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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.

The temporary inability to retrieve a word that is well-known to us is referred to as the:

A Recency effect

B Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

C Wernicke’s aphasia

D Acquired dyslexia

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Correct Answer: Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

When two groups of participants were each shown a different set of results based on a experiment with rats, both groups reported that the results shown to them were obvious outcomes. This suggests that sometimes things appear to be more obvious than they should. Which cognitive phenomenon can explain this effect?

A Hindsight bias

B Intuition

C Availability heuristic

D Conditional reasoning

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Correct Answer: Hindsight bias

All of the following qualities describe reasoning by intuition except for:

A Occurs automatically

B Fast analysis of information

C Strong feeling of conviction

D Logical analysis

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Correct Answer: Logical analysis

Which of the following is an example of people’s reliance on the representativeness heuristic to make decisions or judgements?

A People report that they did more than 50% of the work in domestic situations

B People tend to overestimate car accidents

C People are more likely to attribute a case of heartbum to spicy food than bland food

D People tend to underestimate death from diabetes

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Correct Answer: People are more likely to attribute a case of heartbum to spicy food than bland food

With respect problem-solving which of the following statements is true?

A Being numerate calls for a standard application of arithmetic procedures drawn from memory

B Creative problem-solving can also be done according to formula

C Even if we experience the same problem type over and over again creative problem-solving never become routine

D None of the above

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Correct Answer: Being numerate calls for a standard application of arithmetic procedures drawn from memory

According to Lakoff, metaphors have a significant influence in how we think and understand our social worlds, Which of the following examples below is not an example of metaphor?

A A good book is like a good meal

B Necessity is the mother of invention

C When Helen heard the news, she almost had a meltdown

D There was considerable political fallout from the scandal

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Correct Answer: A good book is like a good meal

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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The temporary inability to retrieve a word that is well-known to us is referred to as the:

All of the following qualities describe reasoning by intuition except for:

Which of the following is an example of people’s reliance on the representativeness heuristic to make decisions or judgements?

With respect problem-solving which of the following statements is true?

According to Lakoff, metaphors have a significant influence in how we think and understand our social worlds, Which of the following examples below is not an example of metaphor?