If we want to test our prediction that students who underline chapters as they read retain the information better than those who do not, we would first have to state this prediction that is ___________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Dilawar is taking personality test in which he is shown a series of simple scenes. He is supported to tell a story about what is happening in each scene and suggest what the characters are feeling. The test that Dilawar is taking is the:

   A. Sixteen Personality Factor (16 PF) naira
   B. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
   C. Rorschach test
   D. Edwards Personal Preference schedule

5. Rais just came back from seeing a neurologist. Rais tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after radioactive chemicals have been injected into his chemicals have been injected into his bloodstream. However, Rais can’t remember the actual name of the test. it appears that his neurologist is planning:

   A. an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording
   B. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
   C. a computerized tomography(CT) scan
   D. a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan

6. In answering multiple-choice test items smart test-takers are best advised to:

   A. choose “C” when they don’t know the answer
   B. recall the correct answer to each before reading the alternative answer
   C. carefully imagine how each of the alternative answer might be correct
   D. None

7. The efficiency of memory can be increased if we organize information so that the amount of information in each unit increases while the number of separate units decreases. This process is called _________________?

   A. chunking
   B. rehearsal
   C. encoding
   D. retrieval

8. Sometimes the visual information available to us about a stimulus is ambiguous because of differences in depth, lighting or shading cues. For example, patterns of shading can create the illusion of objects as protruding from a visual field. How do we make sense of the visual information to recognize ambiguous stimuli?

   A. Visual system relies on other people’s Knowledge of objects to identify ambiguous stimuli
   B. Visual information about protruding objects is impossible to process
   C. Visual system relies on assumptions about the physical world to identify ambiguous stimuli
   D. Both (a) and (c)

9. ______ receive information from other neurons; _________ transmit information other neurons.

   A. synapses, cell bodies
   B. Dendrites, axon buttons
   C. Axon buttons dendrites
   D. Axon; cell bodies

10. Students stand in groups waiting for someone to unlock their classroom. The people in each group are able to attend to the voices in their own conversation group and screen out the voices in others. This is an example of ______________?

    A. shadowing
    B. selective listening
    C. parallel processing
    D. None of these