Conducting Psychology Research in the Real World

What is the primary downside of traditional laboratory experiments as described in the chapter?

What is the definition of "internal validity" as it pertains to psychological research?

What is the fundamental idea behind the experience-sampling method for studying daily life?

In the study by Killingsworth and Gilbert that collected momentary self-reports via a smartphone app, how many participants were involved?

What is the primary function of the Electronically Activated Recorder, or EAR, method developed by Mehl and colleagues?

What was the typical recording schedule for the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) as mentioned in the chapter?

What did the EAR method study by Mehl and colleagues (2007) reveal about the stereotype that women are considerably more talkative than men?

What is the phenomenon known as "white coat hypertension"?

In the study by Smyth and colleagues (1998) that combined experience sampling with cortisol assessment, how long after reports of stress was an increase in cortisol secretion predicted?

The study by Cohn, Mehl, and Pennebaker (2004) analyzed blogs from before and after the 9/11 attacks. What was a key advantage of this "online route" for their research?

In the pioneering study of online social influence by Bond and colleagues (2012), how many Facebook users were included in their experiment on voting behavior?

What is the concept of "full-cycle psychology" as described by Mortensen and Cialdini (2010)?

According to the chapter, which two types of validity tend to be difficult to achieve at the same time in a single study?

What is the Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) designed to do?

What did the research by Wilhelm and Grossman (2010) illustrate with the example of a participant watching a soccer game?

Which of the following is an example of an unobtrusive measure for assessing behavior described in the chapter?

In the study on talkativeness by Mehl and colleagues (2007), what was the immense range of words spoken between the least and most talkative individuals?

What is a major new challenge for researchers that comes with the potential of using smartphones for data collection?

The term for methodologies that assess the behavior, physiology, experience, and environments of humans in naturalistic settings is known as what?

Which methodology involves participants wearing a small, portable audio recorder that intermittently records snippets of ambient sounds around them?

How does the Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) differ from the Experience-Sampling Method (ESM)?

What was the finding of the study by Lane and colleagues (2011), which used experience sampling combined with an ambulatory Holter monitor?

In the study of 9/11 bloggers by Cohn, Mehl, and Pennebaker (2004), what happened to the participants' use of cognitive-analytic words (e.g., 'think', 'question') two weeks after the attacks?

What does 'external validity' refer to in research?

The text describes several creative ways of assessing behavior directly and unobtrusively. Which method was used by Whyte (1980) to study the flow of people in urban public places?

Why do researchers need to complement traditional laboratory experiments with field studies, according to the chapter?

What type of methodology is defined as participants completing a questionnaire about their thoughts, feelings, and behavior of the day at the end of the day?

In the cross-cultural study by Ramírez-Esparza and colleagues, what discrepancy was found between Americans' self-ratings of talkativeness and their actual behavior as measured by the EAR?

What does ambulatory physiological monitoring involve?

What is a key conclusion from the Facebook voting experiment by Bond and colleagues (2012)?

What is the primary goal of psychoneuroimmunology, as mentioned in the text?

How did the technology for the experience-sampling method evolve over time?

What is a main advantage of using methods like the EAR to study behavior over relying solely on self-reports?

The quantitative text analysis methodology that automatically extracts grammatical and psychological information from a text by counting word frequencies is known as what?

In the study by Stone, Reed, and Neale (1987) using daily experience sampling, when did undesirable experiences peak in relation to participants coming down with a respiratory infection?

According to the vocabulary list, 'Lived day analysis' is a methodology where a research team does what?

What is the key finding from the Killingsworth and Gilbert (2010) study on mind-wandering?

What did the Bond et al. (2012) Facebook study cumulatively result in, according to the text's estimates?

What is 'full-cycle psychology' according to Mortensen and Cialdini's definition?

What does the chapter suggest about the relationship between laboratory stress and real-life stress?

Besides the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR), which of the following is NOT an alternative method for assessing behavior directly mentioned in the chapter?

Which of these biological signals can now be measured in daily life with portable recording devices, according to the chapter's section on studying daily physiology?

What is one reason the direct assessment of real-world behavior is of high importance for psychological research?

What is the primary way to study virtual behavior discussed in the chapter?

According to the vocabulary list, what is 'Ecological Momentary Assessment' (EMA)?

What did the participant in Wilhelm and Grossman's (2010) study show regarding heart rate changes?

According to the chapter, why has psychology traditionally emphasized internal over external validity?

What finding did Smyth and colleagues (1998) report regarding the experience of positive affect (e.g., happy, joyful) and cortisol levels?

How long was the period of time from which Cohn, Mehl, and Pennebaker (2004) downloaded blog entries for their study of the response to the 9/11 attacks?

What is the main argument of the chapter regarding the future of psychological research?