psychology MCQs – Page 28

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
541. The brain structure that plays a critical role in motivated behaviors such as eating and sexual activity is the ___________?
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A. hypothalamus

B. cerebral cortex

C. corpus collosum

D. amygdala

542. Psychologists who specialize in the study of language are called ______________?
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A. psycho-metricians

B. psycho-grammarists

C. morphemologists

D. psycholinguists
543. Humanistic approach to psychology was founded by ___________?
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A. Rogers and Maslow

B. Freud and Jung

C. Watson and Skinner

D. Wundt and James

544. Which of the following is commonly referred to as the father of developmental psychology?
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A. Sigmund Freud

B. William James

C. Erik Erikson

D. G. Stanley Hall
545. The process by which a single neuro relays messages to other neurons is known as _____________?
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A. polarization

B. depolarization

C. synaptic transmission

D. axonal transmission

546. Preparing the body for fight or fight is the function of the _____________?
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A. adrenal medulla

B. parasympathetic nervous system

C. pituitary gland

D. parathyroid gland

547. Which of the following brain areas is important for speech?
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A. hippocampus

B. cerebellum

C. thalamus

D. Wernickes area
548. The term cognition means ___________?
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A. free will

B. knowledge

C. objectivity

D. observation

549. According to Eriksons developmental theory, the maturity stage deals with which of the following crises?
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A. integrity vs. despair

B. intimacy vs. isolation

C. initiative vs. guilt

D. autonomy vs. doubt

550. Comparatively speaking, ___________ has the most prominent cerebral cortex?
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A. alligator

B. rabbit

C. pigeon

D. dog
551. According to Piaget, the childs basic development process includes ______________?
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A. assimilation

B. all of the above

C. accommodation

D. schemas

552. DNA refers to the ____________________?
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A. neural structure in cell bodies

B. molecular configuration making up chromosomes

C. germ-cell configurations in genes

D. atom structure in genes

553. Not among the major brain division is ____________?
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A. reticular activating system

B. cerebellum

C. frontal

D. brain stem

554. The fatty material protecting the axon in some neurons is called a/an _____________?
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A. myelin sheath

B. dendrite

C. axon terminal

D. ganglion

555. The part of the autonomic nervous system that triggers physiological arousal is _____________?
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A. central nervous system

B. parasympathetic nervous system

C. sympathetic nervous system

D. somatic nervous system

556. The vast majority of cells in the bodys information-processing systems are ___________?
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A. motor neurons

B. interneurons

C. neurotransmitters

D. sensory neurons

557. Spinal nerves belong to the ___________?
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A. peripheral nervous system

B. central nervous system

C. residual nervous system

D. antagonistic nervous system

558. Fertilization of human eggs normally takes place in the ______________?
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A. cervix

B. uterus

C. ovaries

D. fallopian tubes
559. Today, psychology is a discipline that ___________?
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A. is focused primarily on basic research

B. is focused on applied research

C. is independent of other fields

D. connects with a diversity of other fields
560. A significant contribution of the __________ approach was the emphasis placed on measurable observations?
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A. humanist

B. behaviorist

C. gestalt

D. psychoanalytic