resulting in the damaging consequences of
People can maintain multicultural selves in two ways Those who experience blending have psychological and emotional tendencies that characterize both their heritage and their host cultures. In
Having grown up in more than one culture, third culture kids have more of a global cultural identity, as opposed to a single cultural identity. Multiculturalism is associated with enhanced creativity
1. The findings from acculturation research are less coherent than many other topics. Why?a. One cannot put people through an acculturation experiment; it's all correlational research.b. There are no

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