Question 1

A correlational coefficient is indicated by the symbol __.

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Question 2

One of the most important procedures designed to implement the principle of respect for persons involved in psychological research is ___________.

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Informed consent is a procedure designed to ensure that participants in research are fully aware of the nature and purpose of the study, as well as the potential risks and benefits, and have given their voluntary consent to participate. This is a crucial way to respect the autonomy and self-determination of individuals and protect their rights as research participants. While the other options listed (random assignment, confidential data collection, and subject dialogue) are important considerations in ethical research, they do not directly address the principle of respect for persons in the same way that informed consent does.

Question 3

The Common Rule mandates that institutions that conduct research maintain

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The Common Rule, also known as the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, requires institutions that conduct research involving human subjects to establish and maintain an institutional review board (IRB) to review and approve research protocols to ensure the protection of the subjects' welfare and rights. Options B, C, and D are not mandated by the Common Rule.

Question 4

In research ethics the principle of __________ for persons includes allowing potential subjects to choose for themselves whether they wish to participate in a study or not.

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Question 5

In an experiment you are interested in how fear affects attitudes towards child rearing styles. In your experiment your measure of attitudes towards child rearing styles will be your ______ variable.

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Question 6

An example of unethical research mentioned in the book was the Tuskegee __________ study.

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The Tuskegee Syphilis study was an unethical research study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service from 1932-1972 in which African American men were deliberately left untreated for syphilis, even after effective treatments became available. The study did not have the informed consent of the participants, who were not told the true nature of the study or the risks involved, and continued despite the harmful effects on the participants and the fact that it violated ethical principles of medical research.

Question 7

Personality researchers who focus on how people process information and generate expectations about the future are likely _____________ psychologists.

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Question 8

Science progresses along a continuum from casual observations to controlled experimentation in which researchers attempt to prove a theory __________.

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Question 9

Many things can be learned from a correlational study, but such a study cannot tell a researcher about _____________.

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Question 10

Counting how many times a person's photo appeared in her or his yearbook would be an example of __________ data.

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Question 11

________ are a person's typical way of thinking, feeling, and acting, in various situations, at different times.

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Question 12

Personality psychology uses the scientific method to study individual __________.

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Question 13

The term used by the textbook for the study of how our brain and nervous system affect personality and behavior is______________.

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Question 14

__________ is a personality trait that describes how anxious and vulnerable to negative emotions a person is.

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Question 15

As a researcher, you are interested in cause and effect. You need to know how one variable causes another. You will need to use a research design known as a true _______________.

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Question 16

The building block of regulation and _____________ is concerned with how people adjust their responses to the environment, both consciously and unconsciously.

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Question 17

Even though many personality variables have a genetic component, all of them also have an ___________component.

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Question 18

The principle that researchers should do no harm to research subjects is known as

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The principle of doing no harm is known as beneficence. This principle requires that researchers take precautions to protect research subjects from harm and ensure their well-being.

Question 19

Freud suggested that early experiences left an indelible ______ imprint on our adult personalities.

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Question 20

In an experiment the variable that the researchers manipulate is known as the ___________ variable.

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Quiz 1: Who Am I Understanding the Building Blocks of Personality