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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.

Respectful, caring attitude and appropriate body language, verbal tracking, eye contact and vocal qualities are all part of which of the following?

A Diagnostic interview

B Rapport building in clinical interview

C Types of clinical interview

D Testing

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Correct Answer: Rapport building in clinical interview

A correlational study is one that determines:

A the relationship between the independent and the dependent variables

B the effects of the observer on the observed

C cause-effect relationships

D the relationship between two events

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Correct Answer: the relationship between two events

Characteristics of the method include:

A anecdotal definition

B controlled observation

C analysis formulation

D adherence to inductive thinking or common sense reasoning

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Correct Answer: controlled observation

A field experiment is one that:

A uses the “real world” as a laboratory

B tests a field or “range” of independent variables

C differs little from naturalistic observation

D requires no measurement of dependent variables

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Correct Answer: uses the “real world” as a laboratory

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

A the placebo effect

B an extraneous variable

C variability

D psychosomatic illness

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Correct Answer: the placebo effect

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

A tentative

B testable

C based on theory

D novel

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Correct Answer: testable

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

A dependent variable

B independent variable

C extraneous variables

D replication variables

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Correct Answer: dependent variable

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

A measure of the extent of the relationship between two variables

B index of the causal direction between an independent and dependent variable

C indication of the likelihood that an experimental finding will be replicated by others

D measure of the likelihood that observed differences may be attributed to chance

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Correct Answer: measure of the extent of the relationship between two variables

A common-sense approach to psychology is:

A the most reliable

B often contradicted by empirical evidence

C the basis for most psychological theories

D the basis for collecting data (observed facts)

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Correct Answer: often contradicted by empirical evidence

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

A experimental control

B a hypothesis

C an experimental variables

D a theory

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Correct Answer: a hypothesis

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Respectful, caring attitude and appropriate body language, verbal tracking, eye contact and vocal qualities are all part of which of the following?

A correlational study is one that determines:

Characteristics of the method include:

A field experiment is one that:

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

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

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

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

A common-sense approach to psychology is:

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