MCQs of Psychology – Methods and Approaches

A model of the approach is one of conflict between existing and new strategies (for example criterion-referenced measurement and:

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:

The examples seldom have________________basis.

Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle are using a research method know as:

Associated with conceptual enquiry style are curriculum development, ____________, innovation strategies and the use of techniques from other disciplines.

Such a conceptual enquiry may be a decision to carry out a cost analysis or

Data on the use of resources, facilities and staff would be the basis of the:

Certain____________would come into conceptual enquiry category, in these on attempt is made to quantify data:

Each is an analytical piece-by-piece collection of _____________with some attempt to bring together the pieces to form a whole:

__________________ 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:

The other main assumption is that education is a_____________activity and that educational research is to promote human development on the widest possible scale:

Who deliberately makes contact with and interacts personally with the learning environment?

A ___________ contact is made to enable the researcher and those with whom he is working to get to know themselves and one another better:

The basis of work may include________________. interviews and informal discussions in order to get a picture of the environment:

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:

The report usually includes case studies and:

The emphasis is on detailed information rather than generalizations, but the approach attempts to look at the whole rather than collect specific bits of:

Which enquiry is relative newcomer in the filed of educational research, has a more general modus operandi?

The origins of actives specific enquiry are more in the area of literature, poetry music and art rather than:

The ultimate aim is to enable a specific individual to know himself:

In the context of____________, the researcher teacher-learner situation to the teacher or teacher-learner situation so that the participant may improve understanding

The___________assumption is different from the other three styles because the researcher is not intending to report to other people what he finds.

Evolutionary psychology studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of:

Which of the following areas of research in psychology is concerned with assessing individual differences, developing tests, and developing new statistical techniques?

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:

To accurately infer cause and effect, experimenters should use:

Researcher’s __________ will be mainly about the methods of enabling.

Researcher is committed to_________________research:

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:

The most satisfactory reports are those of the __________ involved in the action:

Some styles of _________ in this area lend themselves better to reporting than others:

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

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.

Which of the following groups of psychologists would be most likely to focus on individual uniqueness freedom, and potential for growth as a person?

Which of the following is a major source of genetic diversity?

Median is to range as:____________is to_____________.

In answering multiple-choice test items smart test-takers are best advised to:

The __________________ of illuminative evaluation is in this category:

The researcher may choose cooperation or conflict as his basis for collecting

The ____________ Style is still that of an outsider judging.

The researcher usually admits openly his:

According to sigmund Freud, an individual’s personality is largely determind by

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

_________________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:

___________________________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:

Conceptual enquiry is based upon the idea of_________ being value-free and not biased politically:

Professor Vasquez believes that nearly all psychological disorders can ultimately be traced to abnormalities in brain chemistry, professor Vasquez

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?

The ability to infer a cause-and-effect relationship is associated only with the

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:

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

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

Which of the following is most likely to be studied by a cognitive psychologist?

Which measure of central tendency is used to calculate your grade-point average?

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.

Researchers use experiments rather than other research method in order to distinguish between:

In an effort to prevent participants in an experiment from trying to confirm the researchers’ predictions, psychologists sometimes

In order to determine whether the strength of people’s self-esteem related to their income levels, researchers would most likely make use of:

The preision with which a sample average approximates a population average increases as:

In the control condition of an experiment the:

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?

The school psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components as sesations, fellings, and images was:

With Which of the following statements would a behaviorist agree?

Which of the following is likely to be a most; interest ot a developmental psychologist?

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.

A better title for some of this research may be:

The ultimate aim is to produce precise unambiguous statements often for the sake of extending empirical:

In a written report of their research psychologists specify exactly how anxiety is assessed, thus providing their readers with a(n)

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:

Men judge women as especially attractive if:

Who was a student of william james and the first female president of the American psychological association?

They style of carrying out research usually involves large number of learners, often comparing different background and/or methods of:

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:

Associated with his style are the ______________ scores on tests.

The reporting of this style of enquiry is usually statistical, often involving________________analysis of data:

An excellent paper by campbell and Stanley__________outlines the designs for educational research using this style and the following one of conceptual inquiry:

The advantages are that is large quantity of data is collected which may form a basis for generalizing from the sample to the:

The disadvantage is the impersonal style making it difficult for the reader or teacher to identify with the:

In addition, detailed data are sacrificed for the sake of____________conclusions:

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:

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?

Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of:

The survival of organisms best suied to a particular environment is know as:

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

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.