Republic of the Philippines

SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Lucban, Quezon

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY – QUIZ 1 (Chapter 5)

TEST 1. Fill in the blanks with the correct word to complete the sentence. (1 point each)

1. Researchers often use _____________ to explore behaviors that are not yet well understood.
2. Once the correlation is known, it can be used to make __________.
3. _____________ is a relationships between pair scores from each subject.
4. Scatter plots are also known as scattergraphs or ___________.
5. _____________ lines drawn on the scatterplots.
6. Positive correlation is computed value of r is positive or also called _________________.
7. _____________ or inverse relationship that the computed r has a negative result.
8. Correlation coefficient are also affected by ____________.
9. Path analysis is a important ____________ research method that can be used when subjects are
measured on several related behavior.
10. Use __________ to construct path models.

TEST II. Modified true or false. Write TRUE if the sentence is correct and if the statement is wrong write
FALSE, underline the wrong word/phrase and write the correct word/phrase for it. (1 point each)

1. Ex post facto is a study in which systematically examines the effects of subject

characteristics
2. Cross-lagged panel is a design uses relationship measured over time to suggest the causal
path.
3. Nonequivalent is one in which the researcher compares the causes of different treatment
conditions on pre-existing groups of participants.
4. Ex post facto means “after the fact”.
5. A nonequivalent groups design, then, is a between-subjects design in which participants
have not been selectively assigned to conditions.
6. Longitudinal design is used in all areas of psychology, but they are particularly important
for psychologists studying human growth and development.
7. Cross-sectional design is a method that looks for time-related changes.
8. In correlational study, selected traits or behaviors of interest are measure first.
9. Manipulating antecedent conditions is frequently not an option for research.
10. Factor analysis is a common correlation procedure that is used when individuals are
measured on a small number of items.
III. Essay. How are Quasi-experiments different from Correlational study? (Essay 5 points)

ANSWERS:

TEST I

1. Correlational studies
2. Predictions
3. Simple correlations
4. Scattergrams
5. Regression lines
6. Direct relationships
7. Negative correlation
8. Range truncation
9. Correlation based
10. Beta weights

TEST II

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE (Causes) Effect
4. TRUE
5. FALSE (Selectively) Randomly
6. TRUE
7. TRUE
8. TRUE
9. TRUE
10. FALES (Small) Large

TEST III

Quasi-experiments usually select only a certain range of values of an independent variable, while a typical
correlational study measures all variable values of an independent variable.