An experimenter investigates test anxiety in military academy cadets by utilizing galvanic skin response measurement. The GSR represents ____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. An example of the “experimenter effect” would be a situation in which the experimenter:

   A. acts out the proper behavior for the subjects
   B. deceives the subject as to the real purpose of the experiment
   C. unknowingly hints to subjects what is expected of them
   D. overtly tells the subjects how to respond

2. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

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

3. 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

4. A hormone whose over secretion in pregnancy stimulates melanocytes in skin to produce brown pigment melanin which darkness the skin is produced by:

   A. Anterior pituitary lobe
   B. Median pituitary lobe
   C. Posterior lobe
   D. Both a & b

5. An experimenter who has been carefully trained in the techniques of self-observation uses himself as his object. He attempts to analyze his own immediate experience into its elements. This study would most likely occur in the laboratory of ____________?

   A. John Watson
   B. Max Wertheimer
   C. Hermann von Helmholtz
   D. Edward Titchener

6. Utilizing his understanding of the human mechanism and its functions, the teacher can adopt his techniques and procedures to individual patterns of development so that the learner is helped to profit from:

   A. Instruction
   B. Study
   C. Learning
   D. Particular condition

7. The chief antidote for test anxiety is:

   A. over-preparation
   B. thought suppression
   C. regression
   D. discussing the problem with your professor

8. The chief antidote for test anxiety is:

   A. over-preparation
   B. thought suppression
   C. regression
   D. discussing the problem with your professor

9. The chief antidote for test anxiety is:

   A. over-perception
   B. thought suppression
   C. regression
   D. discussing the problem with your professor

10. 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