QUESTION 23
Social psychologists often conduct surveys to collect data. Sometimes, the way in which questions are worded by
researchers can influence the answers that participants give. For example, more people say "yes" to allowing anti-
democracy speeches, than say "no" to forbidding anti-democracy speeches even though the questions ask essentially the
same thing in psychological terms, what is the name given to the way in which questions are posed?
a. The decision frame
b. The response control
c. The choice manipulation
d. The option criterion
QUESTION 24
Which of the following is an example of social psychological study using a descriptive research design?
a. A researcher measures how happy school children are and how many friends they have to see if there is a
relationship between the two variables
b. A researcher pays a school board in order to get access to pupil information
In order to find out if company improves the enjoyment of food, a researcher gets 50 school chödren to eat alone and
50 school children to eat together. She records how satisfied pupils are with their meals and compares the average
score of the two groups
d. A researcher records the number of pupils who play alone and the number of pupils who play in groups during school
recess
QUESTION 25
Before carrying out research, social psychologists will typically make predictions based on theory (They will predict what
would happen in the study if the theory was correct). What is the name given to such predictions?
a. Constructs
b. Variables
c. Hypotheses
d. Models
