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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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.

I work at a university and my research is designed to be immediate use in the classroom. My research would be called:

A basic

B applied

C impractical

D ethical

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: applied

In terms of critical thinking and testing results should:

A be incredible

B be repeatable

C be subjective

D be meta-analytical

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: be meta-analytical

A variable such as the personality of a subject, that might affect he outcome of and experiment would be controlled by:

A random assignment of subjects

B assuming the effects of the variable are negligible

C manipulating the dependent variables simultaneously

D repeating the experiment several times until the results are consistent

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: repeating the experiment several times until the results are consistent

The study of unusual events is to _________________as information from a large number of people is to:

A clinical method; naturalistic

B correlational method: survey method

C experimental method: naturalistic observation

D clinical method; survey method

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: clinical method; survey method

One of the limitations of the survey method is:

A observer bias

B that it sets up an artificial situation

C that replies may not be accurate

D the self-fulfilling prophecy

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: that replies may not be accurate

To investigate the effects of a particular study of method on student performance two different methods are tried, each with a different group of subjects. I fondly the experimenter know which method is under investigation, the procedure being used in described as:

A double-blind

B single-blind

C self-fulfilling prophesy

D representative sampling

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: single-blind

The result of carefully controlled observations of clever Hans and his ability to solve math problems showed:

A he could do math

B he could add. but he could not subtract

C he was cued by the owner looking up or down

D none of these could be determined by observation

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: he was cued by the owner looking up or down

A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called:

A the dependent group and the independent group

B the extraneous group and the independent group

C the before group and the after group

D the control group and the experimental group

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: the control group and the experimental group

An example of the “experimenter effect” would be a situation in which the experimenter:

A acts out the proper behavior for the subjects

B deceives the subject as to the real purpose of the experiment

C unknowingly hints to subjects what is expected of them

D overtly tells the subjects how to respond

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: unknowingly hints to subjects what is expected of them

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I work at a university and my research is designed to be immediate use in the classroom. My research would be called:

In terms of critical thinking and testing results should:

A variable such as the personality of a subject, that might affect he outcome of and experiment would be controlled by:

The study of unusual events is to _________________as information from a large number of people is to:

One of the limitations of the survey method is:

To investigate the effects of a particular study of method on student performance two different methods are tried, each with a different group of subjects. I fondly the experimenter know which method is under investigation, the procedure being used in described as:

The result of carefully controlled observations of clever Hans and his ability to solve math problems showed:

A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called:

An example of the “experimenter effect” would be a situation in which the experimenter: