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Banele,a researcher,conducts a laboratory experiment.He places the participants to the conditions of the experiment in such a way that all persons have the same chance of being in each condition.In the context of social psychology,this scenario exemplifies the concept of:

A) random sampling.
B) random assignment.
C) covert observation.
D) systematic observation.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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The degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations is referred to as:

A) realistic experimentation.
B) televised reality.
C) mundane realism.
D) experimental realism.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Identify a true statement about attitudes and personality.

According to Social Psychology,a true statement about objective reality is that:

In the context of correlation and causation,the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement concludes that:

A study conducted by Douglas Carroll and his colleagues (1994) examined the relationship between socioeconomic status and health using grave markers.Which type of research was this?

Tobias,who conducts a psychological research experiment,explains the details of the experiment to the participants after the experiment is completed.He also encourages the participants to express their opinions and share their feelings about the experiment with him.This scenario exemplifies the concept of:

The enduring behaviors,ideas,attitudes,and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next is referred to as:

Describe how behavior in a classroom is influenced by our social culture.

The degree to which an experiment absorbs and involves its participants is known as:

A social psychologist's personal convictions about what is desirable and how people ought to behave are known as his or her:

Diya and Pierre are the candidates to lead their school's basketball team.Diya knows that Pierre will be selected as the team captain as he is a better player than she is.However,Diya is selected as the team captain because Pierre is unable to turn up on the day of the selection.Later,Diya boasts to her friends that she knew it all along that she will be selected as the team captain.In the context of social psychology,this scenario exemplifies a phenomenon called:

Random assignment helps researchers _____.

Identify the kind of research that involves manipulating some factor to see its effect on another.

In research,a strategy by which participants are misinformed or misled about the study's methods and purposes is known as:

Cues in an experiment that tell the participants what behavior is expected are called:

Ann Landers's survey of the opinion of women readers about affection and sex was probably:

When participating in a psychology research experiment,you are told that the purpose of the study is to find out if tall people are more prejudiced than short people.Because you want to behave accordingly,you agree with the questions on the survey of prejudice more than you would otherwise.Your behavior in this study is most likely the result of:

Experimental laboratory research findings in social psychology:

Maslow's description of "self-actualized" people was based on a sample he personally selected.Had he selected other people to describe,his resulting description of self-actualization might have been different.This is an example of how _____ can influence our idea of how best to live.