This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Methods > Methods Of Research – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Methods Of Research Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A correlational study shows that there is a relation between a parent's income and their child's academic performance. The quality of the public school where the family lives is a/an A) Confounding Variable. B) Independent Variable. C) Mixed Variable. D) Dependent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confounding Variable. 2. The term 'longitudinal study' means ..... A) Studying different cultural groups. B) Studying norms and values globally. C) Studying a group over a long period of time. D) Studying a group's social interactions over 2 weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studying a group over a long period of time. 3. A noted psychologist and environmentalist, Dr. Golby, has received a grant to study older person's bird-feeding behavior in public parks. Dr. Golby has research assistants sit in public parks to collect the data. She has chosen a ..... research method. A) Survey. B) Naturalistic observation. C) Experiment. D) Case study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naturalistic observation. 4. What is a key factor about a Case Study? A) They can be replicated. B) Subject to opinion. C) They can't be replicated. D) Studies multiple people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They can't be replicated. 5. Who studied unconscious and conscious behavior? A) B.F. Skinner. B) Ivan Pavlov. C) Sigmund Freud. D) John B. Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sigmund Freud. 6. The people who take part in a research project are called the A) Survey. B) Participants. C) Investigation. D) Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Participants. 7. Which of the following is NOT a step in the research process? A) Design study. B) Take a course in research. C) Inter prate data. D) Collect data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take a course in research. 8. Which of the following is a type of interview in which the interviewer ask a particular set of predetermined questions? A) Structured Interview. B) Focused Interview. C) Unstructured Interview. D) Semi-structured Interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structured Interview. 9. An experiment is performed to see if background music improves learning. Two groups study the same material, one while listening to music and another without music. The independent variable is A) Size of group. B) Learning. C) Material studied. D) Presence of music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Presence of music. 10. When a distribution of scores is skewed, which of the following is the most representative measure of central tendency? A) Inference. B) Standard deviation. C) Mean. D) Median. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Median. 11. This is a method of research where the researcher carefully observes and records behavior without interfering A) Case Study. B) Observational. C) Experiments. D) Survey. E) Correlational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observational. 12. A psychologist works with children whose parents are divorcing. She helps them develop skills they need to cope with the situation. Of the following, what kind of psychologist is most likely helping these children? A) Counseling. B) Industrial-Organizational. C) Research. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counseling. 13. How many different sample of size 3 can be taken from the population comprising 5 elements? A) 7. B) 10. C) 5. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10. 14. It is used to understand the traits or behaviour of a subject under observation after repeatedly testing the subject over a period of time. name it A) Applied research. B) Survey method. C) Longitudinal study. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longitudinal study. 15. The methods and data section should outline: A) How the researcher answered his or her research question. B) The researcher's theories and hypotheses. C) The researcher's results. D) The researcher's conclusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the researcher answered his or her research question. 16. Because of unethical experiments in the past, psychologists now must inform the people involved in the experiment what the experiment is about and must obtain their agreement to participate. This is most closely associated with the research principle of: A) Just Say "Yes". B) Deformed Consent. C) Contractual Agreements. D) Informed Consent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Informed Consent. 17. The group who is subjected to the therapy being tested is called the: A) Control group. B) Sample group. C) Experimental group. D) Survey group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experimental group. 18. In order to replicate an experiment one must: A) Use control groups and experimental groups. B) Use statistics to determine the effect of chance. C) Control for the effects of extraneous variables. D) Repeat the experiment using either identical or improved research methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repeat the experiment using either identical or improved research methods. 19. The things that are kept the same to ensure the results are due to the experiment is called.. A) Control. B) Independent Variable. C) Constant. D) Dependent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constant. 20. A 'consent' form is ..... A) A special concert ticket. B) An official permission. C) Researcher's guidelines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An official permission. 21. We tend to overestimate the extent to which other people share our attitudes and opinions. This is because we spend most of our time with people who represent: A) A biased sample. B) A random sample. C) A sampling technique. D) Atypical individual cases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A biased sample. 22. How does Google decide which sources to send you when you make a search? A) It sends you everything there is. B) It sends you only things that are age appropriate. C) It filters sources through a number of criteria, such as key words and importance. D) It focuses on advertisements related to your search to try to sell you something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It filters sources through a number of criteria, such as key words and importance. 23. An operational hypothesis is a statement that describes A) The size of the study sample. B) The variables (and how they are measured) used to address the research questions. C) How the participants in the study will be recruited. D) How the study will be statistically analysed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The variables (and how they are measured) used to address the research questions. 24. Most notable examples of this method of descriptive research are longitudinal studies (over long periods of time). A) Survey. B) Observational. C) Experiments. D) Case Study. E) Correlational. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Case Study. 25. A research intends to explore the result of possible factors for the organization of effective mid-day meal interventions. Which research method will be most appropriate for this study? A) Experimental method. B) Ex-post facto method. C) Historical method. D) Descriptive survey method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ex-post facto method. 26. Primary data is ..... A) Information that is the most reliable. B) Information that is the most important. C) Information a person has collected themselves. D) Information that is the most up to date. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Information a person has collected themselves. 27. Which of the following is an example of a depressant? A) Cocaine. B) Alcohol. C) Ecstasy. D) Marijuana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alcohol. 28. A ..... is the group of individuals taking part in the research study. A) Control. B) Sample. C) Population. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sample. 29. Introspection was the basic research tool used by ..... in order to study people's inner sensations and mental images. A) Titchener. B) Skinner. C) Calkins. D) Watson. E) Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Titchener. 30. The primary reason for using random sampling is to ensure that A) The participants are representative of the population of research interest. B) There are no confounding variables. C) The participants are less likely to provide biased responses. D) There is no experiments effect. 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