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1. Which one of the following statements would be appropriate for the results section of a research report?
A) The difference between social desirability ratings of attractive versus unattractive individuals may be explained by the Cognitive Consistency Theory.
B) Past research suggests that differences exist in ratings of social desirability assigned to attractive versus unattractive individuals.
C) The average social desirability rating for attractive individuals was 6.4; however, the average rating for unattractive individuals was 3.2.
D) Future research should examine the effect of attractiveness on judgments of criminal behavior.
2. In which section of the research report would you describe the practical application of the experiment's results?
A) Introduction
B) Method
C) Results
D) Discussion
3. Google Scholar is a specialized search engine that lets you _______________.
search for psychology related articles only
search biographies of authors
purchase a research paper for your own use
locate articles on a particular research topic from psychology and non-psychology related disciplines
4. Observation of the world around us, is a good place to get ideas for research. Which of the following best illustrates a research idea that comes from the world around us?
the relationship of sexually degrading music lyrics and early sexual behaviors
using the theory of evolution to investigate a new problem
advancing work done by authors in 1988
Birds of a feather flock together
5. In the Milgram obedience experiment, participants were deceived concerning the hypothesis when they were told that the purpose of the experiment was to study
A) the effect of electric shock.
B) memory and learning.
C) the effects of punishment.
D) blind obedience.
6. The real purpose of the Milgram study was to investigate
A) the effect of electric shock.
B) memory and learning.
C) the effects of punishment.
D) blind obedience.
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