Research Methods For The Behavioral Sciences 6th Edition Frederick J Gravetter, Lori Ann B. Forzano - Solutions

A researcher studying cyber bullying among middle-school students interviews a group of students from a local middle school about their cyber bullying experiences. For this study, identify the target population, the accessible population, and the sample.
A researcher conducting a political poll for a statewide election would like to know the attitudes of college students concerning the candidates. A sample of 200 upperclassmen from the state university is selected to participate in the survey. For this study:a. What is the target population?b. What
In addition to the key words, you should also be able to define each of the following terms:Target populationAccessible populationLaw of large numbersAampling methods, or sampling techniques, or samplingProceduresSimple random samplingSystematic samplingStratified random samplingProportionate
Explain why plagiarism is unethical.
Describe how replication protects against fraud being committed in research.
Summarize the major APA ethical standards concerning the care and use of animals in research.
Describe in your own words the criteria that the IRB uses to evaluate proposed research.
Explain how the enforcement of confidentiality benefits both the participants and the researcher.
Explain the role of voluntary participation in informed consent.
By manipulating the participants’ experiences, it is possible to examine how people’s performance and attitudes are influenced by success and failure. To do this, researchers can give some participants a feeling of success and others a feeling of failure by giving false feedback about their
For each of the following, identify which of the three basic principles of the Belmont Report is being violated:a. A researcher recruits poor minorities to be participants in a risky experiment.b. A researcher tricks people into participating by suggesting that they might win a contest.c. A
Define each of the following terms:EthicsNuremberg CodeNational Research ActBelmont ReportPrinciple of respect (autonomy)Principle of beneficencePrinciple of justiceAPA Ethics CodeClinical equipoiseConsent formConfederatePlaceboCommon RulePeer review
Describe how the concept of participant reactivity might explain why a person’s behavior during a job interview is very different from a person's behavior with friends.
What are demand characteristics, and how do they limit the validity of the measurements obtained in a research study?
Explain how an artifact can limit the validity and reliability of a measurement.
What is a ceiling effect, and how can it be a problem?
Describe the relative strengths and weaknesses of self-report measures compared to behavioral measures.
Select one construct from the following list:Happiness HungerExhaustion MotivationCreativity FearBriefly describe how it might be measured using:a. (LO2 and 7) an operational definition based on self-report
For each of the following operational definitions, decide whether you consider it to be a valid measure. Explain why or why not. Decide whether you consider it to be a reliable measure. Explain why or why not.a. A researcher defines social anxiety in terms of the number of minutes before a child
A researcher claims that intelligence can be measured by measuring the length of a person’s right-hand ring finger. Explain why this procedure is very reliable but probably not valid.
Explain how inter-rater reliability is established.
Suppose that a social scientist has developed a questionnaire intended to measure the quality of romantic relationships. Describe how you could evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire.
A clinical researcher has developed a new test measuring impulsiveness and would like to determine the validity of the test. The new test and an established measure of impulsiveness are both administered to a sample of participants. Describe the pattern of results that would establish concurrent
A researcher evaluates a new cholesterol medication by measuring cholesterol levels for a group of patients before they begin taking the medication and after they have been taking the medication for eight weeks. A second researcher measures quality of life for a group of 40-year-old men who have
In addition to the key words, you should also be able to define each of the following terms:Positive relationship: Negative relationship: AccuracyScale of measurementNominal scale: Ordinal scale: Interval scale: Ratio scale: Self-report measure: Physiological
Determine whether each of the following hypotheses is testable and refutable. If not, explain why.(a) Young children can see good or evil auras surrounding the people they meet.(b) A list of three-syllable words is more difficult to memorize than a list of one-syllable(c) The incidence of paranoia
Is the following hypothesis testable, refutable, and positive? Explain your answer.
Describe the three ways identified in the text to find or develop a new research idea from existing research report(s).
List the five sections typically found in a research article, and describe briefly what each should contain.
How does a full-text database differ from other databases?
Define primary and secondary sources and explain how each plays a role in the process of finding a research idea.
In addition to the key words, you should be able to define each of the following terms: Literature search: Subject words: Database: Abstract: PsycINFO:PsycARTICLES: Title:Introduction:Method section: Results section: Discussion section:Reference section:
A sociologist would like to describe the characteristics of people who live and work in small towns (population less than 2,000).(a) Explain how this question might be answered using qualitative research. (b) Explain how the question might be answered using quantitative research.
An expert appears on a shopping network to explain how the different candle fragrances they are selling influence people’s moods and behaviors. Explain how you could determine whether the expert’s theories are science or pseudoscience.
Describe what it means to say that science is empirical, public, and objective, and explain why each of these principles is important.
State a hypothesis that identifies a specific variable that causes some people to choose red as their favorite color. Create a prediction from your hypothesis.
In this chapter, we identified the method of authority, the rational method, and the empirical method as techniques for acquiring information. For each of the following, choose one of these three methods and describe how you could use it to answer the question. Can you describe an alternative
According to the gambler’s fallacy, if a coin toss results in heads three times in a row, then the probability of tails increases for the fourth toss. Describe how you would use the empirical to evaluate this claim.
Suppose that you are debating whether to hitchhike across country or take the bus. Explain how the rational method could help you make a decision.
Describe why you might be cautious about using the Internet to find answers to medical questions.
Define the following termsReplicationPseudoscience

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