A. the survey
B. experimentation
C. naturalistic observation
D. the case study
Related Mcqs:
- Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle are using a research method know as:
A. the case study
B. experimentation
C. random sampling
D. naturalistic observation - In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?
A. the case study
B. the survey
C. naturalistic observation
D. correlational research - 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 - 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 - A researcher sits besides a playground, carefully observing a small group of children. The method being utilized is ___________?
A. field study
B. case history
C. survey
D. life history - Carefully planned and objectively conducted experimentation probably is the most exact and refined method of:
A. Development
B. Classification
C. Research
D. Evaluation - Clinical psychologists tend to endorse behaviorism more strongly, and counseling psychologists tend to endorse which of the following?
A. Eclectic approach
B. Psychodynamic
C. Humanistic
D. Biological - In a written report of their research psychologists specify exactly how anxiety is assessed, thus providing their readers with a(n):
A. control condition
B. standard deviation
C. hypothesis
D. operational definition - An experimenter who has been carefully trained in the techniques of self-observation uses himself as his object. He attempts to analyze his own immediate experience into its elements. This study would most likely occur in the laboratory of ____________?
A. John Watson
B. Max Wertheimer
C. Hermann von Helmholtz
D. Edward Titchener - Development psychologists study the effect of_____on behavior.
A. marketing
B. learning disabilities
C. aging
D. robotics