psychology MCQs – Page 21

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
401. Who would be most likely to emphasize the importance of observational learning?
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A. Bandura

B. Pavlov

C. Skinner

D. Watson

402. The cognitive field theory was developed by _________________?
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A. Premack

B. Harlow

C. Hull

D. Tolman
403. The ability to focus on stimuli in which we are interested while resisting distracting stimuli is called ________________?
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A. concentrated attending

B. stimulus focusing

C. selective attention

D. structured perceiving

404. ______________ involves observing and imitating the behavior of others?
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A. observing

B. praising

C. shaping

D. modeling
405. The cells that serve as the building blocks of the bodys information processing system are called ____________?
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A. neurotransmitters

B. dendrites

C. neurons

D. synapses

406. The junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron is called the ______________?
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A. receptor site

B. synapse

C. reuptake site

D. axon terminal

407. One boy has brown eyes. His twin brother has blue eyes. This information enables a person to conclude that the two ______________?
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A. are monozygotic

B. have blue-eyed parents

C. are identical twins

D. are fraternal twins
408. The process of interpreting new information in terms of existing schema is termed _______________?
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A. accommodation

B. assimilation

C. ideation

D. conservation

409. This is not the part of the peripheral nervous system ___________?
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A. limbic system

B. sympathetic system

C. sensory neurons

D. parasympathetic system

410. The cerebellum functions prominently in ___________?
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A. verbal association

B. blood pressure

C. heart activity

D. muscle movement coordination
411. ____________is a neurotransmitter-related brain disorder associated with acetylcholine deficiency?
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A. Alzheimers

B. Parkinsons

C. Downs syndrome

D. Schizophrenia

412. Interactive dualism was founded by ___________?
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A. Darwin

B. Locke

C. Descartes

D. Von Helmholtz

413. The processes of growth and development are ______________?
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A. constant

B. continuous

C. slow

D. both b and c

414. Morphology refers to the ____________________?
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A. relationship between different languages

B. study of infant babbling

C. relationship between sounds and their meanings

D. origins of words

415. Damage to the ventromedial region of the hypothalamus would most likely result in ______________?
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A. hyperphagia

B. apraxia

C. aphasia

D. agnosia

416. The process of comparing currently experienced visual input with past visual memories takes place with ___________?
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A. the limbic system

B. association areas

C. the sensory cortex

D. Brocas area

417. A brain wave not evident in the newborn is the _____________?
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A. alpha

B. theta

C. beta

D. delta

418. The last stage in Eriksons theory of psychosocial development where in a person reflects on their life is ______________?
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A. pride vs regret

B. competence vs inferiority

C. productivity vs stagnation

D. integrity vs despair
419. The stage of Piagets theory of cognitive development occurs during adolescence and refers to the ability to reason about abstract concepts and principles and evaluate issues in the broader social environment?
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A. formal-operational

B. preoperational

C. concrete-operational

D. sensorimotor

420. The subject mater of psychology is best described as ____________?
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A. behavior, cognition, perception

B. effect, behavior, cognition

C. perceptions. Behavior, mental health

D. thoughts, feelings, sensations