PSYB01H3 Lecture : Notes

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29 Apr 2011

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Sasha is conducting an experiment to see if electric shock administered to a participant in a good mood makes people remember words better. For this experiment, participants are shown a list of words and asked to memorize it. For the mood induction, some participants are then shown a film clip that is known to put people in a good mood, and others are shown a neutral film clip. All participants are then given a mild electric shock, and asked to recall the words on the list. In this study, the independent variable would be: a. b. c. d. In that same experiment, the control group is the one that gets: a. b. c. d. In that same experiment, the independent variable is: a. b. c. d. The validity of a measure refers to: a. b. c. d. The accuracy with which it measures the construct. The key advantage of the observational method is: a. b. c. d.

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3. Research participants are randomly assigned to different groups in an experiment in order to a increase chances that participants are representative of people in general b. minimize chances that participants in any group know each other. o minimize any differences between groups of participants. d increase chances that the different groups have the same number of participants.

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17. A psychologist is studying the effects of orange juice on the prevention of colds. She has one group drink a glass of orange juice every day for the month of December. A second group drinks a glass of orange juice once a week during December, while a third group is not given any orange juice at all during this time period. Previous medical histories were obtained for all the participants. In January, she records how many colds each participant gets over the entire month. In this study, the independent variable is A) the severity of the colds in January B) the number of colds each participant got in January C) the prior medical histories D) drinking orange juice every day E) the amount of orange juice consumed

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In Sawyer and colleagues (2012) study, Latina participants anticipated interacting with a same-sex White peer who either held prejudiced attitudes toward Latinx people or did not hold prejudiced attitudes toward Latinx people. Which of the following best represents the findings

Select one: a.

participants had decreased blood pressure PRIOR to interacting with the peer that was prejudiced against Latinx people

participants had decreased blood pressure AFTER having a positive interaction with a peer that was prejudiced against Latinx people

participants had increased blood pressure AFTER having a negative interaction with a peer that was prejudiced against Latinx people

participants had increased blood pressure PRIOR to interacting with a peer that was prejudiced against Latinx people

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