psychology MCQs – Page 44

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
861. The concept of introversion and extroversion was advanced by ___________?
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A. Kretshmer

B. Jaensch

C. Spranger

D. Jung
862. Improved job satisfaction result in__________ in work performance and ___________ in turnover?
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A. Increase: increase

B. No change: decrease

C. Increase: no change

D. Decrease: decrease

863. If psychology can be defined as the science of behavior and the mind, why are the data in psychology always drawn from behavior?
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A. behavior can be influenced by physiology and the mind cannot

B. behavior can be influenced by the environment and the mind cannot

C. All of above

D. behavior can be observed and the mind cannot
864. The color, smell and feeling of the flowers are relayed through what part of brain_______?
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A. Motor area

B. Thalamus

C. Acetylcholine

D. None of these

865. The portion of your nervous system which controls breathing and digestion is ___________?
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A. Autonomic

B. None of these

C. Axon

D. Linear circuit

866. The leading cause of mind retardation is believed to be ___________?
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A. Fetal alcohol syndrome

B. Organic brain syndrome

C. None of these

D. Inherited traits

E. Environmental factors

867. The assessment tools upon which clinicians depends gather information about their clients belong in which of the following categories ?
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A. Interviews

B. All of these choices

C. None of these

D. Observations

E. Tests

868. The psychoanalytic perspective is distinctive because it emphasizes that behavior is influenced by ___________?
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A. genetics, nutrition and blood chemistry

B. unconscious desires and unresolved conflicts

C. environmental forces

D. a conscious understanding of life circumstances

869. Self actualisation is proposed by ____________?
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A. Sigmund Freud

B. William James

C. Carl Roger

D. Abraham Mashlow
870. Development of any skill depends intimately on ____________?
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A. Muscle facility

B. Kinesthetic stimulation

C. Feedback

D. Abstractions

E. None of these

871. Clinical psychologists are most likely to be involved in _____________?
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A. providing therapy to troubled people

B. the experimental study of motivation and emotion

C. the systematic study of how people are influenced by enduring personality traits

D. assessing the linkages between biology and behavior

872. For best research control of genetic factors, which of the following should be used in experimentation?
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A. factor analysis

B. longitudinal approach

C. identical twins

D. siblings

873. Reviewing existing records to confirm a hypothesis about the behavior of a terrorist is _____________?
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A. survey research

B. field research

C. archival research

D. case study

874. Psychology arose in the nineteenth century from developmental in a number of area, primarily ____________?
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A. science and culture

B. science and philosophy

C. culture and philosophy

D. philosophy and religion

875. William James, James Cattell, John Dewey and E.L. Thorndike all belonged to which school of thought?
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A. None of the above

B. Behaviorist

C. Structuralist

D. Gestaltists

876. For which school of thought was psychology decidedly not the science of the mind?
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A. Gestalt psychology

B. behaviorism

C. None of these

D. structuralism

E. psychoanalysis

877. Which of the following could be attributed to Tolmans research?
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A. The role of classical conditioning in the formation of phobic disorders

B. The concept of cognitive map

C. Discovery of the law of effect

D. The negative effect of punishment

E. None of these

878. The ability to exercise precise control over a variable is what distinguishes the _____________ method from other methods of scientific observation?
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A. control group identification

B. experimental

C. randomized selection

D. hypothesis testing

879. A hypothesis is _____________?
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A. an explanation of a phenomenon

B. a testable prediction derived from a theory

C. the dependent variable

D. the independent variable

880. Psychophysics is the study of the relationship between ___________?
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A. Sensory attributes and physical energy

B. None of these

C. Perception and physiological process

D. Psychology and physics