psychology Mcqs
801. Which pair represents an incorrect association?
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A. Piaget cognition development

B. Schechter emotion development

C. Seligman social exchange theory

D. Murray Thematic Appreciation Test (TAT)

802. The perception of a relationship between two variables that does not actually exist is called ___________?
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A. illusory correlation

B. the false consensus effect

C. an illusion of control

D. the hindsight bias

803. Perfection is a problem that is most associated with the ___________?
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A. Ego

B. None of these

C. Superego

D. Id

E. Ego and superego

804. Behavior therapists believe that insight is ___________?
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A. Non sufficient for behavior change

B. A worthwhile goal

C. Not necessary for behavior change

D. All of these

805. One of the following is not a method of measuring retention?
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A. Recall

B. Reminiscence

C. Recognition

D. Relearning

806. The biological and behavioral perspectives are most likely to differ with respect to the issue of ____________?
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A. rationality versus irrationality

B. nature versus nature

C. observation versus introspection

D. basic versus applied research

807. In ancient times, who supposedly inhibited the body and soul of a crazy person?
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A. A saint

B. None of these

C. The devil

D. God

808. Psychoneurosis tends to be___________?
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A. About the same severity as the psychoses

B. Milder than neuroses

C. Severe than the psychoses

D. Milder than psychoses

809. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with _____________?
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A. High intelligence in the fetus, since the fetus must be clever to keep the cigarette burning

B. Low birth weight

C. High mortality

D. Both B and C
810. Correlation are useful for ____________?
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A. predicting behavior

B. discovering the causes of behavior

C. doing all the above

D. explaining attitudes

811. The difficulty with type theories of personality is that they are ___________?
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A. All of these

B. None of these

C. Too simple

D. Too arbitrary

E. Too contradictory

812. Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzees in the jungle are using research method known as ____________?
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A. naturalistic observation

B. the case study

C. the survey

D. experimentation

813. The cerebellum and cerebrum are ____________?
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A. Found in the mid-brain

B. In front of the central fissure

C. None of these

D. Functionally independent

E. Bilaterally symmetrical

814. The ability to deal with new problems and encounters is technically called as___________?
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A. Fluid intelligence

B. None of these

C. Crystallized intelligence

D. G or g-factor of intelligence

815. Which philosophical movement claimed that the human mind consists of elementary ideas that originate from sensory experiences?
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A. interactionism

B. nativism

C. empiricism

D. dualism

E. None of these

816. In Piagets theory, the first two years of life are called the ___________ stages ?
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A. Sensorimotor

B. Paralinguistic

C. Preoperational

D. Exploratory

817. Research on the role of reinforcement in insight therapy has found that ___________?
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A. It plays a role in highly structured therapy situation

B. It has an effect only on dependent patients

C. It does not play a role

D. It does play a role
818. Teacher carefully monitors and records the behaviors of children on school playgrounds in order to track the developmental of their physical skills. He is most clearly engaged in ___________?
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A. replication

B. naturalistic observation

C. experimentation

D. survey research

819. Thorndikes Law of Effect was an early form of the present day principle of _____________?
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A. Extinction

B. Contiguity

C. Reinforcement

D. None of these

E. Trial and error

820. The portion of your nervous system which controls breathing and digestion is____________?
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A. Linear circuit

B. Axon

C. None of these

D. Autonomic
821. Which psychological specialists are most likely to be involved in applied research?
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A. personality psychologists

B. biological psychologists

C. industrial/organizational psychologists

D. developmental psychologists

822. Who was the first of the following individuals to emphasize that psychology should be restricted to the scientific study of observable behavior?
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A. Watson

B. Skinner

C. Wundt

D. Bandura

823. Which one of the following is not listed as a classification of psychoneurosis?
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A. Neurasthenic reactions

B. Conversion reactions

C. Phobic reactions

D. None of these

E. Delusional reactions

824. Norms are influenced by __________?
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A. The surrounding sub-culture

B. The surrounding culture

C. None of these

D. All of the above

E. The context of the situation

825. Psychologists study animals because _______________?
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A. animal behavior is just as complex as human behavior

B. the ethical treatment of animals is not mandated by professional guidelines

C. experiments on people are generally considered to be unethical

D. similar processes often underline animal and human behavior
826. The part of personality that provides a buffer between the id and the out side world is __________?
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A. Super-ego

B. Ego-ideal

C. None of these

D. Ego
827. Someone whose corpus callosum has been cut will experience difficulty in ___________?
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A. Naming an object held in the right hand

B. Recognizing an object held in the left hand

C. Naming an object held in the left hand

D. Recognizing an object held in the right hand

828. In psychology, case studies are used to ___________?
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A. show importance of case study

B. draw general conclusions about behavior of the client

C. draw conclusions about individual behavior on the basis of group finding

D. asses heritability of individual

829. The purpose of Q-technique is ___________?
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A. to measure accurate norms of population

B. to measure correlation between X and Y variables

C. to measure a persons opinion of himself

D. items analysis in factorial design

830. Which of the following condition is not associated with prolonged sensory deprivation?
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A. Confusion

B. Inability to concentrate

C. A satisfying-relaxed feeling

D. None of these

E. Hallucinations

831. In which motivational conflicts are must chosen by the lesser of two evils
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A. Approach-Avoidance

B. Avoidance-Avoidance

C. Multiple approach-avoidance

D. None of these

E. Approach-Approach
832. Addictive disorders include ___________?
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A. Alcoholism and drug addiction

B. Overeating

C. Sociopathalogy

D. All the above
833. A hungry person would find food to be a_____________?
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A. Primary reinforcer

B. All of the above

C. Secondary reinforcer

D. None of these

834. Systematic desensitization is used in treatment of ___________?
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A. Somatoform disorders

B. Mood disorders

C. Phobias

D. Schizophrenia

835. The school of psychology that argue that nearly all behavior is a result of conditioning and the environment shapes behaviors is labeled __________?
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A. gestalt, Wertheimer

B. behaviorism, Titchener

C. behaviorism, Watson

D. psychoanalytic, Freud

836. A scholarly summary of a body of research on some topic is called ____________?
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A. literature review

B. case history

C. theory

D. meta-analysis

837. Chromosomal anomalies can be recognized by slanting eyes and flat nose ___________?
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A. Downs syndrome

B. Langdon Downs syndrome

C. PKU

D. None of these

838. Of the following one is not a measure of retention ?
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A. Recognition

B. Relearning

C. Recall

D. Reminiscence

839. A researcher sits besides a playground, carefully observing a small group of children. The method being utilized is ___________?
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A. field study

B. life history

C. survey

D. case history

840. The structuralist school of psychology viewed consciousness as _____________?
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A. a collective unit passed down genetically

B. divided into three separate layers

C. a set of discrete sensations

D. a flow of ideas without clear boundaries

841. An experimenter who has been carefully trained in the techniques of self-observation uses himself as his object. He attempts to analyze his own immediate experience into its elements. This study would most likely occur in the laboratory of ____________?
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A. Edward Titchener

B. John Watson

C. Hermann von Helmholtz

D. Max Wertheimer

842. Factors predisposing an individual towards feeling of jealousy include ______________?
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A. Insecurity of self-conception

B. None of these

C. Self-hate

D. All of these

E. Lack of intensity of feeling of love

843. The best definition of psychotherapy includes ______________?
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A. A healer that uncovers unconscious conflicts and heals the personality

B. The removal of symptoms about which the patient complains

C. A sufferer, a healer and a systematic interaction between the two

D. The use of talking and drugs about which the patient complains

E. None of these

844. Which of the following is not one of the factors, which tend to hinder the fairness of intelligence tests for lower class children?
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A. Items requiring certain experience

B. Test givers bias the result

C. Test assume test-taking skills

D. Inappropriate norms

845. The basic assumption of humanistic theories include ___________?
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A. Humans are basically good and worthy

B. Humans are basically bad and unworthy and thus have to be reconditioned using learning principles

C. There is a natural growth process that can be blocked by bad condition

D. Both A and C

846. Which of the following tests is likely to have the highest reliability?
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A. The TAT

B. The MMPI

C. None of these

D. The Draw-a-Person test

E. The Rorschach

847. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of development studied by psychologists?
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A. Individual differences in development

B. Universal aspects of development

C. Cultural differences in development

D. None of these

E. Immutable laws of development

848. A famous person who insisted that psychology be restricted to observable behavior is _____________?
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A. Sigmund Freud

B. John B. Watson

C. Carl Rogers

D. Harry Stack Sullivan

849. A conversion disorder is characterized by ______________?
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A. Functional impairment of a limb or sensory ability with no apparent physical cause

B. Frequently vague complaints of physical symptoms

C. A constant fear of becoming seriously ill

D. None of these

850. By the perceptual organization of stimuli the persons span of attention is ____________?
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A. Divided

B. Decreased

C. Unaffected

D. None of these

E. Increased