psychology Mcqs
601. According to Piaget, children who can think symbolically about absent objects and can appreciate the stable properties of those objects, but cannot think logically about actions that produce change, are at the__________ stage?
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A. preoperational

B. concrete-operational

C. formal-operational

D. sensorimotor

602. Within the human embryo, activity related to the development of hair and nails is centered in the ____________?
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A. exoderm

B. mesoderm

C. endoderm

D. ectoderm
603. The ____________ gland is frequently referred as master gland since it regulates the activity of many other glands?
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A. pineal

B. adrenal

C. pituitary

D. thyroid

604. Vygotsky is best known for his concept of ________________?
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A. strange situation

B. transformational grammar

C. zone of proximal development

D. psychosocial crises

605. The fact that, during neural transmission, an impulse is sent to the end of the axon without fading or weakening is known as ___________?
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A. all-or-none property

B. absolute threshold retention

C. nondecremental property

D. stimulus constancy

606. Watson argued that all behavior is composed of reflexive responses to stimuli, but Skinner later argued that behavior is determined ____________?
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A. strength of responses

B. consequences of responses

C. patterns

D. predictability of responses

607. The sympathetic nervous system ____________?
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A. is a subdivision of autonomic nervous system

B. is a subdivision of somatic nervous system

C. parallels to effects of the parasympathetic nervous system

D. preserves the homeostatic model

608. Which of the following theorists most strongly stressed the importance of maturation in development?
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A. Arnold Gesell

B. Lev Vygotsky

C. John Locke

D. Jean Piaget

609. What effect does adrenaline have on human body?
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A. constriction of the pupils

B. accelerated heart beat

C. increased hormone production

D. increased rate of digestion

610. Experiments with children have suggested that the point at which a child begins to walk is primarily a function of ______________?
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A. modeling

B. maturation

C. learning

D. environment

611. The head injured patient lost the ability to breath. Autopsy revealed neural damage in the ____________?
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A. pons

B. midbrain

C. cerebellum

D. medulla
612. Severe anoxia at birth will result in damage to the ______________?
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A. heart

B. lungs

C. brain

D. liver

613. In a right-handed individual, where is a Brocas area most likely to be located?
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A. left hemisphere

B. right hemisphere

C. visual cortex

D. limbic system

614. Identical twins raised separately and found to have similar IQ are cited as examples of the contribution made to intelligence by _____________?
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A. environment

B. parental interaction

C. heredity

D. infant stimulation

615. If an individual is facing the psychological crisis of identity versus role confusion, according to Erik Eriksons model, that individual is most likely ____________?
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A. a preadolescent

B. a young adult

C. a middle-aged adult

D. an adolescent
616. Egocentrism is observed in children during the ____________ stage?
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A. telegraphic speech

B. preoperational

C. sensorimotor

D. formal-operational

617. The term general to specific in child development refers to ______________?
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A. motor movements

B. auditory sensitivity

C. cortex development

D. visual activity

618. The speed that neural impulses travel is _____________?
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A. the speed of light

B. 600 miles an hour

C. 200 miles a second

D. 3 to 200 miles an hour
619. Which is most likely to occur in a patient diagnosed with demyelinating disease in which myelin degenerates from around the bodies of axons?
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A. rerouting of nerve impulses

B. slower never conduction times

C. faster never conduction times

D. cortical brain lesions

620. What has direct control over the function of the pituitary gland?
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A. pons

B. midbrain

C. cerebral cortex

D. hypothalamus
621. Assuming the analogy of doorbell, which aspect of the neuron would most closely approximate the button that a visitor would push?
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A. terminal endings

B. dendrites

C. cell body

D. axon

622. The fight for fight response to a perceived threat is associated with increased activity of ____________?
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A. sympathetic nervous system

B. corpus collosum

C. the para-sympathetic nervous system

D. cerebral cortex

623. If a neuron will not fire regardless of the amount of stimulation, it is most likely ____________?
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A. in its absolute refractory period

B. in its relative refractory period

C. at its resting potential

D. an afferent neuron

624. If the gene for blue eyes is recessive and if a child have blue eyes, which of the following must be true?
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A. both parents have blue eyes

B. the childs sibling has brown eyes

C. each parent has at least one blue eye gene

D. at least one parent must have blue eyes

625. Which of the following is an incorrect stage theory pairing?
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A. Freud psychosexual

B. Kohlberg physiological

C. Piaget cognitive

D. Erikson psychosocial

626. During which stage do children understand the world primarily by observing the effects of their own actions on other people, objects and events?
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A. formal operational

B. sensorimotor

C. concrete operational

D. preoperational

627. The function of the sensory neuron is to ________________?
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A. carry information to central nervous system

B. organize information

C. transmits messages between neurons

D. transmit messages from motor to interneurons

628. According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage is characterized by _____________?
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A. conservation

B. concrete operations

C. formal operations

D. primary and secondary circular reactions
629. _____________ is credited with first inferring the existence of synapses?
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A. William James

B. Johannes Muller

C. Charles Sherrington

D. Franz Gall

630. In second half of the twentieth century, which development contributed most to the cognitive revolution in psychology?
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A. philosophy of brain

B. Darwins theory

C. increased understand and use of computers

D. both a and b

631. The dominant approach in psychology today is ____________?
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A. behaviorism

B. ethnology

C. cognitive psychology

D. physiological psychology

632. Afferent pathways are involved in which of the following sensory systems?
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A. olfactory and kinetic only

B. kinetic and auditory only

C. all sensory systems

D. visual, tactile, kinetic and auditory only

633. The medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain and diencephalon are all parts of the ____________?
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A. cortex

B. left hemisphere

C. brainstem

D. cerebellum

634. Faster heart rate is triggered by the _____________?
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A. limbic system

B. sympathetic nervous system

C. skeletal nervous system

D. parasympathetic nervous system

635. The language Acquisition Device was proposed by ______________?
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A. Piaget

B. Chomsky

C. Kohler

D. Bruner

636. The peripheral nervous system is made up of extensions from the central nervous system known as _____________?
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A. ganglia

B. dendrites

C. tracts

D. nerves
637. According to Piaget, the process through which a young child relates something he sees to something he already knows is called _____________?
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A. assimilation

B. formal operation

C. accommodation

D. concrete operation

638. Which brain structure is important in causing, awakening a person from sleep?
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A. limbic activating system

B. cerebral activating system

C. reticular activating system

D. thalamic activating system

639. Extensive studies regarding child behavior have been made by _______________?
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A. Arnold and William Wundt

B. Arnold, Erickson and Piaget

C. Jean Piaget and William James

D. Freud, Erickson and William James

640. The study of the role of the specific areas of the nervous system in organizing and controlling behavior that is specifically human is called ___________?
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A. comparative psychology

B. physiological psychology

C. neuropsychology

D. clinical psychology

641. Chemicals that act as messengers between animals are referred as _____________?
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A. pheromones

B. amacrines

C. hormones

D. anachrones
642. Diana Baumrind found that which parenting style produces the most well-adjusted children?
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A. Permissive

B. Authoritative

C. Authoritarian

D. Attached

643. The myelin sheath serves to ____________?
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A. bypass the nodes of Ranvier

B. increase the speed of natural transmission

C. break down epinephrine

D. decrease the speed of natural transmission

644. Which of the following shows the largest ratio of brain size to body mass?
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A. elephants

B. humans

C. chimpanzees

D. dolphins

645. Two kinds of change that occur to the cell body of a neuron during an action potential are ___________?
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A. hormonal and mechanical

B. spontaneous and stimulated

C. chemical and hormonal

D. electrical and chemical
646. The subject concerned with studying human behavior in workplace is _____________?
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A. industrial/organizational psychology

B. psychiatry

C. personality psychology

D. clinical psychology

647. When the development of the same subject is studied over a period of time, the study is called a _______________?
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A. longitudinal study

B. life-history study

C. sequential study

D. cross-sectional study

648. According to Erikson, a child four to six years of age is in which stage of development?
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A. locomotor-genital stage

B. muscular-anal stage

C. latency stage

D. oral-sensory stage

649. When a child understands that reversible changes in the appearance of an object do not change fundamental properties such as number, width and volume, the child has achieved _______________?
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A. an understanding of cause-and-effect relations

B. egocentrism

C. conservation

D. hypothetic-deductive reasoning

650. Piaget contented that the initial forms of thought are _____________?
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A. visual symbols

B. early action schemes

C. verbal symbols

D. spoken (not mental) verbal symbols