A. experiment
B. the survey
C. the case study
D. naturalistic observation
Related Mcqs:
- Anika resisted changing her answer to a test after reminding herself that “it is always best to stick with your first answer.” Anika’s decision best illustrates the use of:
A. an algorithm
B. trial and error
C. a heuristic
D. a prototype - A representative sample is an essential element of the:
A. survey method
B. psychoanalytic method
C. natural experiment or case study
D. clinical method - 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 - The tendency for people to adopt the behavior and opinions of other group members is known as_________?
A. Conformity
B. Social norms
C. Compliance
D. Mastery - Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent?
A. personality psychology
B. cognitive psychology
C. clinical psychology
D. developmental psychology - Research participants were asked to identify a word that could be associated meaningfully with each of three other words. Solutions that occurred with sudden insight were accompanied by a burst of activity in the brain’s______lobe.
A. front occipital
B. left occipital
C. left temporal
D. right temporal - Research evidence suggests that violent people show deficits in which type of social information processing?
A. Anger management
B. Encoding social cues
C. Deception
D. Memory retrieval - The enduring traditions, ideas, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a large group of people transmitted from one generation to the next define their:
A. gender schemas
B. nature
C. temperament
D. culture - In the context of Titchener’s research for the most elementary sensory experiences, introspection is a research method involving a detailed verbal report on ____________?
A. one’s own conscious sensory experience
B. how one’s own personality affects one’s conscious sensory experience
C. how one’s own behavior affects one’s conscious sensory experience
D. all of the above - Dr. Roberts engages in basic research involving the construction and validation of tests designed to assess individual differences in traits such as anxiety and self-esteem, which specialty area does her research best represent?
A. developmental psychology
B. personality psychology
C. biological psychology
D. social psychology
