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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.

One of the characteristics of the scientific method is:

A repeatable results

B top-secret information

C analysis measurement

D emotive reasoning

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Correct Answer: repeatable results

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

A negative correlation

B positive correlation

C causal relationship

D zero correlation

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Correct Answer: negative correlation

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

A all are pseudo-psychology’s

B none is subject to the P.T Barnum effect

C they rarely appear to “work” due to the fallacy of positive instances

D astrology is the only system with a scientific basis

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Correct Answer: all are pseudo-psychology’s

A major problem with the survey method is:

A identifying the group to be questioned

B obtaining a representative sample of subjects to be questioned

C obtaining enough information in a short amount of time

D that it cannot reveal very much about signification psychological events in the lives of the people

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: obtaining a representative sample of subjects to be questioned

To assess client’s abilities, a phrenologist would want to:

A read their handwriting

B examine their skulls

C study their palms

D record their EEGs

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Correct Answer: examine their skulls

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

A control

B experiential

C dependent

D independent

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Correct Answer: control

I work at a university and my research is designed to be immediate use in the classroom. My research would be called:

A basic

B applied

C impractical

D ethical

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Correct Answer: applied

In terms of critical thinking and testing results should:

A be incredible

B be repeatable

C be subjective

D be meta-analytical

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Correct Answer: be meta-analytical

A variable such as the personality of a subject, that might affect he outcome of and experiment would be controlled by:

A random assignment of subjects

B assuming the effects of the variable are negligible

C manipulating the dependent variables simultaneously

D repeating the experiment several times until the results are consistent

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: repeating the experiment several times until the results are consistent

The study of unusual events is to _________________as information from a large number of people is to:

A clinical method; naturalistic

B correlational method: survey method

C experimental method: naturalistic observation

D clinical method; survey method

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: clinical method; survey method

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One of the characteristics of the scientific method is:

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

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

A major problem with the survey method is:

To assess client’s abilities, a phrenologist would want to:

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

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:

The study of unusual events is to _________________as information from a large number of people is to: