psychology MCQs – Page 25

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
481. A person that suggests that the shape of a persons skull indicates the extent to which that individual is argumentative and aggressive would be a __________?
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A. phrenologist

B. psychoanalyst

C. neurologist

D. neuropsychologist

482. Driver attention as a function of car radio sound is a phrase in which the driver attention aspect represents the ____________?
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A. irrelevant variable

B. intervening variable

C. independent variable

D. dependent variable
483. Who most strongly favors a stage theory of development?
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A. Macoby

B. Spock

C. Gellman

D. Piaget
484. Humans normally have 46 chromosomes. A person born with an extra 21st chromosome (47 in all) would have ______________?
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A. Downs syndrome

B. Turners syndrome

C. Kleinfelters syndrome

D. Pickwickians syndrome

485. A person who is nine feet tall and has very large hands and feet and a protecting jaw can attribute his physiological abnormality to an overactive ___________?
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A. parathyroid gland

B. adrenal gland

C. thyroid gland

D. pituitary gland
486. The cerebral cortex receives information from the ___________?
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A. visual system

B. auditory system

C. all of the above

D. motor system

487. In order to understand that a ball of clay can take a different shape without either losing or gaining substance, which of Piagets stages must the child have reached?
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A. preoperational

B. formal operational

C. sensorimotor

D. concrete-operational
488. This is not a part of brainstem?
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A. corpus collosum

B. medulla

C. midbrain

D. pons

489. A child is shown two identical balls of clay, sees one of them rolled into a rod shape, and is then asked which ball contains more clay. This child is being tested for an understanding of _____________?
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A. object permanence

B. the reversibility of actions

C. conservation of substance

D. logical possibilities

490. Suppose that psychosurgery is tried to remedy the incontrollable violent behavior of a convicted serial murderer. Which brain structure should probably be operated on?
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A. thalamus

B. amygdala

C. cerebellum

D. medulla

491. If a person feels tense or anxious without any reason he must concern with ___________ psychologist?
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A. personality

B. industrial/organizational

C. biological

D. clinical
492. The area of the brain where the sense of smell is processed is the _____________?
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A. olfactory bulbs

B. parietal lobe

C. pineal gland

D. frontal lobe

493. Hormones are to endocrine system as ___________ are to the nervous system?
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A. neurotransmitters

B. synapses

C. action potential

D. nerves

494. The phrase me milk and give ball are examples of __________ speech?
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A. telegraphic

B. incongruent

C. semantic

D. syntactic

495. This is not the characteristic of preoperational stage of development __________________?
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A. egocentric thought

B. problem solving behavior

C. static thinking

D. understanding of conservation
496. Behavior is best defined as ____________?
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A. anything we can infer from a persons action

B. any action we can observe and record

C. anything a person does or feels

D. any action, whether observable or not

497. Which psychologist will be helpful in order to build a spirit of teamwork in the workers of an office?
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A. clinical psychologist

B. personality psychologist

C. developmental psychologist

D. educational psychologist

498. The dominant hemisphere of the brain ___________?
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A. adept at spatial tasks

B. controls the expression and comprehension of language

C. controls the non-dominant hand

D. works independently of non-dominant hemisphere

499. The divisions of the peripheral nervous system are the ____________?
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A. CNS and PNS

B. somatic and visceral

C. visceral and central

D. somatic and autonomic
500. The earliest emotion evident in the newborn is ______________?
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A. excitement

B. affection

C. shyness

D. delight