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2-41) __________ research consists of research that is conducted in order to solve some type of immediate problem. a. Descriptive b. Correlational c. Applied d. Basic 2-42) Jeremiah conducts a study in his psychology class that addresses the issue of why students tend to look down at their notebooks when the professor asks the class a question. Jeremiah is puzzled by this phenomenon and decides to investigate it to satisfy his curiosity. Most likely, this type of a study would be classified as __________ research. a. unethical b. applied c. basic d. none of the above 2-43) Basic research is designed to a. answer simple types of questions. b. address fundamental issues, sometimes purely for curiosity’s sake. c. answer specific questions in order to solve some immediate problem. d. do away with laboratory-based research. 2-44) It is best to think of applied and basic research as a. separate and distinct categories of research. b. irrelevant designs that have no place in the field of psychology. c. research that is done in order to make money. d. ends of a continuum rather than a pair of separate categories of research. 2-45) Generally speaking, laboratory research usually has a __________ degree of control associated with it, and field research has a __________ degree of control associated with it. a. high; high b. high; low c. low; high d. low; low 2-46) Dr. Aquino is interested in the emotional reaction of people when they are embarrassed in a public setting. To study this phenomenon, he decides to embarrass customers in a shopping mall and secretly videotape their reactions. Most likely, Dr. Aquino is engaging in research that could be characterized as being both __________ and __________. a. laboratory research; applied research b. field research; applied research c. laboratory research; basic research d. field research; basic research 2-47) In attempting to study the stress levels of chefs at work, Professor Moriarty designs a laboratory setting that very much resembles a typical restaurant kitchen. He recruits a number of area chefs and has them prepare a number of challenging dishes within a short amount of time while their blood pressure levels were being monitored. This type of simulation study would be emphasizing a. experimental realism. b. mundane realism. c. unethical behavior. d. cross-species comparisons. 2-48) Darley and Latané (1968) conducted a classic study in order to investigate the degree to which people were willing to assist one another in times of crisis. In their study, they had participants in separate rooms talking to one another on an intercom system when, suddenly, one of the experimenter’s associates faked having a seizure episode. Darley and Latané were interested in how long it would take the various subjects to seek help. This study appears to have a __________ degree of mundane realism, and a __________ degree of experimental realism. a. high; high b. high; low c. low; high d. low; low 2-49) Much like the distinction between applied versus basic research, it is best to think of mundane realism and experimental realism as a. separate and distinct categories of research. b. irrelevant issues that have no place in the field of psychology. c. research that is done in order to make money. d. ends of a continuum rather than a pair of separate and distinct categories. 2-50) When the results of a research study can be generalized to other populations of subjects, different situations, and various periods of time, one can say that the study contains a large degree of a. internal validity. b. external validity. c. experimental control. d. statistical significance. 2-51) When contemplating the degree to which research findings can be generalized to other subjects, settings, and time periods, psychologists often abide by the __________, which assumes that the outcome of a study will often generalize widely, unless there is reason to believe otherwise. a. continuity assumption b. normality assumption c. homogeneity assumption