Which of the following is NOT a widely used research method in modern experimental psychology?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which TWO of the following statements are true of blocking?
   1: The phenomenon of blocking provides an interesting and much-studied instance of failure to learn, in spite of contiguous presentations of the CS and the US
   2: In a blocking experiment, animals receive training with what is termed a compound CS (Phase 2)
   3: The experimental group has first received a phase of training in which the US alone is conditioned (Phase 1)
   4: The experimental groups shows no (or very little evidence of learning about the CS that is presented in Phase 1

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 3 & 4
   D. 1 & 3

2. In experiments, placing subjects in experimental groups such that each subject has an equal probability of ending up in any experimental group is referred to as:

   A. random forecasting
   B. fandom selection
   C. random placement
   D. random assignment

3. The experimental procedure in which both the experimenter and subject are unaware of who is in the experimental and who is in the control group is referred to as the:

   A. single-blind procedure
   B. the type of experiment is not possible
   C. stereotaxic procedure
   D. double-blind procedure

4. An advantage of the experimental method in psychology is:

   A. the identification of a cause-and-effect relationship
   B. similar to the correlational method that causality is determined
   C. that the surroundings are always similar to real life experiences
   D. that it is an informal way to investigate behavior

5. 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

6. Community psychology, health psychology, and neuropsychology are considered which of the following in clinical psychology?

   A. Precursors
   B. Continuums
   C. Inferences
   D. Subspecialties

7. 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

8. Who is the father of Experimental Psychology?

   A. Wilhelm Wundt
   B. Sigmund Freud
   C. C.G. Jung
   D. E.B. Titchener

9. Wilhelm Wundt established the first laboratory of experimental psychology at ___________?

   A. Greenwich
   B. Zurich
   C. Leipzig
   D. Munich

10. In the simplest experimental method, ‘E’ manipulates __________?

    A. One Variable
    B. Two Variables
    C. Three Variables
    D. None of these