Basic Psychological Process MCQs and Notes

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📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. ________________ refers to the presentation of an event or stimulus following a behavior that acts to decrease the likelihood of the behavior being repeated.
  • (A) positive reinforcement
  • (B) negative reinforcement
  • (C) punishment
  • (D) partial reinforcement
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) punishment
📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. ________________ involves the presentation or addition of a reinforcing stimulus following an operant.
  • (A) positive reinforcement
  • (B) negative reinforcement
  • (C) continuous reinforcement
  • (D) partial reinforcement
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) positive reinforcement
📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. ___________________ is the tendency to use your own culture as the standard for judging other cultures.
  • (A) cross-cultures
  • (B) ethnocentrism
  • (C) culturism
  • (D) pseudo- cultures
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) ethnocentrism
📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. _____________ is an intensive, in-depth investigation of an individual and can involve compiling data from a wide variety of different sources.
  • (A) observation
  • (B) survey
  • (C) case-study
  • (D) questionnaire
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) case-study
📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. The ________________ variable in an experiment is purposely manipulated in order to effect a change in other variable.
  • (A) dependent
  • (B) independent
  • (C) extraneous
  • (D) control
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) independent
📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. _________________ is an experimental technique in which the researchers, but not the subjects, are aware of the critical information about the experiment.
  • (A) single-blind
  • (B) double-blind
  • (C) ethnography
  • (D) field study
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) single-blind
📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. Even experiments conducted in natural settings have disadvantages, such as a ___________ in experimental control.
  • (A) increase
  • (B) decrease
  • (C) difference
  • (D) varying
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) decrease
📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. _________________ is a statistical technique that involves combining and analyzing the results of many research studies on a specific topic in order to identify overall trends.
  • (A) correlation
  • (B) regression
  • (C) meta-analysis
  • (D) content-analysis
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) meta-analysis
📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. Factors that can change or vary and are capable of being observed, measured, and verified are called ____________.
  • (A) statistics
  • (B) variables
  • (C) theory
  • (D) hypothesis
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✅ Correct Answer: (B) variables
📊 Basic Psychological Process
Q. A tentative explanation that tries to account for the diverse findings on the same topic is called a ______________ or a model.
  • (A) problem
  • (B) method
  • (C) theory
  • (D) hypothesis
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) theory

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