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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.

Defensive Pessimists set low expectations and ruminate over the worst possible outcomes; however research has shown that they perform similarly in terms of academic performance compared to which group of people?

A Pessimists

B Optimists

C Neurotics

D Extraverts

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Correct Answer: Extraverts

Which. if any, of the following statements about self-consciousness is?

A Carver and Scheier’s control theory of human functioning states that there are stable individual differences in the extent to which we attend to aspects of the self

B In control theory, if we perceive ourselves to have reached too high a standard of behavior, the personality system will increase the discrepancy between the standard and the perceived level

C Fenigstein, Scheier and Buss (1975) developed a self-consciousness scale to measure what they considered to be stable what they considered to be stable individual and difference in private and public self-consciousness

D None of the above-all are correct

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Correct Answer: In control theory, if we perceive ourselves to have reached too high a standard of behavior, the personality system will increase the discrepancy between the standard and the perceived level

Which dimension of personality can predict individual preferences for study areas, number of study breaks and performance on long vigilance tasks?

A External-internal

B Experimenting-conservative

C Neuroticism-stability

D Extraversion-introversion

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Correct Answer: Extraversion-introversion

Identify the FALSE statement relating to affects, from those given below:

A The way we feel can determined by immediate responses to situations as they occur

B The way we feel can be determined by immediate responses to situations as they occur

C Feeling angry anxious or happy might impact on any of the other types of cognition, changing the way we respond

D A dispositionally calm person will not become anxious even when the elevator they are travelling in becomes stuck between floors

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Correct Answer: A dispositionally calm person will not become anxious even when the elevator they are travelling in becomes stuck between floors

Students who experiences a persistent depressed mood after failing an exam probably have which type of attribution style?

A Stable, global

B Unstable, specific

C External, global

D External, specific

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Correct Answer: Stable, global

The extent to which people believe that they can bring about an outcome is referred to as________.

A Extraversion

B Neuroticism

C Self-efficacy

D Self-regulation

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Correct Answer: Self-efficacy

According to Mischel and Shoda’s (1995) cognitive-effective units in the personality system, what category refers to how processes such as selective attention, interpretation, and categorization of events affect personality?

A Competencies

B Goals and values

C Affects

D Encodings

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Correct Answer: Encodings

The nomothetic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_whereas the idiographic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_.

A Introverts: extroverts

B Extroverts; introverts

C Similar; unique

D Unique; similar

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Correct Answer: Similar; unique

Recent work in behavioural genetics has examined the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to human behavior. But which of the four assertions below is NOT true?

A Research as shown monozygotic twins to have much more similar personality traits than dizygotic twins

B Both adoption studies and twin studies are consistent with a genetic influence on personality

C Adoption studies have shown that environment plays no part in the development of personality

D Children who are genetically more active and impulsive can cause their parents to be more responsive to their needs than other children

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Correct Answer: Adoption studies have shown that environment plays no part in the development of personality

Which of the following are commonly accepted dimensions of attribution? (Please highlight all the correct answers.) 1. Internal-external. 2. Stable-unstable. 3. Wide-narrow. 4. None of the above.

A 1 & 2

B 4

C 2 & 3

D 1 & 3

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Correct Answer: 1 & 2

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Defensive Pessimists set low expectations and ruminate over the worst possible outcomes; however research has shown that they perform similarly in terms of academic performance compared to which group of people?

Which. if any, of the following statements about self-consciousness is?

Which dimension of personality can predict individual preferences for study areas, number of study breaks and performance on long vigilance tasks?

Identify the FALSE statement relating to affects, from those given below:

Students who experiences a persistent depressed mood after failing an exam probably have which type of attribution style?

The extent to which people believe that they can bring about an outcome is referred to as________.

According to Mischel and Shoda’s (1995) cognitive-effective units in the personality system, what category refers to how processes such as selective attention, interpretation, and categorization of events affect personality?

The nomothetic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_whereas the idiographic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_.

Recent work in behavioural genetics has examined the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to human behavior. But which of the four assertions below is NOT true?

Which of the following are commonly accepted dimensions of attribution? (Please highlight all the correct answers.) 1. Internal-external. 2. Stable-unstable. 3. Wide-narrow. 4. None of the above.

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

All Topics 6084

All Topics 6084

Defensive Pessimists set low expectations and ruminate over the worst possible outcomes; however research has shown that they perform similarly in terms of academic performance compared to which group of people?

Which. if any, of the following statements about self-consciousness is?

Which dimension of personality can predict individual preferences for study areas, number of study breaks and performance on long vigilance tasks?

Identify the FALSE statement relating to affects, from those given below:

Students who experiences a persistent depressed mood after failing an exam probably have which type of attribution style?

The extent to which people believe that they can bring about an outcome is referred to as________.

According to Mischel and Shoda’s (1995) cognitive-effective units in the personality system, what category refers to how processes such as selective attention, interpretation, and categorization of events affect personality?

The nomothetic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______whereas the idiographic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______.

Recent work in behavioural genetics has examined the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to human behavior. But which of the four assertions below is NOT true?

Which of the following are commonly accepted dimensions of attribution? (Please highlight all the correct answers.) 1. Internal-external. 2. Stable-unstable. 3. Wide-narrow. 4. None of the above.

The nomothetic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_whereas the idiographic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_.