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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

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Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?
A cognitive psychology
B behaviorism
C Gestalt psychology
D astrology
Correct Answer: astrology
Basic ethical guidelines for psychological researchers include:
A ensuring that participation is involuntary
B harming the subjects when necessary
C minimizing confidentiality
D providing results and interpretations to participants
Correct Answer: providing results and interpretations to participants
Which of the following best describes a double-blind experimental procedure?
A All subjects get the experimental procedure
B Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo, which they receive is known only to the experimenter
C Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not known to subjects or experimenter
D All subjects get the control procedure
Correct Answer: Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not known to subjects or experimenter
A friend states that since he has been taking vitamin C, he has not had a single cold. His observation has little value in assessing the effects of vitamin C because:
A there was no control group for comparison
B he has not calculated a correlation coefficient
C of the effect of the observer on the observed
D he does not specify his dosage of vitamin
Correct Answer: there was no control group for comparison
The independent variable in an experiment is:
A the subject himself
B a measure of the subject’s behavior
C the variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate
D any unwanted variable that may adversely affect the subject’s performance
Correct Answer: the variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate
In order to summarize or organize a series of observations in some meaningful way, psychologists may develop:
A hypotheses
B experiments
C surveys
D theories
Correct Answer: theories
Collection of observable evidence. precise definition and replication result all form the basis for:
A scientific observation
B the scientific method
C defining a scientific problem
D hypothesis generation
Correct Answer: the scientific method
An advantage of the experimental method in psychology is:
A the identification of a cause-and-effect relationship
B similar to the correlational method that causality is determined
C that the surroundings are always similar to real life experiences
D that it is an informal way to investigate behavior
Correct Answer: that it is an informal way to investigate behavior
in the traditional learning experiment, the effect of practice on performance is investigate(d) performance is the ______________ variable.
A independent
B extraneous
C dependent
D control
Correct Answer: dependent
A correlation coefficient of 0 means that there is:
A a strong negative relationship between the two variables
B a strong positive relationship between the two variables
C a perfect positive relationship between the two variables
D no relationship between the two variables
Correct Answer: a strong negative relationship between the two variables
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