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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.

People from different cultures can recognize which facial expressions?
A fear
B anger
C disgust
D All of them
Correct Answer: All of them
At the highest levels of arousal:
A the individual becomes emotional, frenzied, and disorganized
B only biological needs can be met
C performance on the most complex tasks improves
D intellectual products exhibit great creativity
Correct Answer: the individual becomes emotional, frenzied, and disorganized
Which is a cause of anorexia?
A sibling rivairy
B an overly realistic view of normal size
C food allergies
D perfectionism
Correct Answer: perfectionism
The process holding information in memory is referred to as: ____________?
A retrieval
B encoding
C storage
D organization
Correct Answer: organization
An intelligence test for adults frequently has a general knowledge section which tests for:_____________?
A episodic memory
B echoic memory
C procedural memory
D semantic memory
Correct Answer: semantic memory
Who identified the concepts of id superego and ego?
A Maslow
B Freud
C Adler
D Spearman
Correct Answer: Freud
Who developed a measure of ego strength’ from some items of the MMPI?
A Brown
B Barron
C Black
D Barrett
Correct Answer: Barron
Counter stereotypic inference can be effective in reducing:
A Discrimination
B Prejudice
C Dissonance
D Social isolation
Correct Answer: Prejudice
Which one of the distribution of performance is found under optimally induced stress condition?
A J- shaped
B Inverted U- shaped
C Positively – skewed
D Negatively – skewed
Correct Answer: Inverted U- shaped
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of stages of memory?
A Storage-organization-recall
B Recall-encoding-decoding
C Encoding-decoding-storage
D Encoding-storage-retrieval
Correct Answer: Encoding-storage-retrieval