Test Bank For Experimental Psychology 10th Edition by Barry H. Kantrowitz

ISBN-10: 1111357994, ISBN-13: 9781111357993

QUESTIONS

Answers and text page references for test questions can be found in Appendix C.

Multiple Choice

1. According to the diffusion of responsibility theory, _________ could eliminate social loafing.
2. measuring group performance
3. measuring individual performance in group situations
4. rewarding positive behavior
5. insisting that workers follow authority figures

ANS: B

A-Head: Making Sense of the World

2. When a person’s word is believed to be true without examination, a belief has been formed via the method of
3. science.
4. tenacity.
5. authority.
6. a priori.

ANS: C

A-Head: Sources of Knowledge

3. Choosing to believe some material in this course because your instructor told you that it is correct information most likely represents which system for the fixation of beliefs?
4. tenacity
5. authority
6. a priori
7. scientific method

ANS: B

A-Head: Sources of Knowledge

4. If two theories can explain the same data, then
5. the simpler theory is the better theory.
6. the theory that is unfalsifiable is the better theory.
7. the more complex theory is the better theory.
8. the least parsimonious theory is the better theory.

ANS: A

A-Head: The Nature of the Scientific Explanation

5. The inductive scientist
6. believes that explanation will become obvious once enough data are collected.
7. uses theory to guide research.
8. is concerned with testing between conflicting predictions made by different theories.
9. does not collect data.

ANS: A

A-Head: The Nature of the Scientific Explanation

6. Gathering data within a guiding theoretical framework describes
7. induction.
8. deduction.
9. parsimony.
10. falsifiability.

ANS: B

A-Head: The Nature of the Scientific Explanation