A. The unemployed have poorer mental health than comparable groups of employed people
B. The unemployed have poorer physical health than comparable groups of employed people
C. The psychological effects of unemployment do not usually affect anyone apart from the unemployed person
D. none of the above – all are correct
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - What are the psychological effects of unemployment on individuals?
A. Depression
B. Negative self – esteem
C. Anxiety
D. Low levels of daily functioning
E. All of the above - What are the psychological effects of unemployment on individuals?
A. Depression
B. Negative self-esteem
C. Anxiety
D. All of the above - Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.A. 1 & 4
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - Which of the following are FALSE regarding the role of theories in psychology?
1. Facts have to be integrated in terms of theoretical explanations
2. Theories are statements of what rather than why
3. Theories are capable of accounting for multiple facts, but cannot predict what might happen in novel situations
4. All of the aboveA. 1 & 2
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 4 - What are the two major approaches to treatment of psychological disorders?
1: Biological.
2: Medical.
3: Chemical.
4: PsychologicalA. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 2 & 4
D. 1 & 4 - Which of the following statements about Pavlov’s dogs is FALSE?
A. Pavlov’s standard procedure, involved the following: a dog was given access to food, and each presentation was accompanied (usually slightly preceded by the occurrence of a neutral event, such as a flashing light
B. After several training trials (pairings of light and food), the dog would salivate at the flash of light, before any food had appeared
C. Salivation at the presentation of food is called a conditioned response
D. The event that evokes the conditioned response is referred to as a conditioned stimulus - One of the following statements is FALSE-but which one?
A. A system of channels can only signal preferred orientation of any single channel
B. Perceptual information is likely to be merged via a process that combines the activities across all channels
C. As part of the process of synthesis, channel activities are likely to be weighted according to the level of activity in each channel
D. The merging process may find the ‘center of gravity’ of the distribution of activity - Which of the following statements about the cortex is FALSE?
A. Within the cortex, the general flow of local information runs vertically
B. Within the cortex, information flows to cells in other layers above and below the activated cells
C. Hubel and Wiesel (19613) discovered that all cortical neurons respond best the spots of light
D. All of the above - Which of the following statements about offender profiling is FALSE?
A. Inductive methods of profiling are often referred to as clinical in the style, while deductive methods are seen as ‘statistical’
B. Constructing psychological profiles of historical figures typically relies on specialist knowledge
C. Both ‘organized’ and ‘disorganized’ offenders are careful not to leave evidence
D. Profiling common characteristics of known offenders involves gathering data about the crime for multiple sources
