psychology MCQs – Page 38

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
741. The first school of psychology is ___________?
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A. functionalism

B. structuralism

C. gestalt school

D. behaviorism

742. Which of the following identified universal symbolic images that appear in myths, art, dreams, and other expressions of the collective unconscious?
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A. All of these

B. Adler

C. Horney

D. Freud

E. Jung

743. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of development studied by psychologists?
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A. Universal aspects of development

B. Cultural differences in development

C. Individual differences in development

D. None of these

E. Immutable laws of development

744. Repression refers to ____________?
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A. Frustration

B. None of these

C. Primary defense mechanism

D. Regression

745. Which psychological perspective would be most likely to emphasize that people can learn to discontinue bad habits such as smoking?
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A. cognitive

B. biological

C. social-cultural

D. behavioral
746. According to Piaget, the major accomplishment of the sensorimotor stage is___________?
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A. Object permanence

B. Centration

C. Abstract thinking

D. Egocentrism

747. A person has attitudes towards ___________?
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A. All objects which exist in his own life-space

B. None of these

C. All objects which are perceived by him

D. All possible objects

748. In essence the defense mechanisms are ___________?
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A. Escape reactions

B. Conscious self-deception

C. Defense against anxiety

D. Ways of convincing others of ones rightness

749. Longitudinal researches investigate ____________?
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A. Behavior through times as subject age

B. Behavior of different ages are compared

C. None of these

D. Both A. and B.

750. Maturation refers to development that occurs as a result of ___________?
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A. Homeostatic imbalances

B. An interaction between biology and environment

C. Genetically determined signals

D. None of these

E. Instinctive process

751. The function of a theory is to ___________?
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A. develop the steps to be used in experimentation

B. explain and relate observed facts

C. prove a hypothesis

D. establish a law

752. Specialized cells of nervous system carry ___________?
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A. Messages

B. Reflexes

C. Both (A. and (B.

D. None of the (A. and (B.

753. In Pavlovian conditioning the learned response is ____________?
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A. None of these

B. CS

C. CR

D. UCR

E. UCS

754. In the context of Titcheners research for the most elementary sensory experiences, introspection is a research method involving a detailed verbal report on ____________?
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A. ones own conscious sensory experience

B. all of the above

C. how ones own behavior affects ones conscious sensory experience

D. how ones own personality affects ones conscious sensory experience

755. Psychologists who typically apply psychological principles to diagnose and treat emotional problems, including mental illness and martial and family conflict, are in the subfield called ____________?
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A. social and personality

B. biological

C. clinical and counseling

D. school and educational

756. That its finding cannot be checked by other researchers is a criticism frequently leveled at proponents of_____________?
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A. non-behaviorism

B. functionalism

C. introspectionsim

D. behaviorism

757. Birth typically occurs after ____________?
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A. None of these

B. Thirty eight weeks conception

C. Four weeks conception

D. Forty weeks conception

758. The school of thought that considered psychology as a research for the minds elementary parts and the laws by which they are combined is ___________?
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A. Structuralism

B. functionalism

C. both Structuralism and Gestalt psychology

D. both Functionalism and Structuralism

759. The notion that aggression can be reduced by allowing angry individuals to engage harmless activities that allow them to blow off self esteem is ___________?
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A. Frustration-aggression hypothesis

B. Sublimation hypothesis

C. Displacement hypothesis

D. Catharsis hypothesis

760. Self-assertive behavior is an example primarily of _____________?
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A. None of these

B. A stimulation motive

C. A survival motive

D. An abundance motive

E. A security motive