Question 1

Name the six basic sections of an empirical journal article.

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Question 2

When reading an empirical journal article "with purpose," which two questions should you ask yourself as you read? To this end,which section should you read in order to quickly answer these questions?

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Question 3

Karla is starting her study for her research methods and needs to begin finding some research articles.She tells you that she plans on searching for her sources on GoogleScholar.Provide three reasons that you would recommend that she use PsycINFO instead to search for sources.

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Question 4

Name three ways that the scientific reasoner is different from the intuitive thinker.

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Question 5

Describe three ways that scientific journals/journal articles are different from popular magazines/magazine articles.

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Question 6

Provide at least three reasons that explain why using a wiki is a less-than-ideal source for psychological research.

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Question 7

You are having lunch with several friends and discussing the link between homework and exam grades.Oliver says,"I know that doing homework improves exam grades because I always do my homework and I have a 4.0." Julia says,"I know that doing homework improves exam grades because a blog I read on an education website says so." Richard says,"I know that doing homework improves exam grades because that makes sense.Teachers would not assign it if it did not." Provide a response to each friend for why his or her reasoning is unsound.

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Question 8

Describe two pros and two cons of reading about scientific research in popular magazines compared with scientific journals.

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Question 9

Your friend Samir wants to learn how to be more persuasive.He is a marketing major and thinks that understanding more about persuasion might be helpful.Which type of scientific sources might you recommend to him and why?

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Question 10

Explain how confirmatory hypothesis testing is different from the theory-data cycle.

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