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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.

What does cognitive psychology investigate?

A Observable behaviour

B Interaction with others

C The unconscious mind

D Thought

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Correct Answer: Thought

“Apple is to fruit as hamburger is to_____is an example of:

A an arrangement problem

B a series-completion problem

C a deductive reasoning problem

D an analogy problem

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Correct Answer: an analogy problem

Thinking that moves from specific cases to general principles is:

A massed practice

B reasoning

C deductive

D inductive

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Correct Answer: inductive

Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:

A the number of times they hear a given word

B their ability to imitate the words and grammar modeled by parents

C the positive reinforced that adults give children for speaking correctly

D an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules

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Correct Answer: an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules

When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of:

A Phonemes and morphemes both stay the same

B phonemes increases, but the number morphemes are both increased

C phonemes and morphemes are both increased

D phonemes decreases, but the number of morphemes increases

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Correct Answer: phonemes increases, but the number morphemes are both increased

If we know that all dogs have tails, and thus poodles must then have tails, we are demonstrating________reasoning?

A insight

B determined

C deductive

D echoic

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Correct Answer: deductive

In wolfgang Kohler’s experiment, the chimpanzee Sultan retrieved a long stick with a short stick to retrieve a piece of fruit. Sultan was able to reach the fruit as a result of:

A trial and error

B a fixation

C artificial intelligence

D insight

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Correct Answer: insight

Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

A functional fixedness

B the framing effect

C the representativeness heuristic

D overconfidence

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Correct Answer: overconfidence

You have a pair of pilers and a bag of nuts in the shell. You are lamenting the fact that you can’t shell the nuts because you do not have a nutcracker. Your inability to perceive the pilers as a makeshift nutcracker demonstrates_______on your part.

A functional fixedness

B inductive reasoning

C heuristic reasoning

D insight insufficiency

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Correct Answer: functional fixedness

Greg is using single words to say a complete thought or idea. What is this called?

A the jargon stage

B spontaneous babbling

C telegraphic speech

D holophrastic speech

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Correct Answer: holophrastic speech

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What does cognitive psychology investigate?

“Apple is to fruit as hamburger is to_____is an example of:

Thinking that moves from specific cases to general principles is:

Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:

When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of:

If we know that all dogs have tails, and thus poodles must then have tails, we are demonstrating________reasoning?

In wolfgang Kohler’s experiment, the chimpanzee Sultan retrieved a long stick with a short stick to retrieve a piece of fruit. Sultan was able to reach the fruit as a result of:

Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

You have a pair of pilers and a bag of nuts in the shell. You are lamenting the fact that you can’t shell the nuts because you do not have a nutcracker. Your inability to perceive the pilers as a makeshift nutcracker demonstrates_______on your part.

Greg is using single words to say a complete thought or idea. What is this called?