psychology Mcqs
651. The palmar reflex, present in neonates, refers to which behavior?
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A. startle response

B. head turning

C. hand grasping

D. sucking

652. Anoxia is ________________?
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A. hyperventilation

B. interruption of the oxygen supply to brain

C. an oversupply of oxygen to the brain

D. a disease of the blood cells

653. Removal of the hippocampus is most likely lead to ___________?
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A. retrograde amnesia

B. anterograde amnesia

C. sham rage

D. narcolepsy

654. Damage in Brocas area will lead to difficulty in ______________?
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A. remembering past events

B. reading

C. speaking fluently

D. understanding other people when they speak

655. In language, grammar refers to _________________?
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A. the morphemes used

B. the phonemes used

C. both morphemes and phonemes

D. the rules used to connect phrases
656. In an experiment, the control group should be treated in the same way as the experimental group except for ____________?
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A. receiving different levels of the confounding variable

B. completing posts-test measures

C. completing pretest measures

D. receiving different levels of the independent variable

658. Which one of the following is not the law of perceptual grouping?
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A. Continuation

B. None of these

C. Similarity constancy

D. Proximity

E. Constancy

659. McClellands method of measuring the achievement motive made use of ____________?
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A. None of these

B. Persons estimates of level of aspiration

C. Self-ratings

D. Fantasy

E. Activity level

661. Someone whose corpus callosum has been cut will experience difficulty in ___________?
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A. Recognizing an object held in the right hand

B. Naming an object held in the right hand

C. Naming an object held in the left hand

D. Recognizing an object held in the left hand

662. The term reinforcement refers to the pairing of ___________?
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A. CS and CR

B. US and UR

C. CS and US

D. CR and UR

664. A theory that states that emotions are a join result of non-specific physiological arousal and interpretation of the arousal is called__________?
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A. James-Lange theory of emotion

B. Two-factor theory of emotion

C. Bems theory of emotion

D. None of these

665. Disagreeing with Freud, Erickson emphasized more on _____________?
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A. None of these

B. Conflict

C. Racial memory

D. Adulthood

E. Early habits

666. Information-processing theorists belong to ____________?
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A. behavioral psychologists

B. psychoanalysts

C. functionalists

D. cognitive psychologists
667. Coping behavior is ___________?
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A. A form of habitual behavior

B. Always goal-directed

C. Usually carried out directly

D. Often unconscious
668. A person behavior is usually attributed to external causes when all but one of the following conditions exist ____________?
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A. The person acts differently in other situations

B. The person acts the same way at other times

C. The person seems aware of the environment

D. Others act in the same way

669. The techniques used in behavior modification ____________?
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A. All involve some sort of operant conditioning

B. Stress interpersonal interactions

C. Employ the principal of learning

D. Are capable to a very limited rang of psychological problems

671. Chromosomal mapping studies have found that _____________?
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A. Schizophrenia does appear to have a genetic component

B. Schizophrenia does not appear to have genetic components

C. There is a single cause of schizophrenia

D. Adoption studies do not reveal anything about schizophrenia

672. Most IQ tests assess ___________?
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A. Creativity

B. Perceptual motor skills

C. Convergent thinking

D. Academic motivation

673. Group think refers to ___________?
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A. Think tank

B. Deterioration of physical energy

C. None of these

D. Deterioration of mental efficiency
674. When new acquisition improves retention of the old, we speak of _____________?
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A. Reproductive interference

B. None of these

C. Positive transfer

D. Negative transfer

E. Reproductive facilitation
676. _____________ criticized the stimulus-response mode of thought?
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A. None of these

B. William McDougall

C. Thorndike

D. Watson

677. Central traits _____________?
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A. None of these

B. Are seen in growth-oriented individuals

C. Are more situations specific than they are secondary traits

D. Organize and control behavior across many situations

E. Were suggested by a behaviorist to explain behavior
679. Motivation is defined as inferred process within a person that causes organism to move toward _____________?
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A. None of these

B. A goal

C. All other organisms

D. Higher kevels in the hierarchy of needs

E. A homeostatic state

680. One of the following is not a monocular depth cue ______________?
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A. Interposition

B. None of these

C. Convergence

D. Accommodation

E. Relative moment
681. Sports psychology is concerned with _____________?
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A. making sure that the game is not beyond the capability of the players

B. instituting fair rules

C. improving the players performance

D. the dangers of injury

683. Advertisers place beautiful people or likeable places and objects with the products they are trying to sell because these items__________?
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A. Distract from the disadvantages of the products

B. Are part of the products basic qualities

C. Cause pleasant feelings to be evoked

D. None of these

E. Are just elements of scenery

685. A person who tries to lessen tension between management and workers is ___________?
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A. industrial psychologist

B. educational psychologist

C. social psychologist

D. psychiatrist

686. How can morality covertly enter the therapy session?
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A. By allowing an insane person into therapy

B. By allowing philosophers of ethics to become therapists

C. By the use of techniques to alter a sexual preference

D. By having ministers take over the role of therapist

688. Taste depends __________?
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A. Only on ones taste buds

B. None of these

C. On ones taste buds and the smell, temperature and texture of food

D. Only on smell and texture of food

689. According to Bandura, one is socialized by ___________?
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A. Food

B. Punishment

C. None of these

D. Observation
691. Addictive disorders include ___________?
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A. Sociopathalogy

B. Overeating

C. Alcoholism and drug addiction

D. All the above
692. The ability to move objects with mental concentration is an example of ___________?
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A. None of these

B. kinesthesis

C. precognition

D. psychokinesis

E. clairvoyance

693. The degree of concentration or dilution of color is known as its ___________?
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A. None of these

B. Volume

C. Hue

D. Brightness

E. Saturation
694. The specialist most likely to prescribe a drug for the treatment of psychological disorder is ___________?
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A. developmental psychologist

B. personality psychologist

C. psychiatrist

D. clinical psychologist

695. In Thurstons method of attitude scaling, the key factor is the use of _____________?
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A. Judges

B. None of these

C. Numbers

D. Positive and negative items

E. Reinforcement

697. Which of the following represent correct sequence?
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A. Zygote, embryo, fetus, neonate, infant

B. Zygote, embryo, neonate, fetus, infant

C. Zygote, fetus, embryo, neonate, infant

D. Embryo, zygote, fetus, neonate, infant

699. Most of the social psychological research on attitude change has been generated by theories concerning ___________?
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A. Cognitive dissonance

B. Attribution

C. None of these

D. Consistency in attitudes and behavior

E. Self-perception

700. Theory of cognitive dissonance is offered by ____________?
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A. Festinger

B. None of these

C. Skinner

D. Bandura