A. People show more reserve suspicion and withdrawal
B. Assassinations and events like Watergate and Vietnam increase
C. The ability for people to openly express themselves decrease
D. Both A and C
Related Mcqs:
- In an experiment to find out if taking ginseng increases IQ scores, the IQ scores would be:
A. the independent variable
B. a control variable
C. an extraneous variable
D. the dependent variable - The cephalocaudal trend in the motor development of children can be described simply as a:
A. head-to-foot direction
B. center-outward direction
C. foot-to-head direction
D. body-appendages direction - The barn owl’s right ear opens slightly upward while its left ear opens slightly downward. This asymmetry is most useful for enabling the owl to detect the________of a sound.
A. loudness
B. amplitude
C. wavelength
D. location - Musa is attractive and assertive. He arrives at work on time each day, and never complains. When his coworkers are asked to assess Musa’s intelligence, they consistently rate him much higher than his scores on intelligence test. This is an example of _____________________?
A. the mere exposure effect
B. the halo effect
C. the placebo effect
D. the fundamental attribution - If both depressed and non-depressed individuals received similar scores on a diagnostic test for depression, it is said that the test ______________________?
A. has not been standardized
B. is not valid
C. is not reliable
D. has not been factor analyzed - We wish to test the hypothesis that music improves learning. We compare test scores of students who study to music with those who study in silence, Which of the following is an extraneous variable in this experiments?
A. the presence or absence of music
B. the students test scores
C. the amount of time allowed the studying
D. silence - 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 - Associated with his style are the ______________ scores on tests.
A. Standardized
B. Unstandardized
C. Authorized
D. Educational - Studies show that an “authoritarian family” tends to produce an adolescent who is ___________?
A. Dependent and obedient
B. Self-reliant
C. Independent but deserved
D. Surface-complaint but rebellious underneath - The social distance scale is mainly a measure of ___________?
A. Ethnic attitude
B. Cohesiveness of a group
C. Upward social mobility
D. Social class differences
E. None of these
