Chapter 14: Generalizing Results
Choose the best answer for each question.
The degree to which your simulation mirrors real-world events is referred to as ________ realism.
- mundane
- experimental
- maudlin
- coincidental
The degree to which your simulation psychological involves the participants is referred to as ________ realism.
- mundane
- experimental
- maudlin
- coincidental
Some research suggests that ________ may be a more important consideration than ________ when designing a simulation.
- artificiality; realism
- mundane realism; experimental realism
- maudlin realism; experimental realism
- experimental realism; mundane realism
The degree to which your research results extend beyond your study refers to:
- internal validity
- external validity
- general validity
- none of the above
One advantage of using animal subjects in research is that:
- you need not worry about the ethics of your research
- you can expose them to conditions to which you could not expose humans
- the results from animal research are more valid than results from human research
- all of the above
Dr. Harris conducts an experiment on cognitive maps using participants above age 65. All persons above age 65 would constitute the:
- sample
- world
- population
- subsample
Several individuals have characterized psychology as the science of:
- college sophomores
- infrahuman participants
- males
- rats
College students are often used in psychological research, because they:
- represent the general population very well
- are above average in intelligence and understand what research is all about
- are easily accessible
- all of the above
According to research by Rosenthal and Rosnow (1975),
- volunteers are more highly educated than nonvolunteers
- volunteers are less intelligent than nonvolunteers
- nonvolunteers have a higher need for approval than volunteers
- all of the above
Compared to the general population, college students tend to be:
- young
- high in the need for approval
- high in cognitive skills
- all of the above
An important consideration in the external validity of research is to:
- ensure that all participants have the same background
- include groups from varying cultures
- use only college-age participants
- employ only one type of experimenter
A Solomon four-group design assesses:
- the effects of a pretest
- decreases in the cost of a simple factorial design
- limits the external validity of the study
- all of the above
Conceptual replications are ________ exact replications.
- less important than
- more important than
- just as important as
- the same as
The text stresses the importance of ________ in establishing generalizations.
- pretests
- interactions
- replications
- field experiments
An alternative to the traditional literature review to draw conclusions about a research area is:
- science citation analysis
- critical theory
- meta-analysis
- none of the above