A. latitudinal
B. longitudinal
C. laboratory method
D. representational method
Related Mcqs:
- The gifted children:
A. Exhibit extraconditionary performance
B. to know
C. Solve their problems easily
D. All of the above - Adopted children’s similarity to their biological parents is generally attributed to_____________; adopted children’s similarity to their adoptive parents is generally attributed to____________________.
A. heredity; the environment
B. the environment; heredity
C. the environment; the environment
D. heredity; heredity - The method of study compares children at various ages simultaneously. It is the ____________ method?
A. longitudinal
B. clinical
C. naturalistic
D. cross-sectional - An on going study of 1100 children in 10 American cities has found that those who had spent the most time in day care facilities had:
A. slightly advanced language skills and an increased rate of aggressiveness
B. no influence on language skills or aggressiveness
C. slightly advanced language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness
D. slightly inferior language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness - The ability of young children to use two-word sentences is referred to as __________________?
A. babbling
B. morpheme induction
C. telegraphic speech
D. aphasia - In _________ method of study in psychology, passive study and analysis of human behaviour is usually done.
A. Introspection Method
B. Experimental Method
C. Observational Method
D. Genetic Method - 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 - You have just conducted a research study, if the responses of the participants significantly differ from what would be expected if there was no relationship among the variables in your study, then it would be appropriate for your to:
A. Use a different method to replicated use results
B. Obtain a larger sample to replicate results
C. Perform manipulation checks
D. Reject the null hypothesis
E. All of the above - Which of the following is true of Milgram’s (1963) study of obedience? The study found that:
A. Quite ordinary people taking part in a laboratory experiment were not prepared to administer electric shocks just because an experimenter told them to do so
B. Participants believed that the shocks they administered would not harm anyone
C. Apparently pathological behaviour may not be due to individual pathology but to particular social circumstances
D. None of the above - Which dimension of personality can predict individual preferences for study areas, number of study breaks and performance on long vigilance tasks?
A. External-internal
B. Experimenting-conservative
C. Neuroticism-stability
D. Extraversion-introversion
