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Name ______________________________ Class ___________________ Date ____________________

Psychological Methods Guided Reading


Section 1

READING THE SECTION


DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the correct
word or phrase.

1. Elements of behavior that exist but cannot be measured directly, such as

aggressiveness, are called constructs_______________________.

(constructs/theories)

2. For the findings of a scientific study to be confirmed, the study must be

_replicated______________________, or repeated. (proved/replicated)

3. A _______hypothesis________________ is an educated guess.

(behavior/hypothesis)

4. Research and experimentation can lead to the ______validation_________________

of a psychological theory and to the acceptance of its soundness.

(rejection/validation)

DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a


statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write
the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a
true statement.

__T____ 5. Psychologists begin their studies by framing research questions.

_____________________________________________________________

___F____ 6. After forming a research question, a psychologist will form a theory, or


educated guess.

_____________________________________________________________

___T___ 7. Psychologists test hypotheses through a variety of methods.

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_____________________________________________________________

___T___ 8. Psychologists might spend many years analyzing the results of their
testing.

_____________________________________________________________

___f___ 9. If a researcher’s research observations oppose his or her original theory,


then he or she can conclude that the theory is correct.

_____________________________________________________________

POST-READING QUICK CHECK


DIRECTIONS In the space provided, write the vocabulary term that best
matches each description.

validation______________________ 10. the act of establishing the


soundness of an idea or theory

constructs______________________ 11. aspects of behavior that cannot be


seen or measured directly

____replicated__________________ 12. repeated

_______hypothesis_______________ 13. educated guess

DIRECTIONS Use vocabulary terms to write a summary of each step


involved in scientific research.

_psychologists use a hypothesis to make a guess on what’s going to happen later. They

replicated the experiment multiple times but it couldn’t be constructs. They came with a

better validation to fix

this.____________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

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