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psychology Mcqs
1. The process of getting information out of memory storage is called __________________?
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A. retrieval

B. relearning

C. encoding

D. rehearsal

2. To help him remember the order of ingredients in difficult recipes, master chef Zakir often associates them with the route he walks to work each day. Zakir is using which mnemonic technique?
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A. chunking

B. peg-word system

C. acronyms

D. the method of Loci
3. A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called _________________ memory?
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A. implicit

B. iconic

C. echoic

D. flashbulb

4. Which type of memory is being tested when you take a multiple-choice test?
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A. method of Loci

B. free recall

C. savings method

D. Recognition
5. A researcher wants to test the hypothesis that the number of bystanders affects the probability of helping behavior. She sets up three conditions, one with no bystanders, one with two bystanders and one with four bystanders. Which of the following is true?
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A. there are three independent variables having one level each

B. there is one independent variable having three levels

C. there is one independent variable having four levels

D. there is one independent variable and three dependent variables

6. One is a bun. Two is a shoe. Three is a tree. Four is a door. This is part of the _____________ method of improving memory?
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A. flashbulb

B. Loci

C. visual imagery

D. peg-word
7. Performance of an earlier task is interfered with by the learning of a second, more recent task in _________________?
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A. proactive inhibition

B. retroactive inhibition

C. retroactive facilitation

D. proactive facilitation

8. Iconic memory decay in under two seconds from the _______________?
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A. hippocampus

B. sensory register

C. short-term store

D. long-term store

9. The distributive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information is called ____________________?
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A. the spacing effect

B. proactive interference

C. retroactive interference

D. state-dependent memory

10. First experiment ,lab of psychology was established in_________?
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A. Germany

B. France

C. America

D. Japan

11. The most common way of studying human cognitive processing is to evaluate ____________________?
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A. semantic shifts

B. reaction time

C. rehearsal time

D. EEG readings

12. The statistical method used to elicit information concerning the component parts of intelligence is known as __________________?
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A. Spearmans g factor

B. hypothesis testing

C. construct analysis

D. factor analysis
13. The syllogism is a form appropriate to ______________________?
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A. inductive thinking

B. deductive thinking

C. divergent thinking

D. evaluative thinking

14. Which type of memory has an essentially unlimited storage capacity?
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A. long-term memory

B. state-dependent memory

C. echoic memory

D. short-term memory

15. The process that controls the flow of information from the sensory store into the short-term store is ________________?
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A. encoding

B. retrieval

C. rehearsal

D. attention
16. Gardner has proposed a theory of multiple intelligences. Which of the following is not one of the dimensions in his theory?
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A. musical

B. mathematical

C. verbal

D. performance
17. The process of interference can lead to a failure in __________________?
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A. any of the above

B. retrieval

C. encoding

D. storage

18. Guilfords model of intelligence is _____________________?
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A. specifically graded toward the learning disabled

B. a two-factor theory

C. a multiple-factor theory

D. not based on unique, individual differences

19. A test that measures what a person has already learned in prior training is an ____________________?
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A. aptitude test

B. achievement test

C. intelligence test

D. objective test

20. The memory that holds information for the shortest period of time is known as __________________?
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A. short term memory

B. sensory memory

C. implicit memory

D. long term memory

21. Which one of the following is not specifically an aid to retention?
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A. chunking

B. meaningfulness

C. knowledge of results

D. over learning

22. The process by which a stimulus is attended to, identified, studied and incorporated into memory is called ________________?
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A. reasoning

B. encoding

C. retrieval

D. storage

23. After learning the combination for his new CNIC No. Mehboob is unable to remember the combination for his National Tax Number. Mehboob is experiencing the effects of ____________________?
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A. state-dependent memory

B. proactive interference

C. encoding failure

D. retroactive interference
24. Words, events, places and emotions that trigger our memory of the past are called __________________?
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A. retrieval cues

B. context effects

C. schemas

D. iconic traces

25. Echoic memory refers to ____________________?
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A. visual perception

B. verbal codes

C. eidetic perception

D. auditory perception
26. A brain tumor in the hippocampus of the brain would impair a persons ability to learn new things while leaving their old memories intact. This condition is known as _________________?
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A. anterograde amnesia

B. retrograde amnesia

C. proactive inhibition

D. retroactive inhibition

27. One of the most effective ways to remember information is to make personal sense of it. This process is called ________________?
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A. elaboration

B. chunking

C. maintenance

D. repetition

28. Which one of the following is necessary before an avoidance response can take place?
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A. a positive reinforce

B. shaping

C. punishment

D. a discriminative stimulus
29. The area of the brain where short-term memories are transferred to long-term memory is the _________________?
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A. hypothalamus

B. hippocampus

C. pons

D. medulla

30. When Pavlov repeatedly presented the conditioned stimulus without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response failed to occur. This is known as __________________?
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A. habituation

B. recovery

C. condition failure

D. extinction
31. Eidetic imagery is _____________________?
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A. most prominent among elderly persons

B. a clear visual memory

C. highly correlated with general intelligence

D. a step in mathematical thought

32. Retroactive interference involves the disruption of ________________?
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A. encoding

B. retrieval

C. all of the above

D. storage

33. A woman met a car accident and after recovering, she cannot remember events right before the crash, it is called _________________?
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A. retrograde interference

B. anterograde interference

C. retrograde amnesia

D. anterograde amnesia

34. Which one of the following was developed by the Army as the first group-administered test of intelligence?
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A. Alpha

B. Bender Gestalt

C. Otis

D. Beta

35. The memory store that has a decay time of about 250 milliseconds is __________________?
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A. iconic memory

B. tactile memory

C. echoic memory

D. short-term memory

36. Repression is an example of __________________?
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A. memory decay

B. all of the above

C. motivated forgetting

D. encoding failure

37. Which test of memory typically provides the fewest retrieval cues?
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A. recall

B. relearning

C. rehearsal

D. recognition

38. Memory for skills is called ___________________?
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A. explicit memory

B. implicit memory

C. semantic memory

D. episodic memory

39. When an operant response stops occurring because it is no longer reinforced, which of the following has taken place?
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A. extinction

B. an avoidance response

C. negative reinforcement

D. generalization

40. Memory techniques such as method of loci, acronyms and the peg-word system are called __________________?
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A. encoding strategies

B. mnemonic devices

C. consolidation devices

D. imagery techniques

41. A predisposition to behave in a particular way is called a/an ____________________?
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A. stereotype

B. attitude

C. orienting reflex

D. prototype

42. Which of the following is a form of associative learning?
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A. observational learning

B. operant conditioning

C. all of the above

D. classical conditioning

43. Semantic memory and episodic memory are classes of _________________?
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A. short-term memory

B. implicit memory

C. explicit memory

D. iconic memory

44. Which of the following terms is associated with Henry Murray and the Thematic Appreciation Test?
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A. locus of control

B. belief in just world

C. authoritarianism

D. need to achieve
45. The decay of fading of memory with time is considered to be a failure in ________________?
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A. retrieval

B. encoding

C. storage

D. all of the above

46. Telegraphic speech is most closely associated with the __________________ stage of language development?
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A. phonetic

B. babbling

C. two-word

D. one-word

47. Norms can best be described as _________________________?
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A. rules of law

B. universal rules of conduct

C. statistically normal behavior

D. standard and expectations shared by the members of a society
48. The process that controls the movement of information from the short-term store into the long-term store is __________________?
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A. attention

B. retrieval

C. encoding

D. recall

49. Impaired language comprehension following a stroke would most probably be diagnosed as ________________?
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A. aphagia

B. Wernickes

C. dyslexia

D. Brocas aphasia

50. The fact that we can think without language is best illustrated in research on ___________________?
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A. mental imagery

B. the framing effect

C. algorithms

D. functional fixedness