Dr. Roberts engages in basic research involving the construction and validation of tests designed to assess individual differences in traits such as anxiety and self-esteem, which specialty area does her research best represent?

Related Mcqs:

1. Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent?

   A. personality psychology
   B. cognitive psychology
   C. clinical psychology
   D. developmental psychology

2. 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

3. In the context of Titchener’s research for the most elementary sensory experiences, introspection is a research method involving a detailed verbal report on ____________?

   A. one’s own conscious sensory experience
   B. how one’s own personality affects one’s conscious sensory experience
   C. how one’s own behavior affects one’s conscious sensory experience
   D. all of the above

4. When Saleem returned from combat in the Kargil War, he began experiencing high anxiety that has persisted without any improvement. This example illustrates which anxiety related disorder?

   A. panic
   B. post – traumatic stress
   C. phobia
   D. obsessive – compulsive

5. Research ethics represent an important component of psychological research because:

   A. They provide a set of statistical
   B. They Provide a set of rules to protect participants
   C. They provide a set of hypotheses to be tested
   D. They provide a set standards for variable selection

6. In research on the need for achievement, individual differences are usually measured:

   A. by observing subjects’ actual behavior in competitive situations
   B. by interviewing subjects about their achievement needs
   C. with the Thematic Apperception Test
   D. With the Minnesota Multiphasic personality Inventory

7. In order to determine whether the strength of people’s self-esteem related to their income levels, researchers would most likely make use of:

   A. correlational research
   B. case studies
   C. experimentation
   D. a double-blind procedure

8. Most IQ tests assess ___________?

   A. Academic motivation
   B. Convergent thinking
   C. Perceptual motor skills
   D. Creativity

9. The branch of psychology that designs tests to assess IQ, aptitude and other measures of human potential is __________________?

   A. parapsychology
   B. psychometrics
   C. measure ecology
   D. social psychology

10. Who are becoming increasingly alert to the results of psychological studies that deal with individual patterns of growth, maturational readiness to learn, and individual differences in rate and limit of learning?

    A. Planers
    B. Researchers
    C. Educators
    D. Group leaders