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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.

All of the following are goals of psychology EXCEPT:
A Evaluate
B Describe
C Control
D Predict
Correct Answer: Evaluate
One difference between sociology and psychologists is that psychologist study:
A Behavior in individuals
B biological processes more than psychological processes
C Religion, philosophy and epistemology
D Animal behavior rather than group behavior
Correct Answer: Behavior in individuals
The best definition of psychology is the __________?
A Study of the mind
B Study of personality and mental illness
C Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
D None of these
Correct Answer: Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Critical thinking skills: ____________?
A are abstract abilities that cannot be identified
B usually develop spontaneously through normal content instruction
C usually develop spontaneously without any instruction
D need to be deliberately taught because they often do not develop by themselves with standard content instruction
Correct Answer: need to be deliberately taught because they often do not develop by themselves with standard content instruction
Psychology’s answer to the of whether we are born or made tends to be _____________?
A we are born.
B we are made.
C we are both born and made.
D neither.
Correct Answer: we are both born and made.
The study of the endocrine system and genetic mechanisms would most likely be undertaken by a: _____________?
A Clinical psychologist
B physiological psychologist
C social psychologist
D educational psychologist
Correct Answer: physiological psychologist
Which of the following historical events created a demand for clinicians that was far greater than the supply and stimulated the development of clinical psychology?
A World War I
B the depression
C World war II
D the Korean War
Correct Answer: World war II
Which of the following is a statement with which Skinner’s followers would agree?
A Most behavior is controlled by unconscious forces
B The goal of behavior is self actualization
C Nature is more influential than nurture
D Free will is an illusion.
Correct Answer: Free will is an illusion.
The school of psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images was ___________?
A behaviorism
B structuralism
C humanism
D psychoanalysis
Correct Answer: structuralism
Which of the following approaches might suggest that forgetting to pick his mother up at the airport was Henry’s unconscious way of saying that he did not welcome her visit?
A psychoanalytic
B behavioral
C humanistic
D cognitive
Correct Answer: psychoanalytic