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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.

The most frequently used method in psychology to explore cause and effect relationships between variables is:

A Correlation method

B Experimental method

C Naturalistic observation method

D Participant observer method

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Correct Answer: Experimental method

Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in:

A stimulus-response connections

B animal behavior

C the comparison of functional and behavioral psychology

D the comparison of different types of psychotherapy

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Correct Answer: animal behavior

Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of:

A sign language

B pictures

C computers

D Morse code

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Correct Answer: sign language

If Aaliya who is 2 1/2 years old says, “cookie me now”, she is demonstrating:

A overregularization

B two-word speech

C one-word speech

D telegraphic speech

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Correct Answer: telegraphic speech

A, an ill are all examples of:

A syntax

B morphemes

C overregularization

D phonemes

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Correct Answer: morphemes

Dolphins have been observed to pause by a mirror to examine ink marks placed on their bodies. This best illustrates their capacity for:

A self-recognition

B transmitting cultural innovations

C generating category hierarchies

D linguistic determinism

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Correct Answer: self-recognition

An implicit by which an organism becomes aware of and manipulates past experiences through the use of symbols is our class definition of:

A chunking

B thinking

C concepts

D symbols

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Correct Answer: thinking

Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent?

A personality psychology

B cognitive psychology

C clinical psychology

D developmental psychology

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Correct Answer: cognitive psychology

The conjunction fallacy is a tendency to:

A underestimate the odds of a chance even if that event hasn’t occurred recently

B overestimate the odds of a chance event if that even hasn’t occurred recently

C draw general conclusions based on a few isolated cases

D believe that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone

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Correct Answer: believe that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone

If you were to compare adult speech with the speech of infants under 6 months of age you should expect to find that:

A adults are capable of producing more phonemes than infants are

B adults and infants both use the same number of phenomes

C infants produce more phonemes than adults do

D adults and infants both use the same number of morphemes

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Correct Answer: infants produce more phonemes than adults do

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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The most frequently used method in psychology to explore cause and effect relationships between variables is:

Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in:

Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of:

If Aaliya who is 2 1/2 years old says, “cookie me now”, she is demonstrating:

A, an ill are all examples of:

Dolphins have been observed to pause by a mirror to examine ink marks placed on their bodies. This best illustrates their capacity for:

An implicit by which an organism becomes aware of and manipulates past experiences through the use of symbols is our class definition of:

Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent?

The conjunction fallacy is a tendency to:

If you were to compare adult speech with the speech of infants under 6 months of age you should expect to find that: