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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.

In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear that judgments of the normality of behavior are:

A culturally relative

B statistical

C a matter of subjective discomfort

D related to conformity

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Correct Answer: culturally relative

Three year old Shawn ate lead paint which was chipping off the walls in an older home. Consequently, he developed a psychosis based on brain damage due to lead poisoning. Shawn’s psychosis would be called a(n):

A functional psychosis

B organic psychosis

C neural psychosis

D neo – cortical psychosis

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Correct Answer: organic psychosis

False beliefs that are held even when the facts contradict them are called:

A fantasies

B hallucinations

C illusions

D delusions

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Correct Answer: delusions

DSM stands for:

A diagnostic schedule of medicine

B diagnostic and statistical manual

C depressive scale modalities

D doctor or surgical medicine

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Correct Answer: diagnostic and statistical manual

______schizophrenics shift from one pattern of schizophrenic behavior to another.

A Catatonic

B Disorganized

C Paranoid

D Undifferentiated

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Correct Answer: Disorganized

The famous ruling that led to the present day plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity” is the:

A common law defense

B Harrison decision

C M’Naghten rule

D Twinkle defense

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Correct Answer: M’Naghten rule

Mood disorders are those in which the personality may:

A experience serve depression and threaten suicide

B exhibit symptoms suggesting physical disease or injury but for which there is no identifiable cause

C exhibit behavior that is the result of an organic brain pathology

D experience delusions and hallucinations

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Correct Answer: experience serve depression and threaten suicide

Persons who are excessively narcissistic, dependent, or antisocial are characterized as having:

A somatoform disorders

B generalized anxiety

C conversion reactions

D personality disorders

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Correct Answer: personality disorders

The most serve psychological disorder is a (n):

A personality disorder

B psychosomatic illness

C anxiety disorder

D psychosis

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Correct Answer: psychosis

A PET scan involves the injection of:

A radioactive sugar

B iodine

C metal particles

D xenon gas

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Correct Answer: radioactive sugar

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear that judgments of the normality of behavior are:

Three year old Shawn ate lead paint which was chipping off the walls in an older home. Consequently, he developed a psychosis based on brain damage due to lead poisoning. Shawn’s psychosis would be called a(n):

False beliefs that are held even when the facts contradict them are called:

DSM stands for:

______schizophrenics shift from one pattern of schizophrenic behavior to another.

The famous ruling that led to the present day plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity” is the:

Mood disorders are those in which the personality may:

Persons who are excessively narcissistic, dependent, or antisocial are characterized as having:

The most serve psychological disorder is a (n):

A PET scan involves the injection of: