When we think about culture in our lives and in research we often highlight the:

Related Mcqs:

1. One of the following is reduced in human beings and contains auditory relay culture that controls reflex movements of eyes:

   A. Forebrain
   B. Midbrain
   C. Hindbrain
   D. Amygdala

2. Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

   A. functional fixedness
   B. the farming effect
   C. the representativeness heuristic
   D. over confidence

3. We often a series of dots on a printed form as a “solid” line because of the Gestalt principle of:

   A. figure – ground
   B. symmetry
   C. similarity
   D. closure

4. The ultimate aim is to produce precise unambiguous statements often for the sake of extending empirical:

   A. Study
   B. Knowledge
   C. Evaluation
   D. Education

5. The reporting of this style of enquiry is usually statistical, often involving_____analysis of data:

   A. Basic
   B. Simple
   C. Difficult
   D. Complex

6. The corrupt behavior of many ordinary people who served as Nazi concentration camp guards best illustrates that immorality often results from:

   A. crystallized intelligence
   B. social influence
   C. abnormal cognitive development
   D. postconventional moral thinking

7. Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle are using a research method known as:

   A. the case study
   B. experimentation
   C. random sampling
   D. naturalistic observation

8. Researchers use experiments rather than other research methods in order to distinguish between:

   A. case studies and surveys
   B. random samples and representative samples
   C. facts and theories
   D. causes and effects

9. An excellent paper by Campbell and Stanley________outlines the designs for educational research using this style and the following one of conceptual inquiry:

   A. 1955
   B. 1958
   C. 1963
   D. 1961

10. Which of the following has not been found in research on gender differences in sexual interest?

    A. Men think about sex more than women
    B. Men initiate sex more frequently than women
    C. Women are more interested in having may partners than men are
    D. Women are less interested in uncommitted sex