A. the relationship between the independent and the dependent variables
B. the effects of the observer on the observed
C. cause-effect relationships
D. the relationship between two events
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Skinner maintained that reinforcement determines the acquisition of a response; Bandura maintains that reinforcement determines the_______of a response.
A. acquisition
B. development
C. performance
D. generalization - A researcher determines that the crime rate in a large city fluctuates with the phases of the moon. He concludes that the gravitational pull of the moon influences human behavior. He has committed what error?
A. He incorrectly inferred correlation from causation
B. He incorrectly inferred causation from correlation
C. He failed to measure the gravitational pull to test his hypothesis
D. He has overlooked the placebo effect - 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?
A. the presence or absence of music
B. the students test scores
C. the amount of time allowed the studying
D. silence - Social position in a group determines one’s _________?
A. competence
B. auto kinetic norms
C. role
D. usefulness - What determines “good and “evil” in Hobbes’s argument?
A. Ethical philosophy
B. Appetite and aversion
C. Natural philosophy
D. God and the devil - The 23rd chromosome determines the sex of the child. A male pattern is:
A. XYX
B. XXX
C. XX
D. XY - What factor determines the sexual behavior of most species?
A. Emotions
B. Availability
C. Hormones
D. Thinking - 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 - Dr. Jamil wants to study the effects of poverty on one’s self concept. To do this he interviews a group of subjects from the inner city once every five years for a period of 30 years. This experiment is an example of what type-of study?
A. Correlational study
B. cross sectional study
C. Gesell’s dome
D. longitudinal study
