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True or False: A hypothesis must be falsifiable in order to be considered scientific.
True
What is a Law?
A principle so general it applies to all situations
What does falsifiable mean?
Can be put to test/proven wrong
The scientific method is the set of assumptions, rules, and procedures scientists use to conduct research
True
Which type of research is conducted to solve practical, real-world problems?
A. Basic research
B. Applied research
C. Theoretical research
D. Descriptive research
B. Applied research
A specific and falsifiable prediction regarding the reals between or among two or more variables is called:
Research hypothesis
What’s based on the systematic collection and analysis of data?
Empirical
A ___is any attribute that can assume different values among different people or across different times or places.
Variable
In an experiment, the variable that the researcher manipulates is the:
Independent variable
This type of variable is measured by the researcher:
Dependent variable
An integrated set of principles that explains many, but not called the relationships in a given domain is called?
A theory
Parsimonious vs Falsifiable, which is which?
Answer: 1 is falsifiable, 2 is parsimonious
Operational definition
This type of research answers fundamental questions about behaviors, it's already a fact and just trying to learn more about it:
Basic Research
A researcher is seeing if there are more married couples then child abuse will drop by 20%. This is what kind of research des?
Experimental
A situation that occurs whenever research participants are not fully informed about the nature of the research project before participating in it.
Deception
A researcher surveys 500 people about their levels of stress and hours of sleep to see if the two are related. What type of research design is this?
A. Descriptive
B. Correlational
C. Experimental
D. Applied
B. Correlational
A researcher is conducting a survey on the cafeteria food rating from least wanted to highly with different levels of feelings in between, what kind of research design is this?
Descriptive
What does each letter of the acronym “SMART” stand for in terms of SMART goal?
S - Specific
M - Measurable
A - Achievable
R - Realistic
T - Time-bound
To evaluate the credibility or truthfulness of psychological research in the news, you can use the SIFT test. What does SIFT stand for?
Answer: Stop, Investigate, Find, Trace