Research on self-perception indicates that most people:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. The perception of a humanlike face in the random configurations of the lunar landscape best illustrates the impact of______on visual perception.

   A. Perceptual schemas
   B. Relative clarity
   C. Shape constancy
   D. Stroboscopic movement

4. Babar was at a football game, and even though people wearing green jackets were spread fairly evenly throughout the stands, he still perceived all the people in green jackets as a single group of visiting fans. Babar’s perception is most consistent with the Gestalt principle of:

   A. Constancy
   B. Similarity
   C. Closure
   D. Proximity

5. 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

6. Research on physical attractiveness indicates that men are more likely than women to:

   A. express dissatisfaction with their own physical appearance
   B. judge members of the opposite sex as more attractive if they have a youthful appearance
   C. be attracted to dating partners whose hips are narrower than their waists
   D. may someone who is less physically attractive than they themselves are

7. In Milgram’s research on obedience, what was the teacher’s perception of what would happen when the learner made a mistake?

   A. The learner would receive a shock
   B. The teacher would be receive a shock
   C. The experiment would have to be terminated
   D. The teacher would be asked to change places with the learner

8. Taste aversions are a type of classical conditioning, and if there is a long delay between the CS and US, conditioning is usually prevented. The fact that people and animals can be develop taste aversions even though sickness occurs long after eating indicates that:

   A. taste aversions are really more like operant conditioning
   B. taste aversions can be unlearned as well
   C. there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier
   D. there is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place

9. In the perception of people, feedback will serve to ____________?

   A. Correct an incorrect initial perception
   B. Confirm an accurate initial perception
   C. Stabilize and inaccurate initial perception
   D. Nay of the above would be true
   E. None of these

10. Psychologists who are interested in the perception of the motion, part-whole relationships and in how people judge size were identified with what school of psychology?

    A. psychoanalytic
    B. gestalt
    C. biological
    D. structural