This document outlines the assignments for PSYCH 665, which include individual assignments on setting up research, assessment worksheets, annotated bibliographies, methodology, research proposals, ethical standards, and a final poster or PowerPoint presentation. It also includes a capstone quiz covering key concepts in research methods such as the different perspectives in psychology, research designs, and ethical guidelines for informed consent.

1. PSYCH 665 All Assignments
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PSYCH 665 Week 2 Individual Assignment Setting Up Your
Research
PSYCH 665 Week 3 Individual Assignment Assessment
Worksheet
PSYCH 665 Week 3 Annotated Bibliography
PSYCH 665 Week 4 Individual Assignment Steps for Creating
Methodology
PSYCH 665 Week 5 Individual Assignment Research Proposal
PSYCH 665 Week 5 Individual Assignment Ethical Standards
Summary

2. PSYCH 665 Week 6 Individual Assignment Poster Presentation
PSYCH 665 Week 6 Capstone Quiz
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PSYCH 665 Week 2 Individual Assignment Setting Up Your
Research
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Complete the Setting Up Your Research
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PSYCH 665 Week 3 Annotated Bibliography
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3. PSYCH 665 Week 3 Annotated Bibliography
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PSYCH 665 Week 3 Individual Assignment Assessment
Worksheet
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Using the Mental Measurements Yearbook located in the Week
Three Electronic Reserve Readings, identify three measures of the
constructs you are studying for your research question
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Assessment
Worksheet.
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PSYCH 665 Week 4 Individual Assignment Steps for Creating
Methodology

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Using Figure 1.2 in Ch. 1 of Exploring Research, create a
flowchart using Microsoft® Word or a similar program that helps
you identify what research design to use for your research question
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PSYCH 665 Week 5 Individual Assignment Ethical Standards
Summary
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Write a 500- to 750-word summary of the ethical issues that affect
your selected research question and methodology, including the
following:
Write a brief statement of the research question.

5. List the possible ethical issues, such as consideration of
characteristics of your sample, type of data collection, potential for
bias, and so forth.
Identify and cite the APA ethical standard concerning the issue.
Respond to each issue, specifying how you, the researcher, will
minimize or eliminate it.
Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.
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PSYCH 665 Week 5 Individual Assignment Research Proposal
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Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word research proposal including the
following:
Introduction, including purpose and importance of your topic

6. Literature review based on the Annotated Bibliography assignment
Research questions and hypothesis
Methods: sample, procedure, and analysis
Ethical considerations
Discussion: expected results, conclusions, and limitations
References
Format your research proposal consistent with APA guidelines.
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PSYCH 665 Week 6 Capstone Quiz
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1. Which historical perspective stated that psychologists should
study the different components of the mind independently, because
to understand how the conscious mind works, we must understand
all of its individual parts completely?
a. Structuralism

7. b. Functionalism
c. Behaviorism
d. Gestalt
e. Psychodynamic
2. Edward Titchener used a method for studying the mind that
became popular during the Structuralist period. The method, called
_____, required trained participants to report their conscious
mental experiences to the investigator. For example, if a person
was angry, they would report all of their experiences during the
time they were angry.
a. empiricism
b. functionalism
c. contemplation
d. introspection

8. e. conscientiousness
3. A potential problem with ___________ research is
_____________.
a. longitudinal; cohort differences
b. cross-sectional; subject attrition
c. cross-sectional; cohort differences
d. longitudinal; random assignment
e. cross-sectional; maturation
4. Research by _____________ legitimized psychological science
when it became the first psychological research presented as
evidence to the United States Supreme Court.
a. Muzafer Sherif

9. b. Irving Janis
c. Mamie Clark
d. Phillip Zimbardo
e. Kurt Lewin
5. To determine whether changing one variable like education will
produce changes in another like income, we must conduct
_____________________ research.
a. survey
b. correlational
c. experimental
d. statistical
e. basic

10. 6. Mary is studying the effect of high blood sugar on intelligence
test performance. Which of these might be her hypothesis?
a. People should not eat high sugar foods prior to IQ testing.
b. High sugar foods increase energy and improve IQ test
performance.
c. People who eat high sugar foods before testing will have lower
scores on an IQ test than people who do not.
d. Roughly 75% of people had lower IQ test scores after eating
high sugar snacks right before testing.
e. Individuals should not be given high sugar snacks prior to IQ
testing.
7. Which of the following research methods would be most
effective in demonstrating whether the presence of others improves
our performance of a task?
a. An experiment

11. b. A correlational study
c. A survey
d. A field study
e. An historical study
8. Which of the following psychological studies would you expect
to have similar results cross-culturally?
a. Milgram’s study of obedience to authority
b. Asch’s conformity study
c. Study of the symptoms of mental illness
d. Study of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
e. Study of parenting styles

12. 9. According to the APA Ethical Standards, psychologists must
inform participants of the nature of the research; and that they are
free to participate, decline to participate, or withdraw from the
research at any time. These requirements, among others, are
necessary to ensure the participants’ ______.
a. anonymity
b. risk level
c. informed consent
d. debriefing e. risk/benefit ratio
10. Making an ethical decision involves
a. simply applying a clear and definitive set of guidelines for
ethical research
b. deciding that an ethical decision is effective if it makes you
happy

13. c. identifying what ethical guidelines are relevant in a situation and
what is at stake for all parties involved
d. maintaining the anonymity of the researchers e. maintaining the
anonymity of the participants
11. According to the APA Ethical Standards, who is ultimately
responsible for the ethical conduct of research done in psychology?
a. The Institutional Review Board
b. The individual researchers
c. The sponsoring institution, such as the university
d. The assistants who test the participants
e. The funding agency
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PSYCH 665 Week 6 Individual Assignment Poster Presentation

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Present your research proposal poster.
Ground students must complete a poster to present. Online students
must complete an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft®
PowerPoint®presentation. Both modalities must include the
following:
Abstract, including the research question
Prior research: literature review
Purpose
Methods
Expected conclusions

15. References
Format your presentation or poster consistent with APA
guidelines.
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