Psychology - Methods and Approaches
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Question 1 of 85
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A model of the approach is one of conflict between existing and new strategies (for example criterion-referenced measurement and:
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Question 2 of 85
2. Question
The reporting of conceptual enquiry style of research can take a variety of formats. it usually involves persuasion based on a preferred basis (e.g. discovery learning), use of examples showing the effectiveness of the new idea, and often____________or other evidence:
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Question 3 of 85
3. Question
The examples seldom have________________basis.
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Question 4 of 85
4. Question
Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle are using a research method know as:
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Question 5 of 85
5. Question
Associated with conceptual enquiry style are curriculum development, ____________, innovation strategies and the use of techniques from other disciplines.
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Question 6 of 85
6. Question
Such a conceptual enquiry may be a decision to carry out a cost analysis or
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Question 7 of 85
7. Question
Data on the use of resources, facilities and staff would be the basis of the:
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Question 8 of 85
8. Question
Certain____________would come into conceptual enquiry category, in these on attempt is made to quantify data:
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Question 9 of 85
9. Question
Each is an analytical piece-by-piece collection of _____________with some attempt to bring together the pieces to form a whole:
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Question 10 of 85
10. Question
__________________ enquiry is based on the assumption that it is not possible to have a disinterested unbiased approach, but that any researcher has a preconceived and interested value base for his work:
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Question 11 of 85
11. Question
The other main assumption is that education is a_____________activity and that educational research is to promote human development on the widest possible scale:
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Question 12 of 85
12. Question
Who deliberately makes contact with and interacts personally with the learning environment?
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Question 13 of 85
13. Question
A ___________ contact is made to enable the researcher and those with whom he is working to get to know themselves and one another better:
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Question 14 of 85
14. Question
The basis of work may include________________. interviews and informal discussions in order to get a picture of the environment:
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Question 15 of 85
15. Question
The report is a result of subjective filtering by the researcher based on his bias or by using an advocate and an adversary approach, leaving the reader to make a:
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Question 16 of 85
16. Question
The report usually includes case studies and:
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Question 17 of 85
17. Question
The emphasis is on detailed information rather than generalizations, but the approach attempts to look at the whole rather than collect specific bits of:
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Question 18 of 85
18. Question
Which enquiry is relative newcomer in the filed of educational research, has a more general modus operandi?
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Question 19 of 85
19. Question
The origins of actives specific enquiry are more in the area of literature, poetry music and art rather than:
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Question 20 of 85
20. Question
The ultimate aim is to enable a specific individual to know himself:
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Question 21 of 85
21. Question
In the context of____________, the researcher teacher-learner situation to the teacher or teacher-learner situation so that the participant may improve understanding
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Question 22 of 85
22. Question
The___________assumption is different from the other three styles because the researcher is not intending to report to other people what he finds.
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Question 23 of 85
23. Question
Evolutionary psychology studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of:
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Question 24 of 85
24. Question
Which of the following areas of research in psychology is concerned with assessing individual differences, developing tests, and developing new statistical techniques?
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Question 25 of 85
25. Question
In experiments, placing subjects in experimental groups such that each subject has an equal probability of ending up in any experimental group is referred to as:
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Question 26 of 85
26. Question
To accurately infer cause and effect, experimenters should use:
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Question 27 of 85
27. Question
Researcher’s __________ will be mainly about the methods of enabling.
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Question 28 of 85
28. Question
Researcher is committed to_________________research:
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Question 29 of 85
29. Question
A teacher is involved in such an activity he can identify clearly with what is taking place. Anyone outside the action has_________comprehending what is taking place:
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Question 30 of 85
30. Question
The most satisfactory reports are those of the __________ involved in the action:
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Question 31 of 85
31. Question
Some styles of _________ in this area lend themselves better to reporting than others:
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Question 32 of 85
32. Question
Dr. Saeed worth in interested in people’s reactions to a controversial jury verdict. Dr. Saeed worth calls people at their home between the hour of 1:0 p.m and 3:30 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon. In this example Dr. sSaeed worth has most likely selected
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Question 33 of 85
33. Question
Dr. Warda attributes the delinquent behaviors of many teens to the pressures associated with being members of street gangs. Her account be illustrates a(n) __________ perspective.
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Question 34 of 85
34. Question
Which of the following groups of psychologists would be most likely to focus on individual uniqueness freedom, and potential for growth as a person?
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Question 35 of 85
35. Question
Which of the following is a major source of genetic diversity?
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Question 36 of 85
36. Question
Median is to range as:____________is to_____________.
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Question 37 of 85
37. Question
In answering multiple-choice test items smart test-takers are best advised to:
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Question 38 of 85
38. Question
The __________________ of illuminative evaluation is in this category:
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Question 39 of 85
39. Question
The researcher may choose cooperation or conflict as his basis for collecting
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Question 40 of 85
40. Question
The ____________ Style is still that of an outsider judging.
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Question 41 of 85
41. Question
The researcher usually admits openly his:
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Question 42 of 85
42. Question
According to sigmund Freud, an individual’s personality is largely determind by
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43. Question
The experimental procedure in which both the experimenter and subject are unaware of who is in the experimental and who is in the control group is referred to as the
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Question 44 of 85
44. Question
_________________of the approach suggest that it is impersonal, based upon the questions the researcher want to ask, and samcks of fertilizing seeds (learners) and comparing growht:
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Question 45 of 85
45. Question
___________________________of the approach point to objectivity, precise thinking and logical development leading to generalisable conclusions. it is an analytical piece-by-piece collection of information:
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Question 46 of 85
46. Question
Conceptual enquiry is based upon the idea of_________ being value-free and not biased politically:
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Question 47 of 85
47. Question
Professor Vasquez believes that nearly all psychological disorders can ultimately be traced to abnormalities in brain chemistry, professor Vasquez
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Question 48 of 85
48. Question
Professor Saxton was skeptical about the accuracy of recently reported research on sLaeeqp deprivation. Which process would best enable her to assess the reliability of these findings?
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Question 49 of 85
49. Question
The ability to infer a cause-and-effect relationship is associated only with the
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Question 50 of 85
50. Question
After noting that a majority of professional basketball players are African-American, Ervin concluded that African-Americans are better athletes than, members of other racial groups Ervin’s conclusion best illustrates the danger of:
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Question 51 of 85
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A researcher has children watch 30 minutes of violent television, and then counts the number of times they hit each other afterward in a one-hour play period as a measure of aggression. The researcher causes aggression, however this conclusion may be invalid because
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Question 52 of 85
52. Question
Currently a large proportion of the pakistani populations overweight. Dr.Laeeq thinks that, in part, this may be due to an innate preference for foods that are rich in fats and suggested that in times laeeq has suggested that in times when foods were not so readily available, this innate preference would ensure enough calories for energy and ensure enough calories for energy and survival Dr. Laeeq’s views are most consistent with those of the
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Question 53 of 85
53. Question
Which of the following is most likely to be studied by a cognitive psychologist?
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Question 54 of 85
54. Question
Which measure of central tendency is used to calculate your grade-point average?
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Question 55 of 85
55. Question
Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference enhanced the survival of our ancestors genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the _______________ perspective.
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Question 56 of 85
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Researchers use experiments rather than other research method in order to distinguish between:
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In an effort to prevent participants in an experiment from trying to confirm the researchers’ predictions, psychologists sometimes
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Question 58 of 85
58. Question
In order to determine whether the strength of people’s self-esteem related to their income levels, researchers would most likely make use of:
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59. Question
The preision with which a sample average approximates a population average increases as:
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Question 60 of 85
60. Question
In the control condition of an experiment the:
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Question 61 of 85
61. Question
In order to understand the unsual 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?
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Question 62 of 85
62. Question
The school psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components as sesations, fellings, and images was:
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Question 63 of 85
63. Question
With Which of the following statements would a behaviorist agree?
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Question 64 of 85
64. Question
Which of the following is likely to be a most; interest ot a developmental psychologist?
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Question 65 of 85
65. Question
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.
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Question 66 of 85
66. Question
A better title for some of this research may be:
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Question 67 of 85
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The ultimate aim is to produce precise unambiguous statements often for the sake of extending empirical:
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Question 68 of 85
68. Question
In a written report of their research psychologists specify exactly how anxiety is assessed, thus providing their readers with a(n)
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Question 69 of 85
69. Question
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:
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Question 70 of 85
70. Question
Men judge women as especially attractive if:
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Question 71 of 85
71. Question
Who was a student of william james and the first female president of the American psychological association?
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Question 72 of 85
72. Question
They style of carrying out research usually involves large number of learners, often comparing different background and/or methods of:
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Question 73 of 85
73. Question
The tests are developed as instruments to enable the collection of data about individuals, such as intelligence tests and examinations, attitude scales personality assessment, test of creativity and:
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Question 74 of 85
74. Question
Associated with his style are the ______________ scores on tests.
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Question 75 of 85
75. Question
The reporting of this style of enquiry is usually statistical, often involving________________analysis of data:
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Question 76 of 85
76. Question
An excellent paper by campbell and Stanley__________outlines the designs for educational research using this style and the following one of conceptual inquiry:
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Question 77 of 85
77. Question
The advantages are that is large quantity of data is collected which may form a basis for generalizing from the sample to the:
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Question 78 of 85
78. Question
The disadvantage is the impersonal style making it difficult for the reader or teacher to identify with the:
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Question 79 of 85
79. Question
In addition, detailed data are sacrificed for the sake of____________conclusions:
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Question 80 of 85
80. Question
This approach on only acknowledges that other bases than be scientific approach exit, but consciously attempts to use other approaches, This style acknowledges that the norm is an opinion-based on theoretical perspective and not an axion. The basic assumption of the style is that there are ever-expanding______________programmers:
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Question 81 of 85
81. Question
Dr. Roberts engages in basic research involving the construction and validation of tests designed to assess individual differences in traits such as anxiety and self-esteem, which specialty area does her research best represent?
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Question 82 of 85
82. Question
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of:
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Question 83 of 85
83. Question
The survival of organisms best suied to a particular environment is know as:
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Question 84 of 85
84. Question
Dr. Dienringer wants to study attachment patterns in single-parents families. She plan to define the strength of attachment as the time it takes for the parent to respond when the infant starts to cry. Defining attachment in this way would
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Question 85 of 85
85. Question
These programmes derived from the continual attempt to develop new conceptual frameworks, to try out innovations and to view these innovations from a variety to perspectives There is no specified and preferred.
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