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psychology MCQs

Practise multiple-choice questions from psychology for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

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