MCQs of Psychology – Research Methods

A psychologist using the method of naturalistic observation would:

In a study of effects of alcohol on driving ability, the control group should be given:

A scientific explanation that remains tentative until it has been adequately tested is called a(n):

A study to determine the degree of relationship between two events is called:

____________________ is an ability to evaluate compare, analyze, critique, and synthesize information.

The phrase “a theory must also be falsifiable” means:

The products of naturalistic observation are best described in terms of:

A teacher believes that one group of children is very bright and that a second is below average in ability, Actually the groups are identical, but the first group progresses more rapidly than the second this demonstrates:

A psychologist observes the confrontation between two rival neighborhood gangs from the window of an abandoned building. This method of collecting observations is best described as:

In an experiment to find out if taking ginseng increases IQ scores, the IQ scores would be:

Which of the following is considered a disadvantage of naturalistic observation?

Subjects are said to be assigned randomly when:

A psychologist watches the rapid eye movements of sleeping subjects and wakes them to find they report that they were dreaming. She concludes that dreams are linked to rapid eye movement. this conclusion is based on:

To prevent ethical abuse in psychological research, the APA has suggested that:

A common method for selecting representative samples is to select them.

Three major ethical concerns of psychological researchers are deception lasting harm to subjects, and:

An experimenter conducts an experiments on the effects of a drug to control hallucinations. He declares the results to be “statistically significant,’ which usually means that

We wish to test the hypothesis that music improves learning. We compare test scores of students who study to music with those who study in silence, Which of the following is an extraneous variable in this experiments?

The statistical technique that combines results of a large number of studies is called:

An experiment is performed to see if background music improves learning Two groups study the same material. one while listening to music. The independent variable is:

The chief function of the control group in an experiment is that it:

Which of the following coefficients of correlation indicates the strongest relationship between two sets of variables?

The most powerful research tool is a(n):

A major disadvantage of the experimental method is that:

A researcher determines that the crime rate in a large city fiuctuates with the phases of the moon. He concludes that the gravitational pull of the moon influences human behavior. He has committed what error?

Students who do better in high school tend to do better in college. This is an example of:

in the traditional learning experiment, the effect of practice on performance is investigate(d) performance is the ______________ variable.

Collection of observable evidence. precise definition and replication result all form the basis for:

An advantage of the experimental method in psychology is:

A correlation coefficient of 0 means that there is:

The independent variable in an experiment is:

In order to summarize or organize a series of observations in some meaningful way, psychologists may develop:

Basic ethical guidelines for psychological researchers include:

Which of the following best describes a double-blind experimental procedure?

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 simple experiment has two groups of subjects called:

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

Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?

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 fonly 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

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:

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:

In my experiment i am going to investigate how sleep affects anxiety. The number of hours of sleep the subjects have is called the _________________variable.

With respect to astrology, palmistry and phrenology, it can be said that:

A major problem with the survey method is:

An observation that the higher the air temperature, the lower the activity of test animals would be an example of a:

To assess clients’ abilities, a phrenologist would want to:

To replicate an experiment means to

The conditions that researcher wishes to prevent from affecting the experiment are called:

One of the characteristics of the scientific method is:

In the simplest experiment, the two groups of subjects are treated exactly alike except for the ______________ variable.

__________________ is an inherent part of the scientific method.

The story of Clever Hans, the mathematical horse, illustrates the use of controlled observation to test series of:

When subjects in an experiment are chosen so that each has an equal chance of being in either the experimental group of the control group, we say that the subjects have been assigned:

the survey method involves:

The steps involved in the scientific method include?

The following type of method can be used in order to create a real world laboratory

To be confident that a cause-and-effect relationship exists, it is necessary to:

An experiment is performed to test the effects of sleep deprivation on rote memory. In this experiment, the dependent variable in the:

The fortune teller who studies your palm carefully before announcing that “great fortune lies in your immediate future” is practicing___________ psychology.

Research on the benefit of aspirin to prevent heart attacks

to estimate the degree of the relationship between birth order and achievement motivation a researcher would do a(n)___________study.

In the method of naturalistic observation psychologists

Two variables may be said o be causally related if:

The problems of observers seeing only what they expect to see is called:

Giving placebos in drug experiments is necessary to:

Which of the following could serve as an experimental hypothesis?

Theories explain results,predict future outcomes and:

Which of the following coefficients of corelation indicates the weakest relationship between two sets of variables?

A correlation coefficient of -1.09 indicates a(n)

A representative sample is an essential element of the:

The effects of brain injury on personality would usually be investigated by the use of the:

On of the limitations of the case study that:

A scientist wants to find out if there is empirical evidence for a relationship between caffeine and aggressive behaviour, She would

The essence of the experiment method is.

If you’re trying to establish a causal relationship between a reinforcer and increased performance. you should use a(n)________method.

In a weight-reduction experiment, an overweight individual was given what the researcher called a new type of diet pill that would help curb the desire to eat in fact. the pill really contained powdered milk, but ever since the individual started taking the diet pill, he has reported that his desire to eat has decreased. This illustrates the

An educated guess about what is controllling some behaviour is called:

A correlation coefficient is best characterized as a (n):

In order to determine the cause of behaviour, the questions we ask must be

A common sense approach to psychology is:

Responding to a substance like a sugar pill as if it were a drug is called:

The control group and the experimental group in an experiment are treated exactly the same except for the:

A field experiment is one that:

Characteristics of the method include:

A correlational study is one that determines: