A. randomly from the larger population
B. strictly from volunteers
C. by threatening or coercing institutionalized populations
D. from confidential lists of mall order firms
Related Mcqs:
- While selecting a psychological test for personnel selection, main concern regarding the test is _____________?
A. Objectively
B. Ease of administration
C. Validity
D. Cost
E. None of these - Developing assessments tools for selecting and placing employees is of most direct relevance to:
A. personnel psychology
B. social psychology
C. organizational psychology
D. clinical psychology - A representative sample is an essential element of the:
A. survey method
B. psychoanalytic method
C. natural experiment or case study
D. clinical method - To investigate the effects of a particular study of method on student performance two different methods are tried, each with a different group of subjects. I fondly the experimenter know which method is under investigation, the procedure being used in described as:
A. double-blind
B. single-blind
C. self-fulfilling prophesy
D. representative sampling - Any procedural variable which can cause a subset of the population to be non-representative of the population is a _____________?
A. sample error
B. sample bias
C. population error
D. population bias
E. None of these - In which type of research a representative sample of people asked to answer questions about their behaviors or opinions?
A. experiment
B. the survey
C. the case study
D. naturalistic observation - The representative heuristic can lead to both:
A. the arrangement problem and the framing effect
B. the framing effect and the gambler’s fallacy
C. the conjunction fallacy and the gambler’s fallacy
D. the conjunction fallacy and the overconfidence effect - Educational products, as representative of the total effect of learning, differ among_____groups and between members of the same group:
A. Cultural
B. Licensed
C. Successful
D. Existing - The method of study compares children at various ages simultaneously. It is the ____________ method?
A. longitudinal
B. clinical
C. naturalistic
D. cross-sectional - By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:
A. The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour
B. The concept of unconscious mental processes emphasizes the rational aspects of human behaviour
C. A psychogenetic model of development shows how the mind is organized
D. A topographic model of the psyche shows how personality develops
