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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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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.

Which of the following considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?
A cognitive psychology
B behaviorism
C Gestalt psychology
D astrology
Correct Answer: astrology
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
A Cortex: Cognition
B Amygdala: Vision
C Optic lobe: Emotions
D Frontal lobe: Hearing
Correct Answer: Cortex: Cognition
A psychologist interested is knowing how young children think while learning ‘how to play games’, is a (n):
A Behavioural psychologist
B Sport psychologist
C Cognitive psychologist
D Environmental psychologist
Correct Answer: Cognitive psychologist
Whose theory of ‘cognitive dissonance’ received acclaim in the ’60’s?
A Festinger
B Taylor
C Jensen
D Lorenz
Correct Answer: Festinger
A theory that children develop a cognitive framework reflecting the beliefs of their society concerning characteristics and roles of males and females, and affecting the processing of new social information is known as:
A Gender identity theory
B Gender schema theory
C Gender constancy
D sex role theory
Correct Answer: Gender schema theory
For Kohlberg, the development of morality primarily involves:
A Cognitive development
B Affective development
C Neurolinguistic development
D Development of coordination
Correct Answer: Cognitive development
Because Ken is 6 6, people often mistakenly assume that he must be a member of his college’s basketball team. The mistaken judgement best illustrates the impact of:
A the availability heuristic
B confirmation bias
C the representativeness heuristic
D the belief perseverance phenomenon
Correct Answer: the representativeness heuristic
The sentences “Mario is easy to please” and “Mario is eager to please” have_______-surface structure and______deep structure.
A a different; the same
B no; the same
C a different; a different
D the same; a different
Correct Answer: the same; a different
To solve the “string problem” described in the text, you have to catch the screwdriver while holding the second string. This_______problem is often solved in a burst of_______when a person overcomes_______.
A arrangement; intuition; functional fixedness
B arrangement; intuition; confirmation bias
C transformation; intuition; mental set
D arrangement; insight; functional fixedness
Correct Answer: arrangement; insight; functional fixedness
A child is playing with a toy. When you hide the toy, she makes no effort to look for it. According to Jean Piaget, the child is in which stage of cognition?
A Concrete Operational
B Formal operational
C Sensorimotor
D Preoperational
Correct Answer: Sensorimotor