A. There are many extremely violent individuals who will act violently in many situations and against many different targets
B. There is a great deal to suggest that violence is learnt
C. Field research is less indicative of an adverse influence of the media on violence contrary to laboratory studies which shows the clearest effects- often using meta- analysis
D. There is little evidence concerning the influence of media on actual acts of criminal violence. Most laboratory studies which show effects involve acts against dolls (these are not criminal acts)
Related Mcqs:
- The whole is more than the sum of its parts’ the approach that most associate with this statement is ___________?
A. Humanism
B. Psychoanalysis
C. Gestalt
D. Structuralism - ______is speculative statement about the relationship between two or more factors known as variables
A. An operational definition
B. A theory
C. An hypothesis
D. A correlation - The MOST accurate statement about why ECT works to the degree that it does is that:
A. no one is really certain why it works
B. it acts as a form of aversion therapy
C. it alters neural circuits in the brain
D. it performs strong operant condition techniques - “I believed Ahmad’s anxiety and defensiveness are the result of an unrealistic self-image and an inability to take responsibility for her feelings.” This statement would most likely have been made by a:
A. psychodynamic theorist
B. Freudian therapist
C. humanistic psychologist
D. behavioristic theorist - Identify the FALSE statement about the neurons in are V1:
A. Neurons in V1 adapt to visual stimulation, so their response to a stimulus increases over time with repeated presentation
B. The localized receptive fields and binocular characteristics of V1 neurons correlate very well with the perceptual characteristics of perceptual after-effects
C. The neurons in area V1 are prime candidates for the mechanisms that underlie visual after-effects in people
D. Images of complex objects trees; houses, people are initially analyzed by mechanisms that respond to their local physical characteristics and have no connection with the identity of the objects themselves - Highlight the on FALSE statement about inferential statistics from the below:
A. When we use inferential statistics usually, we have to use a test statistics
B. Two things influence our judgment about whether a given observation is any sense remarkable (1) the information that something is going on; and (2) the amount of random error in our observations
C. The statistics we normally psychology contain both an information term and a term, and express one as a ratio of the other
D. The test statistic will yield a high value (suggesting that something remarkable is going on) when there is relatively less information than error and a low value (suggesting that nothing remarkable is going on) when there is more information than error - 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 - Identify the FALSE statement relating to affects, from those given below:
A. The way we feel can determined by immediate responses to situations as they occur
B. The way we feel can be determined by immediate responses to situations as they occur
C. Feeling angry anxious or happy might impact on any of the other types of cognition, changing the way we respond
D. A dispositionally calm person will not become anxious even when the elevator they are travelling in becomes stuck between floors - “It is under the control of pituitary trophic hormones STH and ACTH and responds directly to the level of blood glucose”. The statement is true for:
A. Thyroid gland
B. Islets of Langerhans
C. Adrenals
D. Gonads - “It comprises sensory and motor neurons, which may form ganglia and the nerves”. The statement is true for:
A. Sympathetic nervous system
B. Autonomic nervous system
C. Peripheral nervous system
D. Central nervous system
