The normative survey methods makes use of various test and techniques in the collection of data, such as standard tests, the interview, check list, naire, inventory, and anecdotal record, biographical and autobiographical records. It relates to:

Related Mcqs:

1. The tests are developed as instruments to enable the collection of data about individuals, such as intelligence tests and examinations, attitude scales personality assessment, test of creativity and:

   A. Evaluation tests
   B. Aptitude tests
   C. Questionnaires
   D. Analytical tests

2. Various techniques have been employed by educational psychologists to obtain data concerning _______and their reactions:

   A. Administrators
   B. Teachers
   C. organizers
   D. Learners

3. An interview feels certain that he can tell who is lying in a job interview. His certainly in his ability is an example of:

   A. The halo effect
   B. Selection bias
   C. Central tendency bias
   D. Interviewer illusion

4. Which of the following areas of research in psychology is concerned with assessing individual differences, developing tests, and developing new statistical techniques?

   A. experimental psychology
   B. social psychology
   C. psychometrics
   D. physiological psychology

5. When psychological tests are used in personal selection, an important concern regarding the tests is ___________?

   A. Cost
   B. Ease of administration
   C. Validity
   D. Objectivity
   E. None of these

6. All of the following may to be potential distorting influences in job analysis data collection except:

   A. The desire to make one’s own job look more difficult
   B. Objective reporting by the SME
   C. The desire of the SME to conform to what others report
   D. Mere carelessness

7. In contrast to a dissimilar-items list, a similar-items list is __________________?

   A. more difficult to learn
   B. easier to learn
   C. learned with equivalent ease
   D. more susceptible to the serial position effect

8. 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

9. 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

10. An EEG records is:

    A. the number of neurons in the brain
    B. electrical impulses from the brain
    C. chemical activity in the cranial nerves
    D. direct electrical stimulation and activation of the brain