psychology MCQs – Page 11

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
201. The amplitude of sound is measured in units called ________________?
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A. wavelengths

B. decibels

C. Hertz

D. frequencies

202. Which of the following is a normal consequence of growing old?
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A. severe memory loss

B. loss of speed of information processing

C. loss of vocabulary

D. eccentricity

203. The primaries in subtractive color mixing are _________________?
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A. green, yellow, red

B. blue, green, red

C. green, orange, red

D. blue, yellow, red
204. Which of the following constitutes monocular depth cues?
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A. linear perspective

B. all of the above

C. interposition

D. relative size

205. What would Gestalt psychologist say is reversing in a reversible figure, such as the vase-faces figure in your textbook?
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A. border and texture

B. figure-ground relations

C. perception of similarity

D. good continuation

206. The technology of biofeedback is based on the principle of _________________?
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A. backward conditioning

B. punishment

C. positive reinforcement

D. negative reinforcement

207. Piaget is best known for his interest in the process of _________________ development?
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A. social

B. motor

C. cognitive

D. emotional

208. Social learning theory was first proposed by ___________________?
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A. Bandura and Walters

B. J. B. Watson

C. Miller and Dollard

D. B. F. Skinner

209. If two objects are assumed to be the same size, the object that casts the smaller retinal image is perceived to be _______________?
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A. more distant

B. more coarsely textured

C. less hazy

D. closer

210. In listening to two conversations simultaneously, it is possible to attend to one and ignore the other if the differ in ______________?
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A. pragmatics

B. syntax

C. pitch

D. semantics

211. Perceptual constancies are primarily a function of _______________?
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A. reflex

B. instinct

C. learning

D. convergence

212. Which receptor cells most directly enable us to distinguish different wavelengths of light?
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A. feature detectors

B. cones

C. bipolar cells

D. rods

213. Differences in perception among species depends upon _____________?
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A. Habitual

B. receptor mechanism

C. complexity of nervous system

D. all of the above

214. The law of effect first formulated by ________________?
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A. Edward Thorndike

B. John Garcia

C. Edward Tolman

D. B. F. Skinner

215. Gestalt psychologists emphasized that ______________________?
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A. perception is the same as sensation

B. sensation has no effect on perception

C. the whole is more than the sum of its parts

D. we learn to perceive the world through experience

216. The nature/nurture controversy considers the degree to which traits and behaviors are determined by _______________?
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A. maturation or genes

B. life-span stability or change

C. continuity or stages

D. genes or experience
217. Convergence of the eyes is controlled primarily by ______________?
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A. muscles of iris

B. ciliary muscles of eye

C. curvature of lens

D. extrinsic muscles of the eye

218. All of the following are characteristics of light except _______________?
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A. photoreception

B. waves

C. photons

D. intensity

219. ______________is a physical property of sound?
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A. distance

B. loudness

C. frequency

D. timber

220. Half of line has arrows or fins pointing outward. The remaining half has arrows or fins pointing inward. The first half looks longer than the second half. This is the ______________ illusion?
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A. Muller-Lyer

B. Zollner

C. Wundt

D. Poggendroff