psychology MCQs – Page 35

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
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

682. According to Maslow, a person with no job, no friends and no house can be self actualized_________?
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A. 100 percent yes

B. All of the above

C. 100 percent no

D. None of these

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

684. Maintenance of an internal biological balance is called __________?
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A. Homeostasis

B. Instinct

C. None of these

D. Need

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

687. In psychological research, a_________ is defined as an entity that can occur with different values?
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A. hypothesis

B. theory

C. measurement system

D. experimental group
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
690. Enduring dimensions of personality characteristics differentiating people from another is called ___________?_
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A. Factor analysis

B. Determinism

C. None of these

D. Trait
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

696. In psychology, the correct conception of motivation was first described in terms of instinctive behavior. On whose theory was this concept largely based?
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A. Hume

B. Descartes

C. James

D. Darwin
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

698. While selecting a psychological test for personnel selection, main concern regarding the test is _____________?
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A. None of these

B. Ease of administration

C. Validity

D. Objectively

E. Cost

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