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Question 1: To obtain an interaction in your research findings, you would need more than one:

a. independent variable.
b. dependent variable.
c. hypothesis.
d. statistical test.

Question 2: A researcher finds that males make fewer errors than females when working in a competitive situation. However, women make fewer errors than men when working in a cooperative situation. This is an example of

a. a confound.
b. two manipulated independent variables.
c. an interaction.
d. a failure to replicate.

Question 3: You are studying the immediate effects of alcohol on people’s feelings of well-being. Which of the following could be the dependent variable in this study?

a. Score on a measure of well-being
b. Amount of alcohol consumed within one hour prior to test
c. Level of alcohol in the blood
d. Either b or c

Question 4: Typically, a case study:

a. has no comparison group.
b. is of little interest to personality theorists.
c. reports a large amount of numerical data.
d. allows researchers to draw strong conclusions about cause and effect.

Question 5: Some researchers try to understand personality with in-depth evaluations of individuals or groups of people. This approach is better known as:

a. the hypothesis-testing method.
b. the experimental approach.
c. the correlation coefficient.
d. the case study method.