🧠Psychology MCQs
Psychology MCQs
482 MCQs301
In a written report of their research psychologists specify exactly how anxiety is assessed, thus providing their readers with a(n):
Acontrol condition
Bstandard deviation
Chypothesis
Doperational definition
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Our tendency to notice and remember instance in which a premonition of an unlikely phone call is actually followed by the call most clearly contribute to:
Athe placebo effect
Bthe false consensus effect
Creplication
Dan illusory correlation
303
Men judge women as especially attractive if:
Athey appear dominant, and women judge men as especially attractive if they appear submissive
Bthey appear mature, and women judge men as especially attractive if they appear mature
Cthey appear youthful, and women judge men as especially attractive if they appear youthful
Dthey appear youthful, and women judge men, as especially attractive if they appear mature
304
A better title for some of this research may be:
AEducational philosophy
BEducational evaluation
CEducational information
DEducational system
305
The ultimate aim is to produce precise unambiguous statements often for the sake of extending empirical:
AStudy
BKnowledge
CEvaluation
DEducation
306
With Which of the following statements would a behaviorist agree?
Apsychology should be the science of behavior that can be observed by others
BThe unconscious instigates observable behavior, and should be the main focus
CIn order to understand behavior, one must understand the motives behind the behavior
DBehavior can only be explained in terms of phenomenology, that is an individual’s interpretation of an individual’s interpretation of experience
307
Which of the following is likely to be a most; interest to a developmental psychologist?
Athe use of physical exercise as means of combating depression
Bthe effect of anxiety on problem-solving behavior
Cpossible factors in a school environment that affect adolescent depression
Dthe effects on children of being raised in a single-parent home
308
Dr. Saleem conducts basic research on the relationship between adults’ language Skills and their capacity to solve mathematical problems. Dr. Saleem is most likely a(n)_______________ psychologist.
Aindustrial / organizational
Bsocial
Cclinical
Dcognitive
309
In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?
Athe case study
Bthe survey
Cnaturalistic observation
Dcorrelational research
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The school psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components as sensations, feelings, and images was:
Abehaviorism
Bstructuralism
Chumanism
Dpsychoanalysis