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41. 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

Explanation: Psychometrics focuses on measuring individual differences through tests and on evaluating their reliability, validity, and statistical…

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Correct answer: psychometrics

42. In the context of____________, the researcher teacher-learner situation to the teacher or teacher-learner situation so that the participant may improve understanding:

  • A. Educational logic
  • B. Educational philosophy
  • C. Educational goal
  • D. Educational research

Explanation: Educational research examines teaching and learning situations systematically so that teachers and learners can understand and improve…

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Correct answer: Educational research

43. The emphasis is on detailed information rather than generalizations, but the approach attempts to look at the whole rather than collect specific bits of:

  • A. Study
  • B. Information
  • C. Scientific approaches
  • D. EvaluationAcademic Conferences & Publications

Explanation: The statement contrasts a holistic approach with collecting isolated pieces of information, making “information” the intended completion.

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Correct answer: Information

44. The origins of actives specific enquiry are more in the area of literature, poetry music and art rather than:

  • A. Languages
  • B. Technology
  • C. Science
  • D. Education

Explanation: Arts-based or artistic enquiry draws heavily on literature, poetry, music and visual art, in contrast with the more traditional scientific…

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Correct answer: Science

45. The report is a result of subjective filtering by the researcher based on his bias or by using an advocate and an adversary approach, leaving the reader to make a:

  • A. Base
  • B. Point
  • C. Decision
  • D. Result

Explanation: Subjective selection by a researcher may present competing arguments while withholding a final judgment, allowing the reader to make a…

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Correct answer: Decision

46. The report usually includes case studies and:

  • A. Point-to-point studies
  • B. Case observations
  • C. Case problems
  • D. Direct quotationsHealth Foundations & Medical Research

Explanation: Case studies commonly include participants’ direct quotations because their own words illustrate experiences and support the…

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Correct answer: Direct quotationsHealth Foundations & Medical Research

47. A ___________ contact is made to enable the researcher and those with whom he is working to get to know themselves and one another better:

  • A. Detailed
  • B. Better
  • C. Continual
  • D. Specific

Explanation: Continual contact helps the researcher and participants become familiar with one another and develop a clearer understanding of the…

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Correct answer: Continual

48. The basis of work may include________________. interviews and informal discussions in order to get a picture of the environment:

  • A. Testing
  • B. Analysis
  • C. Research
  • D. Observation

Explanation: Observation, combined with interviews and informal discussions, helps a researcher build a picture of the environment in which behaviour…

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Correct answer: Observation

49. The other main assumption is that education is a_____________activity and that educational research is to promote human development on the widest possible scale:

  • A. Conceptual
  • B. Modern
  • C. Educational
  • D. Human

Explanation: Education is understood here as a human activity because it is concerned with people’s learning, growth and social development.

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Correct answer: Human

50. Data on the use of resources, facilities and staff would be the basis of the:

  • A. knowledge
  • B. Calculations
  • C. Programme
  • D. Analysis

Explanation: Analysis involves examining data systematically to understand how resources, facilities, and staff are being used.

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Correct answer: Analysis

51. Certain____________would come into conceptual enquiry category, in these on attempt is made to quantify data:

  • A. Observation models
  • B. Observation schedules
  • C. Observation steps
  • D. Observation data

Explanation: Observation schedules specify what behaviors or events will be observed and recorded, making systematic quantification possible.

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Correct answer: Observation schedules

52. Each is an analytical piece-by-piece collection of _____________with some attempt to bring together the pieces to form a whole:

  • A. Data
  • B. Samples
  • C. Information
  • D. Population

Explanation: Information is built by collecting and organizing separate pieces of data, then relating them to form a meaningful whole.

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Correct answer: Information

53. Such a conceptual enquiry may be a decision to carry out a cost analysis or:

  • A. Cost-observed analysis
  • B. Cost-calculated analysis
  • C. Cost-minus analysis
  • D. Cost-benefit analysis

Explanation: Cost-benefit analysis compares the expected costs of an action with its expected benefits to support a decision.

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Correct answer: Cost-benefit analysis

54. The reporting of conceptual enquiry style of research can take a variety of formats. it usually involves persuasion based on a preferred basis (e.g. discovery learning), use of examples showing the effectiveness of the new idea, and often____________or other evidence:

  • A. Psychological
  • B. Technological
  • C. Logical
  • D. Strong

Explanation: Conceptual enquiry often supports a proposed educational idea with psychological evidence, such as findings about how discovery learning…

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Correct answer: Psychological

55. Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle are using a research method know as:

  • A. the case study
  • B. experimentation
  • C. random sampling
  • D. naturalistic observation

Explanation: Naturalistic observation involves recording behavior in its ordinary setting without manipulating the situation, as in watching chimpanzee…

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Correct answer: naturalistic observation

56. Destroying a piece of brain tissue to observe its effect on behavior is referred to as which of the following?

  • A. tumor ligation
  • B. lesioning
  • C. electrical stimulation
  • D. stereotaxic inversion

Explanation: Lesioning means deliberately destroying or damaging a selected area of brain tissue and then observing the resulting behavioral effects.

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Correct answer: lesioning

57. Mr. Walters has many years of experience as a personal officers for a large corporation. He does not review most job applicants' reference files because he is confident of his ability to predict their future work performance based on his direct face-to-face conversations with them. Mr. Walters' confidence best illustrates:

  • A. the interviewer illusion
  • B. social leadership
  • C. 360-degree feedback
  • D. the halo error

Explanation: The interviewer illusion is the mistaken confidence that personal interviews provide a highly accurate prediction of future job…

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Correct answer: the interviewer illusion

58. By scripting specific job-relevant to be asked of all those applying for a particular work position, a personnel psychologist is most clearly developing a frame work for:

  • A. a refractory period
  • B. the experience of flow
  • C. structured interviews
  • D. 360-degree feedback

Explanation: A structured interview uses predetermined, job-relevant questions asked consistently to every applicant, making comparisons fairer.

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Correct answer: structured interviews

59. Three major ethical concerns of psychological researchers are deception, lasting harm to subjects, and:

  • A. morality of the under investigation
  • B. loss of future research possibilities
  • C. falsified results
  • D. invasion of privacy

Explanation: Invasion of privacy is a major research-ethics concern, alongside deception and protection from lasting psychological or physical harm.

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Correct answer: invasion of privacy

60. A moderate is:

  • A. A variable that affects the direction or strength of the association between two other variables
  • B. An objective element in the stressor- strain relationship that starts the stress reaction in individual
  • C. A method by which an individual can consciously halt the stressor- strain reaction
  • D. An element that recognizes the relationship between two variables and serves to magnify the strength of the variablesSchedule Safety Audits

Explanation: A moderator changes the direction or strength of the relationship between two variables, such as when a third factor changes how strongly…

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Correct answer: A variable that affects the direction or strength of the association between two other variables
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