Methods of Psychology

1. _________ is the least noticeable value of stimulus.

a. Responce Threshold

b. Hypothesis

c. Problem

d. Stimulus Threshold

Correct Option: d

 

2. While studying colour preferences, the method of ‘paired’ comparison’ was introduced by Cohn in:

a. 1966 AD

b. 1894 AD

c. 1984 AD

d. 1999 AD

Correct Option: b

 

3. A provisional theroy to explain observed facts is known as

a. Theory

b. Hypothesis

c. Events

d. Construct

Correct Option: b

 

4. A study of determine the degree of relationship between two events is called.

a. the survay method

b. The correlational method

c. naturalistic observation

d. Controlled experiment

Correct Option: b

 

5. A systematic study of facts according to a reliable and correct method of study is called a:

a. Social Technique

b. Methodology

c. Scientific Study

d. Biological Study

Correct Option: c

 

6. An experiment is set up to confirm or refute some

a. Event

b. Enquiry

c. Questions

d. Hypothesis

Correct Option: d

 

7. Anything which evokes a response in the Organism is called:

a. Situation

b. Incidence

c. Stimulus

d. Thing

Correct Option: c

 

8. Basic terms of research

a. Thesis synopsis article general

b. Title abstract introduction methodology

c. Observation defining a problem gathering evidence

d. None of these

Correct Option: a

 

9. Conditioned response may be eliminated by withdrawing reinforcement. This is known as: a. Stimulus generalization

a. Discrimination

b. Extinction

c. None of these

d. Spontaneous recovery

Correct Option: b

 

10. Empirical statement are based on?

a. Common sense

b. Data

c. Belief

d. Intuition

Correct Option: b

 

11. Experimental Analysis enables us to discern lawful relationships between antecedents and consequents involved in:

a. attitude

b. Behaviour

c. experience

d. habbit

Correct Option: b

 

12. Field Observation is always:

a. Complex

b. Objective

c. Subjective

d. Very Simple

Correct Option: d

 

13. Field study method is method of

a. Situational observation

b. Laboratory observation

c. Occasionally observation

d. Naturalistic observation

Correct Option: d

 

14. From the following psychologist, who rejected introspection as a method of psychology _________.

a. Cattell

b. J.B Watson

c. B.F skinner

d. Fulton

Correct Option: b

 

15. Gestalt theory emphasizes:

a. Our tendency to see pattern

b. The flow of consciousness

c. The atoms of thought

d. None of these

Correct Option: a

 

16. Gives you the crude idea of mentality of the person

a. case history

b. Questionnaire

c. story writing

d. relating dream

Correct Option: b

 

17. How many methods are in psychology

a. 7

b. 5

c. 8

d. 10

Correct Option: a

 

18. How many steps in planning and conducting a survey

a. 6

b. 9

c. 2

d. 5

Correct Option: a

 

19. How many techniques are used in case history method_______.

a. One

b. Nine

c. Four

d. Three

Correct Option: c

 

20. In _________ method of study in psychology, passive study and analysis of human behaviour is usually done.

a. experimental method

b. genetic method

c. Observational method

d. Introspection method

Correct Option: c

 

21. In recent years, physiological psychology is getting attached to the developing science of:

a. Anthropology

b. Neurophysiology

c. Physiology

d. Sociology

Correct Option: b

 

22. In studying the public opinion

a. Action research is applied

b. Survey research is applied

c. Scaling method is applied

d. Field study method

Correct Option: d

 

23. In the simplest experimental method , WE manipulates ________

a. Three Variable

b. Four Variable

c. One variable

d. Two variable

Correct Option: c

 

24. In what type of study does a researcher study an individual subject in depth?

a. Survey

b. Laboratory observation

c. Case study

d. Naturalistic observation

Correct Option: c

 

25. In which method of psychology,independent variable and dependent variable are important elements .

a. Case history Method

b. Experimental Method

c. Introspectional Mehod

d. Observational Method

Correct Option: b

 

26. Introspection method refers to observing other by using:

a. Other’s experience

b. General statement

c. Old theories

d. Your own experience

Correct Option: d

 

27. Is the study of phenomena which are excluded by orthodox scientific psychology ?

a. Psycho dermatology

b. Cognitive psychology

c. Social psychology

d. Parapsychology

Correct Option: d

 

28. Methods of psychology refer to the ways by which you can understand and describe

a. Attitude

b. Behavior

c. Human mind

d. Situation

Correct Option: b

 

29. Most notable examples of this method of descriptive research are cross-sectional studies and longitudinal studies.

a. Survey

b. Experiment

c. Observation

d. Case study

Correct Option: d

 

30. Observing others by using your own experience is :

a. Experimental method

b. Introspection method

c. Statistical method

d. External method

Correct Option: b

 

31. Projective test is a

a. Internal observation

b. Naturalistic observation

c. Non.naturalistic observations

d. Self observation

Correct Option: c

 

32. Psychology has come into existence as a separate discipline a little over

a. Three hundred years ago

b. Fourth hundred years ago

c. A hundred years ago

d. Two hundred years ago

Correct Option: c

 

33. Self observation method is also known as

a. Statistic method

b. External observation method

c. Introspection method

d. Naturalistic observation method

Correct Option: c

 

34. Study of mental processes, experience and behavior is through the use of?

a. Experimental method

b. Scientific method

c. Brain method

d. Neuro method

Correct Option: b

 

35. The approach which has its roots in Gestalt Psychology is popularly known as:

a. Wholistic Approach

b. Cognitive Approach

c. Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach

d. Stimulus-Response-Behaviouristic Approach

Correct Option: b

 

36. The clinical method is ordinarily used only when people come to psychologists with:

a. Organizational problems

b. Internal problems

c. Personal Problems

d. Social problems

Correct Option: c

 

37. The earlier concepts of “Child Deve­lopment” started with the:

a. Death of the Child

b. conception

c. phallic stage

d. Birth of the Child

Correct Option: d

 

38. The father of ‘Experimental Psychology’ is:

a. Wilhelm Wundt

b. Sigmund Freud

c. William James

d. E. B. Titchener

Correct Option: a

 

39. The method in which we observing others by using our own experience?

a. External

b. Experimental

c. Statistical

d. Introspection

Correct Option: d

 

40. The method is used by doctors and psychologists to know the root problem of the subject is called

a. Experimental method

b. Introspection method

c. Case- history method

d. Genetic method

Correct Option: c

 

41. The method of observing someone in his natural environment is known as:

a. Statistic method

b. Introspection method

c. Naturalistic observation method

d. Self study method

Correct Option: c

 

42. The method used to analyses qualitative data is called…

a. Experiment

b. Content analysis

c. Case study

d. Survey

Correct Option: b

 

43. The most effective method of studying psychology is:

a. Observation Method

b. Introspection Method

c. Survey Method

d. Experimental Method

Correct Option: d

 

44. The most powerful research tool is a (an

a. survey.

b. experiment.

c. clinical study.

d. correlational study.

Correct Option: b

 

45. The primary advantage of this method of research is that it allows for more control than naturalistic observation

a. Experiments

b. Case study

c. Survey

d. Laboratory Observations

Correct Option: d

 

46. The social desirability bias can affect which of the following:

a. Self report data

b. The validity of a test

c. The reliability of a test

d. None of these

Correct Option: a

 

47. The study of the interaction of heredity and environment is made by:

a. Educational Psychologists

b. Child Psychologists

c. Physiological Psychologists

d. Comparative Psychologists

Correct Option: b

 

48. The treatment of skin disorder using psychological techniques by addresing interactions between mind and skin?

a. Psycho-dermatology

b. Para psychology

c. Social psychology

d. None of these

Correct Option: a

 

49. The violation of a society’s explicit and implicit norms can be viewed as not normal in the sense that the violation is:

a. Deviant

b. Distressful

c. Dysfunctional

d. None of these

Correct Option: a

 

50. The way by which you can understand and describe behavior is known as:

a. Techniques of psychology

b. Influence of psychology

c. Psychology

d. Method of psychology

Correct Option: d

 

51. There are _____ methods of Psychology:

a. 7

b. 6

c. 5

d. 4

Correct Option: a

 

52. This method is observing someone in his natural environment. The person who is observed should not be known that you are observing him/her so that he may not pretend anything

a. Introspection Method

b. External Observation Method

c. Naturalistic Observation Method

d. The Genetic Method

Correct Option: c

 

53. This method is somewhat overcome the limitations of introspection. We can observe a person’s behavior in a certain situation, whether we have never experienced that.This is?

a. The Genetic Method

b. External Observation Method

c. Introspection Method

d. Case History Method

Correct Option: b

 

54. This method of research can only be measured between the values of -1 and 1.

a. Experiments

b. Case Study

c. Observational

d. Correlational

Correct Option: d

 

55. Types of observation method are

a. Three

b. Five

c. Six

d. Two

Correct Option: d

 

56. We can observe a person’s behaviour in a certain situation whether we have never experienced it is called

a. Experimental method

b. External observation method

c. Introspection method

d. Statistical method

Correct Option: b

 

57. We can sometimes feel and understand the problems of

a person who has got the tire of his vehicle puncture.

This is which method?

a. The Genetic Method

b. Introspection Method

c. Naturalistic Observation Method

d. . Statistical Method

Correct Option: b

 

58. We find a true zero in a/an

a. Interval scale

b. Ordinary scale

c. Rating scale

d. Ratio scale

Correct Option: d

 

59. What are the types of sampling

a. 3

b. 2

c. 4

d. 5

Correct Option: a

 

60. what does it mean if two variables have a positive correlation

a. the correlation between two variable is 0

b. as one variable increases so does the other

c. as one variable increases the other decreases

d. the correlation between the two variable is greater than 1.0

Correct Option: b

 

61. What is a common way of controlling extraneous variables in an experiment?

a. Using animal subjects.

b. Random assignment.

c. Double-blind procedure.

d. Single-blind procedure.

Correct Option: b

 

62. What is an advanced method for study the behaviour of species

a. external method

b. genetic method

c. case history

d. statistical method

Correct Option: b

 

63. What is the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a data distribution called?

a. Deviation

b. Median

c. Range

d. Mode statement

Correct Option: c

 

64. What is the variable called that a researcher manipulates in an experiment?

a. Independent variable

b. Dependent variable

c. Extraneous variable

d. None of these

Correct Option: a

 

65. When large group of interconnected facts are considered together in a consistent manner, we get a/an

a. Scientific theory

b. Non scientific theory

c. Social theory

d. None of these

Correct Option: a

 

66. When we assign numbers to objects, events or mental phenomena we obtain

a. Test

b. Measure

c. Scale

d. Rule

Correct Option: c

 

67. Which is the method of psychology we cannot apply it on metally retarded of people

a. Statistical

b. External observation

c. Shortcomings

d. Naturalistic

Correct Option: c

 

68. Which method cannot apply on animals

a. Experimental method

b. Introspection

c. Case history method

d. Statistical method

Correct Option: b

 

69. Which method is known as “looking with-in & self observation method” :

a. Introspection

b. External observation

c. Naturalistic method

d. Statistical method

Correct Option: a

 

70. Which of the following is a research method that allows a researcher to get information about a large number of subject relatively inexpensive and easy

a. Experiment

b. Survey

c. Case study

d. Laboratory observation

Correct Option: b