LSP Research Methods & Psychological Theories 4

Question 1

In Piaget's theory, the process of modifying existing schemas to accommodate new information is called:

Accepted Answer

Accommodation

Answer

Accommodation occurs when existing cognitive schemas are altered or new schemas created to incorporate information that doesn't fit existing structures.

Question 2

A meta-analysis differs from a traditional literature review primarily by:

Accepted Answer

Using statistical methods to combine and quantify results across studies

Answer

Meta-analysis uses statistical techniques to pool effect sizes from multiple studies, yielding a quantitative summary of the overall evidence base.

Question 3

Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy proposes that depression is primarily maintained by:

Accepted Answer

The cognitive triad of negative views of self, world, and future

Answer

Beck's cognitive triad describes how depressed individuals hold systematic negative beliefs about themselves, their ongoing experiences, and their future.

Question 4

The Hawthorne effect refers to changes in participants' behavior that occur because:

Accepted Answer

They know they are being observed or studied

Answer

The Hawthorne effect occurs when participants alter their behavior simply due to awareness that they are being observed, threatening internal validity.

Question 5

In signal detection theory, the measure d' (d-prime) represents:

Accepted Answer

The observer's sensitivity independent of response bias

Answer

D-prime (d') is a sensitivity index that measures the ability to discriminate signal from noise, independent of the observer's decision criterion.

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LSP Research Methods & Psychological Theories 4