If a researcher conducts a research on finding out which administrative style contributes more to institutional effective- ness? This will be an example of (June-2010)
(A) Basic Research
(B) Action Research
✓ Applied Research
(D) None of the above
2.Normal Probability Curve should be (June- 2010)
(A) Positively skewed
(B) Negatively skewed
(c)Leptokurtic skewedv
(D)Zero skewed✓
3.Which of the following options are in the main tasks of research in modern society? (June-2006)
I.to keep pace with the advancement in knowledge
II. to discover new things
III. to write a critique on the earlier writings.
IV. to systematically examine and critically analyse the investigations/sources with objectivity
(A) ✓ IV. II and I
(B) I, II and III
(C) I and III
(D) II, III and IV
5.The correlation between two variables in which the effect of some other variable or variables on their relationship is controlled is called
(A) Contingency coefficient of correlation.
(B) ✓ Multiple correlations.
ⓒ Partial correlation.
(D) Product-moment correlation.
6.What is the nature of the statement that experimental generalizations are statistical inferences; they can only attain a degree of probability somewhere along a continuum between truth and falsity?
(A) Not wholly true
(B) ✓ Wholly true
(C) Incorrect entirely
(D) None of the above.
7.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of non-parametric statistical tests?
(A) They can be used when data are in the forms of ranks or categories
(B) ✓ They yield statements of exact probabilities irrespective of the shape of the population distribution
ⓒ They are less powerful than the parametric tests.
(D) They can be used in situations where parametric tests are applicable
8.ANOVA does NOT assume that
(A) The treatment groups are selected at random from the same population.
(B) The adjusted scores within groups have normal distribution.
(C) The treatment groups are homogeneous.
(D) ✓ The treatment groups are drawn from a larger population.
9.When large groups of interconnected facts are considered together in a consistent manner, we get a
(A) ✓ Scientific Theory
B) Critical Problem
(C) Combined Result
(D) Confirmed Fact
10.If in a research independent variables cannot be manipulated then it is known as
(A) Experimental research
(B)✓ Non-experimental Research
(C) Fundamental Research
(D) Exploratory research
11.A statistical measure based upon the entire population is called parameter while a measure based upon a sample is known as
(A) Sample parameter
(B) Inference
(C) ✓ Statistic
(D) None of these
12.Ordinarily a good piece of research follows four phases. They an given below
I .Setting of objectives
II .Analyzing data
III .Collecting data
IV .Interpreting the findings
Which of the following orders for these phases is correct?
(A) III,I,IV,II
(B) ✓ I,III, II, IV
(C) I,II,III,IV
(D) II,IV,III,I
13.What do you consider as the main aim of inter disciplinary research? (June-2006)
(A) ✓ To bring out holistic approach to research.
(B) To reduce the emphasis of single subject in research domain.
(C) To over simplify the problem of research.
(D) To create a new trend in research methodology.
14.One of the aims of the scientific method in research is to: (June-2006)
(A) improve data interpretation
(B) ✓ eliminate spurious relations
(C) confirm triangulation
(D) introduce new variables
15.The depth of any research can be judged by: (June-2006)
A) Title of the research.
B) ✓ Objectives of the research.
(C) Total expenditure on the research.
(D) Duration of the research.
16.Research can be conducted by a person who:(December-2006)
(A) ✓ has studied research methodology
(B) holds a postgraduate degree
(C) possesses thinking and reasoning ability
(D) is a hard worker
17.Which of the following statements is correct?(December-2006)
(A) Objectives of research are stated in first chapter of the thesis
(B) Researcher must possess analytical ability
(c)Variability is the source of problem
(D) ✓ All the above
18.Suppose you have a glass of milk and with a measuring glass you continue to add half a c.c. – of plain tea at every step, till your friend reports a change in judgment in the colour of the milk. The quantity of tea added, has just crossed what is just termed as
(A) Illusion
(B) ✓ Absolute Threshold
(C) Colour Blindness
(D) Just Noticeable Difference
19.Suppose one Experimenter (E) in psychology firmly believes that Brahmin children are inherently superior to the Harijan children. Naturally he would never think of home environment as an explanation. This is a very obvious example of
(A) ✓ Experimenter’s Bias
(B) Subject’s Bias
(c)Stimulus Error
(D) Response Error
20.Which one of the following approaches tries to analyse human behaviour in terms of stimulus- response units acquired through the process of learning, mainly through instrumental conditioning?
(A) Cognitive Approach
(B) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
(c)✔ Stimulus- Response-Behaviouristic Approach
(D) Existential Approach
21.The approach which has its roots in Gestalt Psychology is popularly known as
(A) Holistic Approach
(B) Stimulus-Response- Behaviouristic Approach
(c) ✔ Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
(D) Cognitive Approach
22.Which approach emphasizes the role of instinctual processes and their modification in the course of interaction with the society?
(A) ✓Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
(B) Cognitive Approach
(C) Holistic Approach
(D) Stimulus-Response- Behaviouristic Approach
23.Which approach placed emphasis on human existence the need to establish a sense of personal identity and to build meaningful links with the world?
(A) Cognitive Approach
(B) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
(C) Holistic Approach
(D) ✓ Existential Approach
24.Which of the following is not the Method of Research? (December- 2006)
(A) ✓ Observation
(B) Historical
(c)Survey
(D) Philosophical
25.Research can be classified as: (December-2006)
(A) Basic, Applied and Action Research
B) Quantitative and Qualitative Research
ⓒ Philosophical, Historical, Survey and Experimental Research
(D) ✓ All the above
26.The first step of research is: (December-2006)
(A) Selecting a problem
(B) Searching a problem
(C) Finding a problem
(D)✓ Identifying a Problem 27.To test null hypothesis, a researcher uses:(June-2007)
(A) t test
(B) ✓ ANOVA
(C) X2
(D) factorial analysis
28.A research problem is feasible only when: (June-2007)
(A) it has utility and relevance
(B) it is researchable
(C) it is new and adds something to knowledge
(D) ✓ all the above
29.Existentialism tries to reach modern man, offer him help in terms of clarifying his values, work out a meaningful and purposive existence. Psychologists who shaped this approach were
(A) ✓ Rollo May, R. D Laing and Erick Fromm
(B) G. W. Allport. R. B Catell and H. J. Eysenk
(C) Erickson and Sullivan
(D) Piaget, Bruner an Witkin
30.The system which still survives very nearly in its rigid forms is
(A) Cognitive Approach
(B) ✓ Dynamic and Pschoanalytic Approach
(C) Wholistic Approach
(D) Existential proach
31.Which approach tells us that under normal conditions the Organism is not a passive recipient of stimuli but an active, seeking and striving en- tity trying to master the environment and also master itself?
(A) ✓ Organism, Wholistic and SelfApproaches
(B) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
(C) Cognitive Approach
(D) Existential Approach
32.Bibliography given in a research report: (June- 2007)
(A )shows vast knowledge of the researcher
(B) ✓ helps those interested in further research
(c)has no relevance to research
(D) all the above
33.Fundamental research reflects the ability to: (June-2007)
(A) Synthesize new ideals
(B)✓ Expound principles new
(C) Evaluate the existing material concerning research
(D) Study the existing literature regarding various topics
34. The study in which the investigators attempt to trace an effect is known as(June-2007)
(A)Survey Research
(B) ✓ Ex-post facto’ Research
(C)Historical Research
(D) Summative Research
35.Generalised conclusion on the basis of a sample is technically known as: (December- 2007)
(A) ✓ Data analysis and interpretation
(B) Parameter inference
(C) Statistical inference
(D) All of the above
36.Psychologists are sometimes interested to study consciousness even though they have no method of observing it directly except by using
(A) ✓ “Inference” as the only tool
(B) “Experimentation” as the only tool
(C) “Observation” technique
(D) “Introspection”Technique
37.The term “unconscious motivation” describes the key idea of
(A) Structuralism
(B) Functionalism
(C) ✓ Psychoanalysis
(D) Behaviourisim
38.The psychologists who are especially concerned with increasing the efficiency of learning in school by applying their psychological knowledge about learning and motivation to the curriculum are popularly known as
(A)Experimental Psychologists
(B)Clinical Psychologists
(C) Physiological Psychologists
(D)✓ Educational Psychologists
39.The experimental study is based (December-2007) on:
(A) ✓ The manipulation of variables
(B) Conceptual parameters
(C)Replication of research
(D) Survey of literature
40.The main characteristic of scientific research is: (December-2007)
(A)empirical
(B)theoretical
(C) experimental
(D) ✓ all of the above
41.Authenticity of a research finding is it (December-2007)
(A) Originality
(B) Validity
(C) ✓ Objectivity
(D) All of the above
42.Which technique is generally followed when the population is finite?(December-2007)
(A) Area Sampling Technique
(B) Purposive Sampling Technique
(C) ✓ Systematic sampling Technique
(D) None of the above
43.Probability sampling implies: (December-2007)
(A) Stratified Random Sampling
(B) Systematic Random Sampling
(C) Simple Sampling Random
(D) ✓ All of the above
44.ASccording to Lindquist, how many types of experimental designs possible
(A) five
(B)✓ six
(C )seven
(D) eight
45.Who of the following has edited a survey of educational research?
(A) Kothari
(B) ✓ Buch
(C) Yashpal
(D) Aryabhatta
46.The polluted facts can lead to the birth of
(A) Error free research
(B) human sorrows
(C) good research
(D) ✓ polluted research
47.Photocopy of books is not considered appropriate. as it is
Ⓐ ✓ violation of intellectual property
(B) difficulty for reading
(C) and act of plagiarism
(D) both B and C
48.Research problem is selected from the stand point of: (June-2008)
(A) Researcher’s interest
(B) Financial support
(C) ✓ Social relevance
(D) Availability of relevant literature
49.Which one is called non-probability sampling? (June-2008)
(A) Cluster sampling
(B) ✓ Quota sampling
(C) Systematic sampling
(D) Stratified random sampling
50.Formulation of hypothesis may NOT be required in: (June-2008)
(A) Survey method
(B) ✓ Historical studies
(C) Experimental studies
(D) Normative studies
51.Field-work based research is classified as: (June-2008)
(A) ✓ Empirical
(B) Historical
(C) Experimental
(D) Biographical
52.The research papers åre written to
(A) ✓ communicate the research
(B) become popular in the society
(C) gain a lot of money
(D) none of the above
53.Which one of the following generally does not participate in concurrence?
(A) intelligent and curious person
(B) ✓ ignorant and dull persons
(C)highly expert person in that field
(D) low quality research scholars
54.In the assessment of personality, the normative and objective method refers to
(A) The use of sophisticated techniques for measuring the accuracy of a person’s perception of reality.
(B) Prediction of behavior on the basis of intensive interviewing.
(C) ✓ Prediction of behavior on the basis of data from personality tests.
(D) The use of projective techniques.
55.Which is the best format to use if content and material gathered for certain number of students by different interviews have to be com- pared in a piece of research?
(A) Projective
(B) ✓ Structured
(C) Unstructured
(D) Analytical.
56.What best describes the Likert technique of attitude measurement?
(A) Subjects indicate whether they agree with each of a series of atti- tude statements which are equally spaced along an attitude continuum
(B) ✓ Subjects indicate on five point scales the extent of their agreement with a set of attitude statements
(C) Subjects judge a particular concept on a series of bipolar semantic scale
(D) Subjects response to an open-ended interview are coded by content analyst.
57.What can increase the power of a statistical test?
(A) Decreasing the size of the sample
(B) Avoiding the use if the null hypothesis
(C)✓ Designing for small error effects
(D) Avoiding random sampling.
58.Which is not the effective way of controlling a nuisance variable in an experimental design?
(A) Excluding the variable as one of the factors in the experiment
(B) Exercising statistical control
(C) ✓ Random assignment of subjects
(D)Holding the nuisance variable constan for all subjects.
59.What are the types of Descriptive Research?
(A) Survey Test
(B) Questionnaire Survey
(C) Interview Survey
(D) ✓ All of the above.
60.Who has defined Ex- Post Facto Research by saying that it is a systematic scientific exploration in which the scientist (researcher) does not have direct control on the independent variable?
(A) ✓ Fred Karlinger
(B) George J. Mouly
(C) John W. Best
(D) W.S. Monroe.
61.What are the types of variables?
(A) Independent variables
(B) Controlled variables
(C) ✓ Both of them
(D) None of these.
62.What is the difference between Laboratory Experiment and Field Experiment?
(A) Difference of place
(B) Difference of samples
(C)Difference of variables
(D) ✓ All of the above.
63.Which experiments are more popular in Educational Psychology?
(A)✓ Laboratory Experiments
(B) Field Experiments
(C)Field Studies
(D) Historical researches.
64.In some developed countries like U.S A. and U.K. many psychologists are engaged for diagnosing learning difficulties and trying to remedy them. These psychologist’s are popularly called
(A) ✓ School Psychologists
(B) Social Psychologists
(C)Experimental Psychologists
(D) Industrial Psychologists
65.Which of the following sampling method is appropriate to study the prevalence of AIDS amongst male and female in India in 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006? (June- 2008)
(A) Cluster sampling
(B) ✓ Systematic sampling
(C)Quota sampling
(D)Stratified sampling random
66.Which one of the following principles is not applicable to sampling? (June-2008)
(A) Sample units must be clearly defined
(B) ✓ Sample units must be dependent on each other
(C)Same units of sample should be used through- out the study
(D)Sample units must be chosen in a systematic and objective manner
67.If January 1st, 2007 is Monday, what was the d day on 1st January 1995?
(June-2008)
(A) ✓ Sunday
(B)Monday
(C)Friday
(D) Saturday
68.The research is always -(December-2008)
(A)verifying the old knowledge
(B) exploring new knowledge
(C) filling the gap between knowledge
(D) ✓ all of these
69.The research that applies the laws at the time of field study to draw more and more clear ideas about the problem is: (December-2008)
(A) Applied research
(B) Action research
(C) ✓ Experimental re- search
(D) None of these
70.When a research problem is related to heterogeneous population, the most suitable sampling method is: (December- 2008)
(A) Cluster Sampling
(B) ✓ Stratified sampling
(C) Convenient Sampling
(D) Lottery Method
73.Today, private and public organizations also apply psychology. to problems of management and employee training. to supervision of personnel, to improving communication within the organization, to counselling employees and to alleviating industrial strife. The applied psychologists who do this work are sometimes called
(A) ✓ Personnel Psychologists
(B) Organizational Psychologists
(C)Experimental Psychologists
(D) Social Psychologists
72.A person who uses the particular psychotherapeutic techniques which originated with Sigmund Freud and his followers is called
(A)✓ A psychoanalyst
(B) A psychiatrist
(C) A child psychologist
(D) A clinical psychologist
73.Finding the causes of behavior from a number of observations is called
(A) ✓ Inductive reasoning
(B) Observational technique
(C) Deductive reasoning.
(D) introspection
74.The clinical method is ordinarily used only when people come psychologists with
(A) Social problems
(B) ✓ Personal Problems
(C)Organizational problems
(D) Internal problems
75.The process not needed in experimental research is: (December- 2008)
(A) ✓ Observation
(B) Manipulation and replication
(C) Controlling
(D) Reference collection
76.A research problem is not feasible only when: (December-2008)
(A) it is researchable
(B) it is new, and adds something to knowledge
(C) ✓ it consists of independent and dependent variables
(D) it has utility and relevance
77.How can the objectivity of the research be enhanced? (June-2009)
(A) Through its impartiality
(B) Through its reliability
(C)(Through its validity
(D) ✓ All of these
78. Action-research (June-2009)
(A) An applied research
(B) ✓A research carried out to solve immediate problems
(C) A longitudinal research
(D) All the above
79.The basis on which assumptions are formulated: (June-2009)
(A) ✓ Cultural background of the country
(B) Universities
(C) Specific characteristics of the castes
(D) All of these
80.The technique of regulating various variables in an experiment is called
(A) Independent Variable
(B) Dependent variable
(C)✓ Experimental control
(D) Controlled variable
81.Psychologists with the Biological perspective try to relate behaviour to functions of
(A) ✓ Body
(B) Mind
(C)Soul
(D) Unconscious
82.A little girl Leny pushed Bapula, her brother, off his tricycle. She learned to behave this way because the behavior paid off in the past, in other words, she learned to act aggressively in certain situations because she was rewarded for such behavior in the past. With which perspective, a psychologist can study this type of problem?
(A) Biological Perspective
(B) ✓ Behavioral Perspective
(C) Cognitive Perspective
(D) Social Perspective
83.The perspective which is concerned with characteristic changes that occur in people as they mature is known as
(A)✓ Developmental Perspective
(B) Biological Perspective
(C)Humanistic Perspective
(D) Psychoanalytic Perspective
84.A key psychodynamic idea is that when unconscious impulses are unacceptable or when make us anxious; to reduce anxiety, we use
(A) ✓ Defense Mechanisms
(B) Super ego
(C)Instincts
(D) Dreams
85.The distinction between a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist is that
(A) ✓ A clinical psychologist normally holds a
Ph.D. or M.A. degree or Psy. D. (Doctor in Psychology) and a psychiatrist holds an MD degree
(B) A clinical psychologist holds a Ph.D. degree in Psychology and a psychiatrist holds both Psy. D. degree and Ph.D. degree
(C) A clinical psychologist holds a special degree in Psychology and a psychiatrist holds a Ph.D. degree in Psychology
(D) A clinical psychologist has a special training in psychotherapy and a psychiatrist holds M.A. degree in Psychology.
86.The Subject “Psychology” was formally recognized in Germany in the year
(A) 1789
(B) 1668
(C) ✔️ 1879
(D) 1897
87.Which of the following is/are true about Ex- post Facto Study?
(A) The investigators attempt to trace an efFect which has already Occurred to its probable causes
(B) The effect becomes dependent variable
(C) The investigators nave no direct control over such variables
(D) ✔️ All of these
88.The per capita income f India from 1950 to 1990 four times. This study is
(A) Social
(B) Horizontal
(C) ✓ Longitudinal
(D) Factorial
89Which of the following is the most essential characteristic of a research worker?
(A) Sympathy
(B) ✓ Open mindedness
(C) Patience
(D) Emotional control
90.Which of the following is classified in the category of the developmental research? (June-2009)
(A) Philosophical research
(B) Action research
(C) Descriptive research
(D) ✔️ All the above
91.We use Factorial Analysis: (June-2009)
(A) To know the relationship between two variables
(B) To test the Hypothesis
(C) ✓ To know the difference between two variables
(D) To know the difference among the many variables
92.A null hypothesis is (December-2009)
(A) ✓ when there is no difference between the variables
(B) the same as research hypothesis
(C)subjective in nature
(D) when there is difference between the variables
93.The research which is exploring new facts through the study of the past is called (December- 2009)
(A) Philosophical research
(B) ✓ Historical research
(C) Mythological research
(D) Content analysis
94.Action research is (December-2009)
(A) An applied research
(B) ✓ A research carried out to solve immediate problems
(C) A longitudinal research
(D) Simulative research
95.The decline of the British Empire should have spelt the decline of English. This statement is a/an
(A) fact
(B) advice
(C) opinion
(D) ✓ prejudice
96.To study the relationship of family size with income a researcher classifies his population into different income slabs and then takes a random sample from each slab. Which technique of sampling does he adopt?
(A) Random Sampling
(B) ✓ Stratified Random Sampling
(C) Cluster Sampling
(D) Systematic Sampling
97.Which of the following is the most read page of a thesis?
(A) Title page
(B) Table of contents
(C) ✓ Abstract
(D) Research Design
98.The historical research is different from experimental research in the process of
(A) Replication
(B) Formulation of hypothesis
(C) Hypothesis testing
(D) ✓ All of the above . 99.To study Abnormal Psychology means, to study mainly the nature of
(A) Conscious Mind
(B) ✓ Unconscious Mind
(C) Subconscious Mind
(D) Normal Mind
100.Sigmund Freud is regarded as the father of
(A) ✓ Psychoanalysis
(B) Behaviorism
(C) Functionalism
(D) Gestalt Psychology
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