We wish to test the hypothesis that music improves learning. We compare test scores of students who study to music with those who study in silence, Which of the following is an extraneous variable in this experiments?

Related Mcqs:

1. An experiment is performed to see if background music improves learning Two groups study the same material. one while listening to music. The independent variable is:

   A. learning
   B. the size of the group
   C. the material studied
   D. music

2. Which TWO of 1: Automatic thoughts are spontaneously generated thoughts associated with specific moods.
   2: Automatic thoughts are spontaneously generated thoughts associated with specific situations.
   3: In collaborative empiricism, the therapist formulates a hypothesis and then tests its validity himself.
   4: In collaborative empiricism, the client is asked to formulate a hypothesis and than helps the therapist to
   test its validity.the following definitions key features of Aaron Beck’s cognitive therapy are accurate?

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

3. In an experiment to find out if taking ginseng increases IQ scores, the IQ scores would be:

   A. the independent variable
   B. a control variable
   C. an extraneous variable
   D. the dependent variable

4. Towards the close of the 19th century, who, as a result of his experiments with animals, formulated laws of learning that seemed to confirm his belief concerning the trial and error nature of learning?

   A. William james
   B. Edward Thomdike
   C. G.Stanely Hall
   D. Charles H.judd

5. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

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

6. Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?

   A. Behavioural compliance never leads to attitude change
   B. The lesser the inducement for compliance, the more the attitude change
   C. The greater the inducement for compliance the more the attitude change
   D. Behavioural compliance always leads to attitude change

7. If both depressed and non-depressed individuals received similar scores on a diagnostic test for depression, it is said that the test ______________________?

   A. has not been standardized
   B. is not valid
   C. is not reliable
   D. has not been factor analyzed

8. In experiments, an image is quickly flashed and then replaced by a “masking” stimulus that inhibits conscious perception of the original image. In these experiments, the researchers are studying the effect of:

   A. Tinnitus
   B. Accommodation
   C. Blindsight
   D. Priming

9. Haley thinks Keith’s silence indicates that he’s angry, so she avoids talking to quietness signifies that she’s angry and wants to be left alone. This situation best illustrates:

   A. superordinate goals
   B. scapegoating
   C. mirror- image perceptions
   D. the reciprocity norm

10. Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
    1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
    2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
    3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
    4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.

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