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
Related Mcqs:
- One of these statements referring to organizational culture is FALSE – please highlight it:
A. Organizational culture can be described as shared values, attitudes and beliefs held by organizational numbers
B. Play levels are not a manifestation of organizational culture
C. Organizational psychologists have adopted three approaches to understanding culture
D. We can best understand organizational culture by adopting a multi-dimensional perspective - One of these statements referring to organizational culture is FALSE – please highlight it:
A. Organizational culture can be described as shared values, attitudes and beliefs held by organizational numbers
B. Pay levels are not a manifestation of organizational culture
C. Organizational psychologists have adopted three approaches to understanding culture
D. We can best understand organizational culture by adopting a multi – dimensional perspective - Below are various descriptions of some of the most important components in the human nervous system-but only one is correct. Please highlight it:
A. The central nervous system includes the nerves through which the central nervous system interacts with the rest of the body
B. The peripheral nervous system includes the brain and the spinal cord
C. Afferent or sensory nerves carry information to the central nervous system from sensory neurons and regulate glandular secretion
D. Efferent or motor nerves extend out from the central nervous system to the organs - 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 - When we think about a culture in our lives and in research we often highlight the?
A. similarities
B. differences
C. parallels
D. hierarchies - Which of the following are commonly accepted dimensions of attribution? (Please highlight all the correct answers.) 1. Internal-external. 2. Stable-unstable. 3. Wide-narrow. 4. None of the above.
A. 1 & 2
B. 4
C. 2 & 3
D. 1 & 3 - 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 - A single, memorable case of welfare fraud has a greater impact on estimates of the frequency of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule. This illustrates that judgments are influenced by the:
A. availability heuristic
B. belief perseverance phenomenon
C. framing effect
D. confirmation bias - 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 - Which of the following are FALSE regarding the role of theories in psychology?
1. Facts have to be integrated in terms of theoretical explanations
2. Theories are statements of what rather than why
3. Theories are capable of accounting for multiple facts, but cannot predict what might happen in novel situations
4. All of the aboveA. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 4
