Methods of Enquiry in Psychology — Psychology STD 11 Humanities — Question

Learning is defined as any relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of practice or experience.

1. True.
2. False.

The greatest advantage of field experiments over laboratory experiments is that they are less artificial, and suffer less from factors such as demand characteristics, evaluation apprehension and implacable experimenters.

1. True.
2. False.

Non-participant observation research involves devising precise, comprehensive, and usable behaviour categories.

1. True.
2. False.

Developmental psychology has both research and applied aspects.

1. True.
2. False.

When a control group is used, the groups should be equivalent in every way except for the independent variable.

1. True.
2. False.

The dependent variable is so called because its value depends or may depend on the value of the independent variable- the one independently chosen and directly manipulated by the experimenter.

1. True.
2. False.

J.B. Watson rejected mind as the subject of psychology and insisted that psychology be restricted to the study of behaviour- the observable activities of people and animals.

1. True.
2. False.

The response evoked by the conditioned stimulus after learning is known as conditioned response.

1. True.
2. False.

Negative reinforcers are usually painful, or noxious events, such as an electric shock, for example.

1. True.
2. False.

The main method used by the structuralists to discover these elementary units of mind was introspection.

1. True.
2. False.