Week Seven & Eight

Week 7: Communication in Psychology

SHORT-ANSWER

1.   Use the information in Parts A, B, and C to write three references as they should appear in an APA-format References section. Indicate parts that should be in italics with an underline. [These parts are in italics here.]

      A.  Author: Alan E. Kazdin

            Title of book: Research Designs in Clinical Psychology

            Year: 1998

            Publisher (and location): Allyn and Bacon (Boston)

      B.  Authors: David G. Myers and Ed Diener

            Title of article: Who Is Happy?

            Journal Title: Psychological Science

            Volume Number: 6

            Year: 1995

            Pages: 10–19

      C.  Authors: M. Jane Riddoch and Glyn W. Humphreys

            Title of chapter: The Smiling Giraffe: An Illustration of a Visual Memory Disorder

            Editor of book: Ruth Campbell

            Title of book: Mental Lives: Case Studies in Cognition

            Year: 1992

            Publisher (and location): Blackwell (Oxford)

            Pages: 161–177

MULTIPLE-CHOICE

2.   The primary way that scientists insure “quality control” of published research is through:

      A.  extensive research methods training of scientists.

      B. rigorous statistical analyses.

      C. peer review.

      D. careful copy editing.

3.   The abstract of your research article should be written:

      A. before you do the research.

      B. before you write the body of the report.

      C. after you have written the rest of your report.

      D. after writing the introduction.

4.   Only about ______ of the manuscripts submitted for publication in American Psychological Association journals are accepted for publication.

      A.  75%

      B. 25%

      C. 50%

      D. 33%

5    To avoid unbiased communication when referring to human participants in your study, you should describe them:

      A. at an appropriate level of specificity.

      B. in the most general terms.

      C. using ethnic labels for your own groups.

      D. using the word “subjects.”

6. Which is not one of the four major sections that make up the body of a research report?

      A. Introduction

      B. Results

      C. Discussion

      D. References

7.   The first page of a formal, written research report is the:

      A. Introduction.

      B. Abstract.

      C. Author Notes.

      D. Title page.

8.   An abbreviated title that is printed at the top of a published article is called the:

      A. title marker.

      B. running head.

      C. title head.

      D. abstract title.

9.   A common format for writing the title of a research article is: “The Dependent Variable as a Function of_______________.”

      A.  the specific tasks used in the study

      B.  the main results for the study

      C. the independent variable

      D. the people who participated in the study

10. The abstract of a research article should be about ___________words in length.

      A. 100–120

      B. 50–75

      C. 150–200

      D. 200–250

Week 8:  Discussion on Mid Term Exam Paper and Group Assignment Research  

               Writing Methodology