psychology MCQs – Page 37

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
721. Any procedural variable which can cause a subset of the population to be non-representative of the population is a _____________?
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A. None of these

B. sample bias

C. sample error

D. population error

E. population bias

722. Which of the following phenomena was studied by parlor?
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A. Animal cognition

B. Operant conditioning

C. Classical conditioning

D. Maturation
723. A study of gastric ulceration in response to stress produced by shock found that the most ulceration was shown by rates who ____________?
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A. Received varying levels of shock

B. Could predict the onset of shock

C. Could not predict the onset of shock

D. Only heard a tone but received no shock

724. The four main goals of psychological research are ____________?
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A. description, experimentation, prediction and control

B. description, explanation, control and validity

C. description, prediction, assessment and manipulation

D. description, explanation, assessment and manipulation

725. The view that we are born with the ability to perceive the way we do it held by___________?
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A. Empiricists

B. Nativists

C. Contemporary psychologists

D. Sensory psychologists

726. Which of the following factors influence the impact of interference on learning?
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A. The type of activity that flows studying

B. The organization and meaningfulness of the information learned

C. The nature of the material being learned

D. None of these

E. All of the above

727. The most distinctive aspect of Freuds theory of psychoanalysis is the belief that the conscious mind is influenced by ___________?
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A. unconscious thought processes

B. external stimuli

C. innate factors

D. learning and experience

E. None of these

728. One hallmark of projective tests is that they ____________?
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A. Measure only one trait

B. Are criterion referenced

C. None of these

D. Require responses to ambiguous stimuli

E. Are multiphase
729. Probably the most insidious form of defense mechanism is ___________?
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A. Projection

B. Defensive identification

C. Reaction formation

D. None of these

E. Withdrawal
730. In Maslows theory of personality the main concept is that of ______________?
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A. Interpersonal relations

B. Acquired drives

C. Self-actualization

D. None of these

E. Functional autonomy

731. When we look at a distant object, we usually judge its size by ___________?
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A. Retinal size

B. Object size

C. Perspective size

D. A compromise between object size and perspective size
732. The theory of personality in which basic anxiety is the primary concept was associated with the name ____________?
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A. None of these

B. Murray

C. Fromm

D. Horney

E. Sullivan

733. Psycho dynamic therapists believe that maladaptive behavior stems from ___________?
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A. Emotional trauma experienced in childhood

B. None of these

C. Inappropriate learning patterns

D. Disturbed thought patterns

E. A failure to live up ones full potential

734. According to Bandura, one is socialized by ___________?
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A. None of these

B. Punishment

C. Observation

D. Food

735. Gradual exposure to actual feared situation is called ____________?
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A. In vivo desensitization

B. Flooding

C. Cognitive desensitization

D. Breaking of resistance

736. The approach-approach conflict involves ____________?
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A. Neither (A. nor (B. (C.

B. A stable equilibrium

C. None of these

D. An unstable equilibrium

E. An oscillation of (A. and (B.
737. Tests that employ real life problems that the examinee is likely to face on the job are called ___________?
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A. Situational tests

B. Projective techniques

C. Job tasks

D. Valid tests

738. The group in an experiment which receives no treatment is called ____________?
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A. Control group

B. Experimental group

C. None of these

D. No group

739. Which of the following orders of Maslows hierarchy of need is correct?
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A. Physiological, belongingness, safety, esteem, self-actualization

B. None of these

C. Belongingness, esteem, safety, physiological, self-actualization

D. Safety, physiological, belongingness, self-actualization, esteem

E. Physiological, safety, belongingness, esteem, self-actualization
740. The term propinquity explains ___________?
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A. Geographical proximity

B. Why people affiliate with one another

C. Both (A. and (B.

D. None of these