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Research Methods (9th edition)

Chapter 2 True/False Questions
Research is a Process of Inquiry

Challenge yourself with these true/false questions. Click on your choice to see if you are correct.

  1. In order to be scientific, research must be carried out in a research laboratory. (True/False)

  2. Not all research is scientific. (True/False)

  3. Scientific research combines empirical and rational principles. (True/False)

  4. An assumption in science is an idea or statement that we know is true and that forms the basis for testing other ideas. (True/False)

  5. Scientists believe that the universe is primarily orderly and that it is possible for us to learn about the universe through research. (True/False)

  6. The facts of research include the many events that can be directly observed. (True/False)

  7. In psychology, the behavior of organisms is the major category of facts that we study. (True/False)

  8. Events like memory, intelligence, and humor are examples of behavioral facts. (True/False)

  9. The quality of our observations of behavior will depend on the accuracy of our inferences about the behavior. (True/False)

  10. Inferences are drawn on the basis of empirical observations. (True/False)

  11. If the observations are accurate, the inferences drawn from those observations will always be accurate. (True/False)

  12. The id, ego, and superego are examples of constructs. (True/False)

  13. Constructs are rational ideas constructed by the researcher and are not to be confused with facts. (True/False)

  14. Reifying a construct increases the usefulness of the construct to scientists. (True/False)

  15. Constructs are inferred from behavioral observation and can be used to predict new behavior. (True/False)

  16. Models are always physical representations of reality. (True/False)

  17. Manipulating models will tell us how things work in the real world. (True/False)

  18. Sherlock Holmes solved his numerous cases using just the process of deduction and the few clues left by the criminal. (True/False)

  19. Reasoning from the specific to the general is known as deduction. (True/False)

  20. Making predictions from a theory involves deductive inferences. (True/False)

  21. The various phases of research represent an organized sequence of steps that all research projects must go through in the same order. (True/False)

  22. The higher the level of constraint, the more scientific the research. (True/False)