RDE: Quiz Over Second Part of Chapter 3

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1. An example of a good testable hypothesis is, "Cats are better than dogs."
2. The null hypothesis is there is no relationship between your variables.
3. Proving the null hypothesis is the goal of research.
4. A hunch that eating breakfast will improve grades is rationale enough to conduct a study.
5. In general, you should select just one theory to provide a rationale for your hypothesis.
6. You may find it useful to use more than one theory to support your hypothesis.
7. If your predictions are not supported by your research findings, then you have wasted your time.
8. The problem with trying to study constructs is that there is no valid way of studying them.
9. There are valid ways of studying constructs.
10. The reason psychological science has not progressed further is that research has been limited by bad theories.
11. If eating chocolate has been shown to cause people to feel content, then how content a person is cannot be related to how much chocolate that person eats.
12. Although a relationship between two variables has been well documented, there may still be exceptions to the observed relationship.
13. The mental mechanism by which a stimulus affects the response is called the mediating variable.
14. Vague hypotheses are more useful because they apply to more situations.
15. If a hypothesis tests an important questions it should always be tested.
16. If you do not think that a study will inflict harm, it usually can trust your opinion and proceed with the study without further review.
17. According to Appendix A, a study that might inflict some harm to its participants may still be ethical.
18. If your original research idea is unethical, you should just drop the idea and come up with another.
19. If a manipulation will most likely harm participants you may still be able to study the variables you are interested in by conducting descriptive research.



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