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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

701. Gestalt theory emphasized _____________?
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A. our tendency to see patterns

B. a flow of consciousness

C. the atoms of thought

D. none of these

702. Among people with severe mood disorder ___________ is most common?
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A. Mania

B. Depression

C. Euphoria

D. Manic-depression

703. In the perception of people, feedback will serve to ____________?
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A. None of these

B. Confirm an accurate initial perception

C. Nay of the above would be true

D. Correct an incorrect initial perception

E. Stabilize and inaccurate initial perception

704. A parapsychologist would study which of the following phenomena?
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A. procognition

B. telepathy

C. psycho-kinesis

D. all of the above

705. The first task in psychology is to carefully observe and to objectively describe ___________?
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A. social institution

B. symptoms of abnormality

C. animals

D. behavior

706. The combination of responses or ideals in novel way is called ___________?
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A. Thinking

B. None of these

C. Exploration

D. Creativity

707. Belief in the id would be the____________ view, whereas recording the frequency of acts of aggression would represent the____________ approach.
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A. functionalist, structuralist

B. structuralist, a priori

C. gestalt, introspection

D. structuralist, functionalist

708. In general children who score well on IQ tests have parents who ___________?
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A. Pay for tutors and special schools

B. Have very high IQs

C. None of these

D. Spend time with them and actively encourage their development

E. Punish them if they fail to do it well

709. Group think refers to ___________?
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A. Think tank

B. None of these

C. Deterioration of physical energy

D. Deterioration of mental efficiency

710. Which of the following is a dimension of visual experience?
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A. Loudness

B. Timbre

C. None of these

D. Pitch

E. Brightness

711. Personality inventories are ____________?
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A. None of these

B. Always scored on an empirical basis

C. Subjectively scored

D. Always scored on a priori basis

E. Objectively scored

712. Charles Darwins concept of natural selection is most important for which of the following general perspectives in psychology?
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A. structuralism

B. psychoanalysis

C. reflexology

D. functionalism

713. Psychodrama is one of the psychotherapeutic techniques which basically involve situations representing ____________?
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A. Ego blocking

B. All of the above

C. Primary ego

D. None of these

E. Superego blocking

714. All of the following are some of the major sources of work stress EXCEPT ___________?
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A. Little control

B. High decision latitude

C. Discrimination

D. Shift work

715. One of the major goals of humanistic therapy is to aid the individual in developing ____________?
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A. unconscious thought processes

B. positive self-concepts

C. stable family relations

D. strong ego defenses

716. In an experiment studying the effects of different drugs on reaction time, each subject is presented with all of the conditions in the experiment. This is an example of ____________?
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A. within subjects design

B. between subjects design

C. factorial design

D. quasi-experimental design

717. Which is not an authentic specialty of American Psychiatric Association?
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A. test and measurement

B. mental retardation

C. None of these

D. astrological psychology

E. industrial and organizational psychology

718. Term n-ach was introduced by_____________?
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A. Mc Cleland

B. Jung

C. None of these

D. Maslow

719. The clinical interview typically includes _______________?
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A. the clients initial and final evaluation

B. a follow up evaluation and assessment after therapy is terminated

C. the initial diagnosis of a clients psychological functioning

D. the psycho physiological assessment

720. A behavioral psychologist is interested in the behavior that _____________?
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A. is part of the conscious experience

B. can be observed

C. can be inferred

D. the organism chooses to perform

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