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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

Stimulus motives are:

A need that are learned, such as the needs for power or for achievement

B innate but not necessary for survival

C not innate but necessary for survival

D innate and necessary for survival

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Correct Answer: innate but not necessary for survival

The polygraph or “lie detector” primarily measures which component of emotion?

A attribution

B emotional expression

C physiological arousal

D vocal modulation

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Correct Answer: physiological arousal

The chief antidote for test anxiety is:

A over-preparation

B thought suppression

C regression

D discussing the problem with your professor

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Correct Answer: over-preparation

A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called:

A the dependent group and the independent group

B the extraneous and the independent group

C the before group and the after group

D the control group and the experimental group

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Correct Answer: the control group and the experimental group

It has been suggested that Alaskan Eskimos’ rich vocabulary for describing snow enables them to perceive differences in snow conditions that would otherwise go unnoticed. This suggestion most clearly illustrates:

A belief perseverance

B the farming effect

C the representativeness heuristic

D linguistic determinism

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Correct Answer: linguistic determinism

For the connection between the CS and the CR to be strengthened, the CS must:

A generalize to the UR

B precede the US

C be identical to the US

D be followed by the UR

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Correct Answer: precede the US

The representativeness heuristic refers to our tendency to:

A underestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments

B judge the likelihood of an event in terms of how readily instances of its occurrence are remembered

C cling to our initial conceptions, even though they have been discredited

D judge the likelihood of category membership by how closely an object or event resembles a particular prototype

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Correct Answer: judge the likelihood of category membership by how closely an object or event resembles a particular prototype

Aima just upgraded her software package. However, even though the updated version contains a number of more efficient methods for working with files, Aima continues to work with files the way she did before the upgrade. In this case, Aima is showing evidence of:

A functional fixedness

B belief perseverance

C the availability heuristic

D mental set

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Correct Answer: mental set

Prototype is to category asis to_.

A rope; weapon

B algorithm; heuristic

C couch; bed

D rose; flower

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Correct Answer: rose; flower

A neutral stimulus is one that:

A leads to an increase of the UR

B leads to decrease of the UR

C depends on the size of the UR

D does not evoke the UR

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: does not evoke the UR

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Stimulus motives are:

The polygraph or “lie detector” primarily measures which component of emotion?

The chief antidote for test anxiety is:

A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called:

It has been suggested that Alaskan Eskimos’ rich vocabulary for describing snow enables them to perceive differences in snow conditions that would otherwise go unnoticed. This suggestion most clearly illustrates:

For the connection between the CS and the CR to be strengthened, the CS must:

The representativeness heuristic refers to our tendency to:

Aima just upgraded her software package. However, even though the updated version contains a number of more efficient methods for working with files, Aima continues to work with files the way she did before the upgrade. In this case, Aima is showing evidence of:

Prototype is to category asis to_.

A neutral stimulus is one that:

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

All Topics 6084

All Topics 6084

Stimulus motives are:

The polygraph or “lie detector” primarily measures which component of emotion?

The chief antidote for test anxiety is:

A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called:

It has been suggested that Alaskan Eskimos’ rich vocabulary for describing snow enables them to perceive differences in snow conditions that would otherwise go unnoticed. This suggestion most clearly illustrates:

For the connection between the CS and the CR to be strengthened, the CS must:

The representativeness heuristic refers to our tendency to:

Aima just upgraded her software package. However, even though the updated version contains a number of more efficient methods for working with files, Aima continues to work with files the way she did before the upgrade. In this case, Aima is showing evidence of:

Prototype is to category as______is to_______.

A neutral stimulus is one that:

Prototype is to category asis to_.