A. experimental method
B. case study method
C. naturalistic observation method
D. survey method
Related Mcqs:
- Behavioral problems caused by senility, drug damage, brain injury or disease, and the toxic effects of poisons are classified as_____disorders.
A. organic
B. psychotic
C. somatic
D. substance use - The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?
A. regeneration
B. accommodation
C. aphasia
D. plasticity - The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:
A. tomography
B. hemispherectomy
C. phrenology
D. plasticity - Which is aimed at discovering facts about any matter being investigated?
A. Interview
B. Case study
C. Surprise test
D. Questionnaire - In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?
A. the case study
B. the survey
C. naturalistic observation
D. correlational research - An experimenter conducts an experiments on the effects of a drug to control hallucinations. He declares the results to be “statistically significant,’ which usually means that:
A. even though appropriate statistics were used, no differences could be detected between experimental and control groups
B. the results have important implications for theory or practice
C. differences between experimental and control group of this size occur by chance only 5 times out of 100 (or less)
D. differences between experimental and control groups were so large they could never occur by chance alone - Saima often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can’t have her own away. She often behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can’t have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud’s view of the personality, Saima’s personality appears to be dominated by:
A. her id
B. her alter ego
C. her ego
D. reaction formation - The strongest support for the theory that personality is heavily influenced by genetics is provided by strong personality similarity between:
A. identical twins reared together
B. identical twins reared apart
C. fraternal twins reared together
D. non-twins reared together - If you know the personality of an identical twin, you can expect the personality of the other twin to be:
A. unrelated
B. similar
C. identical
D. conflicting - According to Mischel and Shoda’s (1995) cognitive-effective units in the personality system, what category refers to how processes such as selective attention, interpretation, and categorization of events affect personality?
A. Competencies
B. Goals and values
C. Affects
D. Encodings
