psychology MCQs – Page 39

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
761. Psychosomatic disorders are best illustrated by ___________?
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A. Insomnia

B. Over-eating

C. Asthma caused by anxiety

D. Neurotic anxiety
762. Studies of crowding have found that crowding ____________?
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A. Can intensify feelings

B. Has negative effects only among the elderly

C. Affects mainly females

D. Depends only on physical density

763. Studies on maturation and learning have indicated ______________?
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A. That environmental stimulation may effect growth

B. That some factor may affect normal development

C. That the two follow independent course

D. Both (A. and (B.

E. None of these

764. The concept of intelligence is closely related to _____________?
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A. Perception

B. Learning

C. Cognition

D. Motivation

765. What can occur if a person believes that a connection exists between an act and its consequences when there is no relationship between the two?
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A. Classical conditioning

B. Superstitious behavior

C. Sequential learning

D. None of these

E. Shaping

766. According to clinical psychologists unconscious is _____________?
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A. None of these

B. A thing

C. A construct

D. An observation

E. A place

767. Dependence, passivity and greediness are regarded as traits found in the so-called __________?
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A. Phallic stage

B. Oral character

C. Anal character

D. None of these

E. Genital stage

768. Abraham Maslow is well known as _____________?
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A. a forerunner of object-relations theory

B. the creator of client-centered therapy

C. a forerunner of the humanistic movement in psychology

D. the creator of cognitive-behavioral therapy

769. An awareness of extensive cultural differences in attitudes and values is most helpful for avoiding ____________?
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A. the hindsight bias

B. random sampling

C. replication

D. the false consensus effect
770. If one finds a positive correlation between degree of coffee drinking and the likelihood of heart attacks. One can conclude that ___________?
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A. Coffee drinking causes heart attack

B. Individuals prone to heart attacks are predisposed to drink a lot of coffee

C. An active life style of certain people causes heart attack

D. None of these

771. A researcher wishes to un an experiment, but is concerned that variations in the subjects intelligence quotients (Iq) might confound the results. All of the following are possible solutions to this problem except for ___________?
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A. using a matched-subjects design

B. randomly assigning subjects to groups

C. running a double-blind experiment

D. Higher IQ level relatively constant

772. A need to establish and maintain relationship with other people__________?
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A. Need for affiliation

B. None of these

C. Achievement motivation

D. None of these

773. The semantic differential scale is used mainly to measure ____________?
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A. Interests

B. None of these

C. Opinions

D. Attitudes

E. Values

774. The essential feature of client-centered therapy is ___________?
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A. Its directive character

B. Its emphasis upon searching for deep unconscious aspects of the problem

C. The giving of reassurance to the client

D. The facilitating the client to arrive at his own insight about his problem

775. 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. Catharsis hypothesis

B. Frustration-aggression hypothesis

C. Sublimation hypothesis

D. Displacement hypothesis
776. The junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron is called the___________?
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A. Reuptake site

B. Receptor site

C. Synapse

D. None of these

E. Axon terminal

777. The non-directive approach characterizes ____________?
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A. Hypnosis

B. Psychoanalysis

C. Client-centered therapy

D. Behavior modification
778. The Cannon-Bard theory of emotions emphasis the role of the ___________?
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A. All of the above

B. Thalamus and hypothalamus

C. Hormonal system

D. None of these

E. Skeletal muscles

779. Discrepancies between attitudes lead to ____________?
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A. Cognitive dissonance

B. The fundamental attribution error

C. Relative deprivation

D. Prejudice

780. Therapists who focus on altering faulty thought process are ____________?
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A. Biological therapists

B. Psychodynamic therapists

C. Cognitive therapists

D. None of these

E. Humanistic therapists