A Provisional theory to explain observed facts is known as __________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Educational psychology can be regarded as an applied _____in that it seeks to explain learning according to scientifically determined principles and facts concerning human behavior:

   A. Art
   B. Phenomenon
   C. Out come
   D. Science

2. According to_____Educational psychology is “the study of those facts and principles of psychology which help to explain and improve the process of education.

   A. Skinner Charles E.
   B. Judd
   C. Walter B.Kolsnik
   D. Peel

3. Which of the following are FALSE regarding the role of theories in psychology?
   1. Facts have to be integrated in terms of theoretical explanations
   2. Theories are statements of what rather than why
   3. Theories are capable of accounting for multiple facts, but cannot predict what might happen in novel situations
   4. All of the above

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 4

4. Feature integration theory attempts to explain which aspect of object perception?

   A. How we perceive individual features of objects when brain is impaired
   B. How we perceive multiple colours to perceive a whole colour
   C. How we integrate touch and vision
   D. How we integrate individual features of objects to perceive a whole object

5. Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

6. A systematic study of facts according to a reliable and correct method of study is called a __________?

   A. Scientific Study
   B. Biological Study
   C. Methodology
   D. Social Technique

7. Learning theories explain attachment of infants to their parents in items of__________?

   A. Conditioning
   B. Observational learning
   C. The maturation of perceptual skills
   D. Cognitive development

8. Maya has always preferred individual assignments to group projects because she finds that she can accomplish more when she works on her own. the process that would best explain why Maya accomplishes less when she works as part of group is _________?

   A. social loafing
   B. social interference
   C. diffusion of responsibility
   D. the bystander effect

9. Someone has been extremely anxious for much of the past year, but can’t explain why. There is a good chance that generalized he is experiencing:

   A. generalized anxiety disorder
   B. sociopathy
   C. psychosis
   D. a nervous breakdown

10. Theories explain results, predict future outcomes and:

    A. rely only on naturalistic observations
    B. guide research for future studies
    C. rely only on surveys
    D. rely only on case studies