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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.

According to Piaget, the preoperational stage refers to the development of which cognitive abilities in children?

A Child begins to speak for the first time

B Child begins to recognize faces of primary caregivers

C Child begins to solve problems logically

D Child begins to represent the world symbolically but remains intutive and egocentric

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Correct Answer: Child begins to represent the world symbolically but remains intutive and egocentric

An infant acts relatively indifferent to her mother’s presence, does not seem greatly disturbed by her departure, and does not go to her when she returns. This is an example of which type of infant attachment style according to Marry Ainsworth and colleagues?

A Secure attachment

B Increase attachment /resistant

C Insecure attachment/avoidant

D Preoperational attachment

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Correct Answer: Insecure attachment/avoidant

Which of the following assertions about social development is ?

A The development of the two aspects of social selectivity-attachment and wariness of strangers-are cosely related in onset and development significance

B According to Powlby through the course of the first attachment the infant begins to formulate an internal working model of what a relationship involves.

C Through forming attachment the infant minimizes opportunities for nurturing and protection

D Many social developmentalists believe that the formation of attachments is a vital aspect of early relations.

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Correct Answer: Through forming attachment the infant minimizes opportunities for nurturing and protection

Language in the form of phonemes of words is typically apparent in children of which age?

A Six months

B One year

C Three months

D Two years

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Correct Answer: One year

Which of the following statements is true in language development?

A In their first few months of life, infants can discriminate among sounds in foreign languages that are not used in their own community

B In their first few months of life, infants can only discriminate among sounds in the language of their own community

C Towards the end of our teens, we begin to lose our sensitivity to phonetic contrasts in languages other that one(s) we learned as children

D Language acquistion is complete by about age 4

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Correct Answer: In their first few months of life, infants can only discriminate among sounds in the language of their own community

According to Jean Piaget, what is the first stage of cognitive development, occurring from birth to two years of age?

A Sensorimotor stage

B Infant cognition stage

C Object permanance

D Sensory information stage

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Correct Answer: Sensorimotor stage

Which of the following statements about Jean Piaget is NOT true?

A Piaget developed a model of cognitive development which holds that children’s thinking progresses through a series of orderly stages.

B According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage extends from approximately 2 to 7 years of age.

C Piaget regarded the child in the sensorimotor stage as acting to learn about itself and its relations to the environment.

D Piaget believed that children learn by doing.

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Correct Answer: According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage extends from approximately 2 to 7 years of age.

Which reflex in infants ensures that normal infants will respond to contact with the mothers’ breast by seeking out the nipple and feeding?

A Rooting reflex

B Moro reflex

C Sucking reflex

D A and C

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Correct Answer: A and C

Researchers have demonstrated that between the ages of 6 and 10, the meaning of “friendship” progresses in the following way:

A Mutual support to reciprocity to social ties

B Mutual liking to trust reciprocity

C Reciprocity to mutual liking to trust

D Trust to sharing to mutual liking

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Correct Answer: Mutual liking to trust reciprocity

When someone’s biological sex does not match their gender identity, they may be experiencing which phenomenon?

A Transexual identity

B Communicative disorder

C Sexual dysfunction

D Gender identity disorder

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Correct Answer: Gender identity disorder

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According to Piaget, the preoperational stage refers to the development of which cognitive abilities in children?

An infant acts relatively indifferent to her mother’s presence, does not seem greatly disturbed by her departure, and does not go to her when she returns. This is an example of which type of infant attachment style according to Marry Ainsworth and colleagues?

Which of the following assertions about social development is ?

Language in the form of phonemes of words is typically apparent in children of which age?

Which of the following statements is true in language development?

According to Jean Piaget, what is the first stage of cognitive development, occurring from birth to two years of age?

Which of the following statements about Jean Piaget is NOT true?

Which reflex in infants ensures that normal infants will respond to contact with the mothers’ breast by seeking out the nipple and feeding?

Researchers have demonstrated that between the ages of 6 and 10, the meaning of “friendship” progresses in the following way:

When someone’s biological sex does not match their gender identity, they may be experiencing which phenomenon?