A. the use of physical exercise as means of combating depression
B. the effect of anxiety on problem-solving behavior
C. possible factors in a school environment that affect adolescent depression
D. the effects on children of being raised in a single-parent home
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Which of the following is most likely to be studied by a cognitive psychologist?
A. factors that determine group cohesiveness
B. strategies used by college students to solve a particular problem
C. play behavior in preschool children
D. results of visual-spatial tests between genders - Dr. Saleem conducts basic research on the relationship between adults’ language Skills and their capacity to solve mathematical problems. Dr. Saleem is most likely a(n)_______________ psychologist.
A. industrial / organizational
B. social
C. clinical
D. cognitive - Humanistic psychologist would most likely be criticized for underestimating the value of:
A. social influence
B. an internal locus of control
C. self-serving bias
D. individualism - Which of the following is commonly referred to as the father of developmental psychology?
A. G. Stanley Hall
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Erik Erikson
D. William James - According to Piaget, the ability to ‘think like a scientist’ is characteristic of which of the following developmental stages?
A. preoperational
B. sensorimotor
C. formal operational
D. post-conventional - The children’s game of ‘peak-a-boo’ centers around which of the following developmental concepts?
A. schema
B. conservation
C. formal operational
D. object permanence - According to Erikson’s developmental theory, the maturity stage deals with which of the following crises?
A. initiative vs. guilt
B. autonomy vs. doubt
C. integrity vs. despair
D. intimacy vs. isolation - We are more likely to remember the words “typewriter, cigarette and fire” than the words “void, process and inherent” because the first three words are more likely to be _________________ encoded?
A. automatically
B. visually
C. proactively
D. implicitly - Endorphin agonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain and endorphin antagonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain:
A. increase; increase
B. decrease; increase
C. decrease; decrease
D. eliminate; eliminate
