A. experimental correlation
B. statistical linear analysist
C. meta-analysis
D. hypothetical analysis
Related Mcqs:
- Klaus is a psychological graduate student who wants to determine whether electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment for schizophrenia. To combine the result of numerous published studies on this issue, Klaus should use a technique called:
A. counterconditioning
B. meta – analysis
C. factor analysis
D. electric therapy - The statistical method used to elicit information concerning the component parts of intelligence is known as __________________?
A. factor analysis
B. construct analysis
C. Spearman’s g factor
D. hypothesis testing - The fourth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM – IV) defines how many types of AD/HD?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 - What axis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (IV – TR) this disorder diagnosed on?
A. Axis I
B. Axis II
C. Axis III
D. Axis IV - Statistical approaches to abnormality define as “abnormal” those who:
A. show evidence of loss of control with reality
B. are unhappy, with drawn, and depressed
C. deviate from typical or average patterns of behavior
D. are disabled by anxiety - Which of the following areas of research in psychology is concerned with assessing individual differences, developing tests, and developing new statistical techniques?
A. experimental psychology
B. social psychology
C. psychometrics
D. physiological psychology - The reporting of this style of enquiry is usually statistical, often involving________________analysis of data:
A. Basic
B. Simple
C. Difficult
D. Complex - You parked your car in a large car park Monday morning. When you return to the car park Monday night, you have forgotten Fiesta in a large car park filled with green Volkswagens and red Fiestas, which type of visual search would you need to use?
A. Parallel search
B. Serial search
C. Conjunction search
D. Serial and conjunction - Pavlov’s initial discovery of what is now called classical conditioning emerged from his earlier studies of __________________?
A. mating behavior in dogs
B. operant behaviors in dogs
C. digestive reflexes in dogs
D. neurological damage in dogs - An innovative scanning technique that uses magnetic to visualize brain activity is called:
A. PET
B. MRI
C. CAT
D. fMRI