Lesson 1.6.1
1.6.1 Cause and effect, falsification, replicability and objectivity Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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What term describes the ability to test a theory and prove it false?
- Objectivity
- Standardisation
- Falsification
- Replication
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Repeating a scientific procedure to check if similar results are obtained is called what?
- Replicability
- Validating
- Falsification
- Standardising
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Minimising personal bias to ensure research findings are unaffected by expectations is known as?
- Subjectivity
- Validity
- Generalisability
- Objectivity
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Which feature of science is demonstrated when a researcher uses a double-blind design to prevent bias?
- Paradigm
- Falsification
- Objectivity
- Replication
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Why is publishing standardised instructions crucial for psychological research?
- Guarantees validity
- Ensures falsification
- Removes cause
- Allows replication
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What is established when changes in the independent variable reliably produce changes in the dependent variable?
- Correlation
- Cause and effect
- Falsification
- Replication
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Which philosopher of science is most closely associated with the concept of falsification?
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Sigmund Freud
- Karl Popper
- Thomas Kuhn
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A researcher publishes a theory that cannot possibly be proven wrong by any empirical test. What lacks?
- Objectivity
- Replicability
- Falsifiability
- Causality
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Dr Smith fails to find the same results when repeating Dr Jones' obedience study. What scientific goal is threatened?
- Objectivity
- Replicability
- Manipulation
- Falsification
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An observer allows personal beliefs to influence how they score aggressive acts in a playground. What is compromised?
- Replicability
- Falsifiability
- Objectivity
- Causation
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If a correlation study shows ice cream sales rise with shark attacks, why can we not claim cause and effect?
- Poor replication
- Falsified theory
- Extraneous variables
- High objectivity
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According to Popper, what key criterion makes a psychological theory scientific?
- It is subjective
- It is falsifiable
- It is proven
- It is popular
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Why do psychologists use operationalised variables in their experiments?
- To aid replication
- To prevent cause
- To ensure subjectivity
- To stop falsification
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Which issue arises if an experimenter unconsciously gives clues to participants about how to behave?
- Observer bias
- High falsification
- Absolute objectivity
- Perfect replication
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If two independent labs get identical findings using the original method, what feature is demonstrated?
- Subjectivity
- Replicability
- Falsification
- Correlation
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Which term means keeping the testing environment and procedures identical for every single participant?
- Replication
- Standardisation
- Objectivity
- Falsification
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Why must psychological findings be made publicly available in scientific journals?
- To ensure subjectivity
- To stop falsifying
- To allow replication
- To prove causation
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Which concept requires a scientific theory to be capable of being proven wrong?
- Replicability
- Empiricism
- Falsification
- Objectivity
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What is ensured when researchers keep all testing conditions identical across participants?
- Falsification
- Standardisation
- Replication
- Objectivity
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Which feature of science involves conducting a study again to check reliability of findings?
- Falsification
- Induction
- Replication
- Control
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