_______educational practices are based upon formulated psychological principles that evolve from the application of scientific methods to the problems of human development and learning:

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1. The application of psychological theories, methods and techniques to solve practical human problems describes an area of psychology known as ____________?

   A. Social psychology
   B. Para-psychology
   C. Applied psychology
   D. Humanistic psychology

2. 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

3. 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

4. Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
   1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
   2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
   3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
   4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.

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

5. Psychologists who typically apply psychological principles to diagnose and treat emotional problems, including mental illness and martial and family conflict, are in the subfield called ____________?

   A. biological
   B. clinical and counseling
   C. social and personality
   D. school and educational

6. Many psychological principles have involved from_____studies of individual learning process:

   A. Statistical
   B. Laboratory
   C. School
   D. Basic

7. Which psychologists have become intensely interested in the promulgation and application of scientifically evolved principles and theories of learning?

   A. European
   B. Russian
   C. Asian
   D. American

8. May aspect of learning can be studied best through the application of experimental methods to:

   A. Classroom situations
   B. Classroom investigations
   C. Classroom experiences
   D. Classroom conclusions

9. Since learning involves learner activity, educational theory and practice must represent the application of_______derived knowledge concerning human growth and maturation:

   A. Psychologically
   B. Selectively
   C. Socially
   D. Scientifically

10. 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