Research methods in psychology worksheet with answers

Informed consent in research means participants:

1. AAgree to take part after being told what the study involves
2. BAre paid for their time
3. CMust complete the study once they start, as agreed in the signed form
4. DNever learn the aims of the study

The Hawthorne effect refers to:

1. AScores moving towards the average on retesting
2. BResearchers unconsciously influencing participants' behaviour through their own expectations
3. CPeople changing their behaviour because they know they are being studied
4. DParticipants performing worse as they become tired

In an experiment, the control group is the group that:

1. AContains the researchers themselves
2. BIs made up of volunteers only
3. CDoes not receive the experimental treatment, providing a baseline
4. DReceives the strongest version of the treatment, to show its maximum effect

Which kind of data is collected with an open question in an interview?

1. ARatio data
2. BInterval data
3. CQualitative data
4. DNominal quantitative data only

A cross-sectional study compares 20-, 40- and 60-year-olds on technology use at the same time. Which problem may confound the age comparison?

1. AFloor effects
2. BOrder effects
3. CPractice effects
4. DCohort effects

In a perfectly normal distribution:

1. AThe mean, median and mode are equal
2. BThe mode is the lowest score
3. CThe mean is always larger than the median
4. DMost scores lie in the tails

A researcher runs 20 analyses on a data set and reports only the one with p < 0.05. This practice is called:

1. ATriangulation
2. BPreregistration
3. CCounterbalancing
4. DP-hacking

In thematic analysis, the analyst mainly:

1. AIdentifies recurring patterns of meaning across qualitative data
2. BCalculates the mean score of each theme to compare them statistically
3. CTests a numerical hypothesis
4. DCounts word frequencies only