Test Yourself
Take this quiz and see how you do. Select the correct answers by using the drop down menus. Once you are done, click submit to see your score! The ones that you get wrong will have a check!
1. Which of the following is an operational definition of happiness?
-- Choose an answer --
a. Joy
b. Scores on a happiness test
2. Operational definitions are always accurate (valid).
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
3. Random error is a more serious problem than bias.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
4. Both random error and bias can affect an individual´s score on a measure.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
5. Random observer error is a more serious problem than observer bias.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
6. Making observers "blind" (masked) is most effective at reducing
-- Choose an answer --
a. Observer bias
b. Random observer error
7. Training raters and recording participants´ behavior will reduce both observer bias and random observer error.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
8. If you standardize your procedures, there is no need to make the researcher blind.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
9. A 10-item measure will be less vulnerable to random error due to the participant than a 1-item measure.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
10. While finishing a disappointing meal, your server asks you,"How was everything?," You respond that everything was "fine." Your answer most closely reflects
-- Choose an answer --
a. Obeying demand characteristics
b. Social desirability bias
11. Using either physiological measures or unobtrusive measures reduces both social desirability bias and the problem of obeying demand characteristics.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
12. Making responses anonymous reduces social desirability bias.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
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