psychology MCQs – Page 4

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
61. The process of encoding refers to _____________________?
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A. a clear memory of an emotionally significant event

B. the persistence of learning over time

C. getting information into memory

D. the recall of information previously learned

62. For most people, personal insults, fines, and headaches serve as ________________?
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A. punisher but not reinforces

B. either a or b depending on the discriminative stimulus

C. negative reinforces

D. positive reinforces

63. The branch of psychology that designs tests to assess IQ, aptitude and other measures of human potential is __________________?
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A. psychometrics

B. social psychology

C. measure ecology

D. parapsychology

64. A morpheme may best be defined as _____________________?
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A. the smallest unit of language that conveys a meaning

B. the meaning of a word in any given context

C. an orderly arrangement of words in a syntactical sequence

D. a single word used to convey a complex idea

65. The tip-of-tongue phenomenon is due to a difficulty in ________________?
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A. retrieval

B. working memory

C. encoding

D. storage

66. The process of getting information out of memory storage is known as __________________?
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A. storage

B. retrieval

C. encoding

D. rehearsal

67. According to Guilford, divergent thinking requires ___________________?
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A. categorization

B. one solution

C. arithmetic reasoning

D. fluency of ideas
68. The method of Loci is an example of _________________?
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A. a heuristic

B. the primary effect

C. the recency effect

D. a mnemonic
69. Forgetting that occurs solely as a function of the passage of time is called _______________?
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A. decay

B. interference

C. adaptation

D. amnesia

70. Which of the following was not recommended as a strategy for improving memory?
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A. active rehearsal

B. speed reading

C. distributive study

D. encoding meaningful associations

71. Problem that have more than one correct solution require ____________________?
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A. divergent thinking

B. symbolic thought

C. disjunctive thinking

D. convergent thinking

72. The theory of forgetting that stresses the similarity of items in memory is _________________?
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A. interference

B. consolidation

C. psychodynamic

D. decay

73. Memories of traumatic physical abuse are most unlikely to be __________________?
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A. encoded

B. rehearsed

C. repressed

D. retrieved

74. A persons memory of his wedding would be stored in _______________ memory?
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A. metamemory

B. procedural

C. semantic

D. autobiographical
75. Which psychological specialty is most directly concerned with the systematic study of problem solving, decision making and concept formation?
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A. cognitive psychology

B. social psychology

C. clinical psychology

D. developmental psychology

76. Mnemonics are _________________________?
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A. the scientific term for a memory location in the brain

B. the sound produces when two notes an octave apart are played simultaneously

C. a characteristic of sound

D. techniques used to improve memory
77. If both depressed and non-depressed individuals received similar scores on a diagnostic test for depression, it is said that the test ______________________?
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A. is not valid

B. has not been standardized

C. is not reliable

D. has not been factor analyzed

78. The three steps in memory information processing are ____________________?
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A. input, processing, output

B. encoding, storage, retrieval

C. input, storage, retrieval

D. input, storage, output

79. A your high school reunion you cannot remember the last name of your class teacher. Your failure to remember is most likely the result of __________________?
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A. state-dependent memory

B. encoding failure

C. storage failure

D. retrieval failure
80. The highest and most consistent rate of response is produced by a ________________ schedule?
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A. variable-ratio

B. fixed-ratio

C. variable-interval

D. fixed-interval