Psychology Exam - Waseem Home Study

1. What is your name?

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2. What is your primary language?

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3. Which of the following is a key dispute within the study of Psychology? (Select 1 correct answer).

Nurture versus Informed Consent

Nature versus Nurture

Nature versus Free Will

Determinism versus Nurture

4. Which of the following is considered a key ethical consideration in any psychological research study? (Select 1 correct answer).

Debriefing

Formulate hypothesis

Mind-body connection

Psychoanalysis

5. A common research method is the “Correlational Study”. What does a Correlational Study aim to identify? (Select 1 correct answer).

Aims to find informed consent.

Observing behaviour in a natural setting without focusing on variables.

Examine the relationship between two variables.

6. What is a common goal of Psychology? (Select 1 correct answer).

Predict how behaviour will occur in the future.

Permanently change behaviour.

Describe behaviour and mental processes.

Explain why behaviour occurs.

Mislead to acquire uninformed consent.

Control or influence behaviour in beneficial ways.

Maximise harm to all involved in research.

7. What is the aim of the “case-study” method of research? (Select 1 correct answer).

Gathering data through questionnaires or interviews exclusively.

In-depth study of an individual or group.

8. Is the following statement true or false? “Debriefing should be avoided at all costs in all Psychological research to keep the research pure and natural in its findings”. (Select 1 correct answer).

True

False