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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.

The three measures of central tenders include:

A Motivation, cognition, behavior

B Descriptive, inferential, evaluation

C Mean, average, sum

D Mean, median, mode

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Correct Answer: Mean, median, mode

Which of the following statements is NOT true in relation to measure of dispersion?

A The range is the difference between the maximum and minimum data values

B The most commonly used measure of dispersion is standard deviation (SD)

C The standard deviation is equal to the square of the sum of the squares of all the differences (deviations) between each score and the mean, divided by the number of scores

D The square root of the standard deviation is called the variance

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Correct Answer: The standard deviation is equal to the square of the sum of the squares of all the differences (deviations) between each score and the mean, divided by the number of scores

If correlational analyses indicate that higher levels of depression are related to poorer psychical health, can we infer that depression causes poor health?

A No, because correlated variables do not indicated causal relationships

B No, because correlated variables are not based on inferential statistics

C Yes, because correlated variables indicated causal relationships

D Yes, because correlated variables are based on inferential statistics

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Correct Answer: No, because correlated variables do not indicated causal relationships

Research ethics represent an important component of psychological research because:

A They provide a set of statistical

B They Provide a set of rules to protect participants

C They provide a set of hypotheses to be tested

D They provide a set standards for variable selection

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Correct Answer: They Provide a set of rules to protect participants

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The three measures of central tenders include:

Which of the following statements is NOT true in relation to measure of dispersion?

If correlational analyses indicate that higher levels of depression are related to poorer psychical health, can we infer that depression causes poor health?

Research ethics represent an important component of psychological research because: