LSP Research Methods & Psychological Theories 3

Question 1

Which statistical test is most appropriate for comparing means across three or more independent groups?

Accepted Answer

One-way ANOVA

Answer

One-way ANOVA is designed to compare means across three or more independent groups while controlling the familywise error rate.

Question 2

Albert Bandura's social learning theory emphasizes which mechanism as central to acquiring new behaviors?

Accepted Answer

Observational learning through modeling

Answer

Bandura demonstrated that people learn new behaviors by observing and imitating models, without requiring direct reinforcement.

Question 3

In a within-subjects experimental design, the primary advantage over a between-subjects design is:

Accepted Answer

Each participant serves as their own control, reducing error variance

Answer

Within-subjects designs use each participant as their own control, reducing individual difference error variance and increasing statistical power.

Question 4

Carl Rogers' person-centered therapy emphasizes which three core therapeutic conditions?

Accepted Answer

Unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence

Answer

Rogers identified unconditional positive regard, accurate empathic understanding, and therapist congruence as the necessary and sufficient conditions for therapeutic change.

Question 5

A Type II error in hypothesis testing occurs when a researcher:

Accepted Answer

Fails to reject a false null hypothesis

Answer

A Type II error (false negative) occurs when the null hypothesis is actually false but the researcher fails to reject it.

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LSP Research Methods & Psychological Theories 3