Class XI (Psychology)

Chapter 2 : Methods of Enquiry in Psychology

1. A _____employs various methods of collecting information such as interview,

observation and psychological tests.
2. A test become standardized when ________ are developed.
3. The interview in which the questions are written clearly in a particular sequence is
called _______.
4. Identify the type of correlation in each statement (a-e):
a. The more payments you make on a loan; the less money you'll owe.
b. The nicer you are to employees, the more they'll respect you.
c. The nicer you treat your employees, the higher their pay will be.
d. The more overtime you work, the more money you'll earn.
e. The more you work in the office, the less time you'll spend at home.
5. Identify the independent and dependent variables from the given hypotheses.
a. Teachers’ classroom behaviour affects students’ performance.
b. Healthy parent-child relationship facilitates emotional adjustment of children.
c. Increase in the level of peer pressure increases the level of anxiety.
d. Enriching the environment of young children with special books and puzzles
enhances their performance.
6. The _________ refers to the fact that if two or more persons independently study a
particular event, both of them, to a great extent, should arrive at the same conclusion.
7. A tentative answer of the research problem is called _________.
8. Which of the following are the goals of psychological enquiry?
a. Description
b. Prediction
c. Explanation
d. All of the above
9. In a demographic information, the information includes
a. Psychological Information
b. Personal Information
c. Ecological Information
d. Physiological Information
10. The experiments in which independent variable is selected rather than varied or
manipulated by the experimenter are called ____________.
11. To control extraneous variables, participants are divided into two groups _______ and
________.
12. A psychologist sits in a corner and observes a class without interfering is called
____________.
13. ____________ tests are based on language.
14. The variables which are external to the experiment and may interfere with the results
are known as ___________.
15. __________ refers to the average performance of the group.
16. ___________ refers to the fact that if two or more researchers independently study a
particular event, both will reach to almost the same conclusion.
17. Observer has no control over the situations in observation method. True/ False.
18. The principle that states that the person on whom experimenter want to conduct the
study should have proper choice to decide whether to participate or not to participate
is called _____________.
19. In an experiment, a psychologist is interested in studying effect of negative or positive
feedback on subject’s performance. He deliberately gave negative feedback to few
participants. It means he used a technique called __________.
20. It is ethical duty of a researcher to safeguard privacy of participants by keeping the
information provided by them in strict confidence. True/False.
21. One of the limitation of psychological enquiry is subjective interpretation of
_________ type of data.
22. It is possible to measure intelligence from a true zero point like 0-70 below average.
True/False.
23. A test developed for urban students may contain items that demand familiarity with
the stimuli available in the urban setting— multistoried buildings, airplanes, metro
railway, etc. Is that test suitable for use with children living in tribal areas who would
be more at ease with items that describe their flora and fauna.
a) Yes
b) No
24. Nowadays, it is a trend to maintain anecdotal records of students’ day to day
behaviour. All subject teachers, counsellors, administers can enter their remarks about
child’s behaviour. On the basis of information collected throughout the year from
different sources help class teachers to write remarks in the final report card. It is an
example of _______________.
a) Quantitative Analysis
b) Qualitative Analysis
25. The methods of central tendency (mean, median, and mode), methods of variability
(range, quartile deviation, standard deviation), co-efficients of correlation, and so
forth are examples of ____________ analysis.
26. Identify the most appropriate method of enquiry for the following research problems:
 Does noise influence the problem solving ability of the people?
 Should there be a dress code for college students?
 Studying the attitude of students, teachers, and parents towards homework.
 Studying the behaviour of a student in a playgroup and in a classroom.
 Tracing the major life events of your favourite leader.
 Assessing the anxiety level of Class XI students of your school.
27. An IQ test does NOT provide which of the following?
a. High test re-test reliability.
b. Good predictor of behaviour.
c. High internal consistency.
d. Good validity.
28. Which of the following is true of test-retest reliability?
a. The test is measuring what it claims to be measuring.
b. The test will produce consistent results.
c. The client will improve performance second time\round.
d. All of the above.
29. Which of the following is not usually used in psychological assessment?
a. Psychological Testing
b. Counselling
c. Interviewing
d. Observation
30. The goal of correlational research is to:
a. Assess the causal impact of one variable on another
b. Create a snapshot of what’s happening
c. Assess relationships between variables
d. All of the above
31. A study of the feeding behaviour of a group of wild monkeys in India would be an
example of:
a. A survey
b. Naturalistic observation
c. A correlation
d. An experiment
32. A researcher uses an experimental design to study the effect of music on memory.
In this experiment, the Independent Variable is:
a. Music
b. Memory
c. Both music and memory
d. Neither music nor memory
33. Informed consent is typically obtained:
a. During an experiment
b. Before an experiment
c. After an experiment
d. It is not typical to obtain informed consent
34. In an experiment the researcher manipulates the ________ variable and measure
the________ variable.
a. Independent, dependent
b. Dependent, independent
35. Dr. Maki questioned a group of 9th graders about their career aspirations. This is
an example of a(n)
a. Experiment
b. Survey
c. Case study
d. Manipulation
36. A researcher asks 250 students (from a school with 1000 pupils) to complete a
survey about the cafereria. The 250 students are a:
a. Population
b. Case study
c. Sample
d. Variable
37. In a speed test, there is a time limit within which the test taker is required to answer
all the items. True/ False.
38. The ________ is the most common, simple, versatile, and low-cost self-report
method of collecting information. It consists of a predetermined set of questions.
39. ____________ & _____________ are two strategies to control extraneous
variables.
40. __________ approach to psychological enquiry includes the following steps:
conceptualisation of a problem, collection of data, drawing conclusions, and
revising research conclusions and theory