Methods of Psychological Enquiry

Dr. Khera is given a project to study the personality and life-style differences between two ethnic cultures. Which methods will he prefer to use :

• a. non-participant observation and case study

• b. participant observation and questionnaire

• c. nonparticipant observation and survey

• d. participant observation and case study

Which of the following statements is true for case studies :

• researcher draws general conclusions from a single case study

• case study eliminates the observer’s bias

• lets the researcher know how to take care of client’s problems completely

• case study uses only one method for collecting information

If a psychologist gives you a few psychological tests to administer which expect you to answer a few questions and solve practical puzzles by manipulating with your hands. What kind of tests are these :

• verbal and nonverbal

• paper-pencil and verbal

• performance and verbal

• verbal, paper-pencil and performance

Dr. Gonzalez surveys how 8,000 students on her campus feel about a proposed tuition increase. She selects 600 students for the survey. These 600 students and 8000 students completely represent respectively :

• experimental, control group

• sample , population

• experimental group, population

• sample, control group

You as a psychologist want to help your friend buy a psychological test. What would you keep in mind while buying (choose the best option) :

• sample size, reliability and norms

• reliability, norms and validity

• norms, validity and population

• sample size, population and norms

The (a)   method is the only research method that can be used to identify cause-effect relationships between variables.

Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship ?

• +.65

• -.78

• .oo

• +.25

There is a (a)   correlation between the amount of exercise people engage in and their body weight.

There is a (a)   correlation between the amount of fat people eat and their body weight.

Psychological tests are sometimes used in case studies.

• True

• False