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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.

According to Chomsky, humans have a________to develop language.
A perceptual set
B telegraphic readiness
C learning set
D biological predisposition
Correct Answer: biological predisposition
Sixteen-year-old Foster wants to spend a few years experimenting with different lifestyles and careers before he settles on who and want he wants to be foster’s behavior illustrates the identity status of:
A identity moratorium
B identity foreclosure
C identity achievement
D identity diffusion
Correct Answer: identity moratorium
Compared to mothers, fathers spend more time:
A playing with the infant
B feeding and care giving their infants
C providing routine child care
D that does not involve visual contact with the infant
Correct Answer: playing with the infant
The 23rd chromosome determines the sex of the child. A male pattern is:
A XYX
B XXX
C XX
D XY
Correct Answer: XY
Primary sex characteristics are to_______as secondary sex characteristics are to_______.
A assimilation; accommodation
B male testes; adrenal glands
C male testes; female ovaries
D female ovaries; depended male voice
Correct Answer: female ovaries; depended male voice
Dementia is most commonly associated with:
A menopause
B crystallized intelligence
C Alzheimer’s disease
D role confusion
Correct Answer: Alzheimer’s disease
Girls who mature_______and boys who mature________seem to experience more subjective distress and emotional difficulties with the transition to adolescence.
A early; early
B early; late
C late; early
D late; late
Correct Answer: early; late
A child who knows how to tie shoelaces would probably find it relatively easy to learn how to tie a bow. Piaget would call this thinking process:
A object permanence
B operationalization
C maturation
D assimilation
Correct Answer: assimilation
Maturation refers to:
A the acquisition of socially acceptable behaviors
B the learning of social norms
C the physical and sexual development of early adolescence
D biological growth process that are relatively uninfluenced by experience
Correct Answer: biological growth process that are relatively uninfluenced by experience
According to Erikson, trust is to______as identity is to______.
A infancy; childhood
B infancy; adolescence
C adulthood; childhood
D childhood; adolescence
Correct Answer: infancy; adolescence