Measurement and Methodology-Ethics and Legal Issues (GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) Psychology): Questions 1 - 3 of 3
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Question number: 1
» Measurement and Methodology » Ethics and Legal Issues
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The Bayley Scales of Infant Development do which of the following?
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| a. | Measure intelligence in preschoolers |
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| b. | Guide parents in school placement |
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| c. | Measure IQ in preschoolers |
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| d. | Measure cognition in infants |
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| e. | Help to identity mentally retarded infants |
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Question number: 2
» Measurement and Methodology » Ethics and Legal Issues
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For ethical purposes, researchers must show they have considered alternative procedures and that they plan to debrief subject in order to use
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| a. | animals |
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| b. | more than one experimental condition |
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| c. | informed consent |
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| d. | deception |
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| e. | Uninformed consent |
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Question number: 3
» Measurement and Methodology » Ethics and Legal Issues
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Gary’s son Sam is learning to drive. Each night, Gary takes Sam out in the family car for driving lessons. Gary notices that Sam improves more in lessons in which Gary is extremely critical. In fact, more critical Gary is, the more Sam improves. After Sam gets his driver’s license, Gary’s wife Chrissy tells him that every time Gary was critical of Sam, she took him out so he could improve before his father’s next lesson. What was the problem with Gary’s initial interpretation of Sam’s improvement?
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| Choice (5) | Response | |
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| a. | Parsimonious problem |
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| b. | Generalizability problem |
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| c. | second variable problem |
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| d. | Non-representative sample problem |
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| e. | Third variable problem |
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