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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.

Highlight the on FALSE statement about inferential statistics from the below:

A When we use inferential statistics usually, we have to use a test statistics

B Two things influence our judgment about whether a given observation is any sense remarkable (1) the information that something is going on; and (2) the amount of random error in our observations

C The statistics we normally psychology contain both an information term and a term, and express one as a ratio of the other

D The test statistic will yield a high value (suggesting that something remarkable is going on) when there is relatively less information than error and a low value (suggesting that nothing remarkable is going on) when there is more information than error

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Correct Answer: The test statistic will yield a high value (suggesting that something remarkable is going on) when there is relatively less information than error and a low value (suggesting that nothing remarkable is going on) when there is more information than error

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

The clinical psychology field covers a broad range of disciplines except which one of the following?

A Learning and behavioral processes

B Psychopathology

C Personality development

D Testing and psychotherapies

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Correct Answer: Learning and behavioral processes

Since 1973, the number of clinical psychologists reporting are involved in which of the following?

A Psychoanalysis

B Cognitive behavior therapy

C Hypnosis

D Counselling

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Correct Answer: Psychoanalysis

What is the main purpose of clinical psychology?

A Describe, explain, predict, and change human behavior

B To conduct research on mental disorders

C To develop new testing measures to identify mental disorders

D To teach psychology courses in an academic setting

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Correct Answer: Describe, explain, predict, and change human behavior

The two primary concerns in the clinical psychology practice are which of the following?

A Diagnosis, prevention

B Prevention, treatment

C Development, treatment

D Diagnosis, treatment

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Correct Answer: Prevention, treatment

During World War II, clinical psychologists were called upon to help treat which of the following?

A Alzheimer’s

B Schizophrenia

C Shell shock

D Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Correct Answer: Shell shock

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Highlight the on FALSE statement about inferential statistics from the below:

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:

The clinical psychology field covers a broad range of disciplines except which one of the following?

Since 1973, the number of clinical psychologists reporting are involved in which of the following?

What is the main purpose of clinical psychology?

The two primary concerns in the clinical psychology practice are which of the following?

During World War II, clinical psychologists were called upon to help treat which of the following?