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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 the study by Kenrick and Gutierres (1980), exposing male subjects to a TV show dominated by extremely beautiful women:

A had no effect on their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date

B increased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date

C decreased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date

D increased their ratings of their own attractiveness

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Correct Answer: decreased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date

Sanam has just finished a long exhausting 6-mile run. She and her friend Jamal are gazing at a hill they need a climb to get back to their car Jamal asks Sanam, “Gee how steep do you think that hill is?” Based on research by Proffitt and his colleagues Sanam is likely to:

A make a reasonably accurate estimate of the hill’s slant, as most people do

B underestimate the hill’s slant, as most people do

C Ooverestimate the hill’s slant, but to a lesser degree than she would have before her exhausting run

D Overestimate the hill’s slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run

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Correct Answer: Overestimate the hill’s slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run

The fact that cultural groups with less exposure to carpentered buildings are less susceptible to the Muller-Lyer illusion suggests that:

A not all cultures test perceptual hypotheses

B people in technologically advanced cultures are more gullible

C optical illusions can be experienced only by cultures that have been exposed to the concept of optical illusions

D perceptual inferences can be shaped by experience

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Correct Answer: perceptual inferences can be shaped by experience

In a painting, train tracks may look as if they go off into the distance because the artist draws the tracks as converging lines a pictorial cue to depth known as:

A Interposition

B texture gradient

C convergence

D linear perspective

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Correct Answer: linear perspective

The illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession is called:

A convergence

B retinal disparity

C motion parallax

D the phi phenomenon

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Correct Answer: the phi phenomenon

Which theory would predict that the American flag have a green, black, and yellow afterimage?

A subtractive color mixing

B opponent process theory

C additive color mixing

D trichromatic theory

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Correct Answer: opponent process theory

Which types of visual processing mechanisms involve memory, task-relevant knowledge, and personal goals?

A Top-down

B Bottom-up

C Vertical

D Horizontal

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Correct Answer: Top-down

According to groundbreaking research, how do attentional processes affect perceptual processing of information?

A Attention create a parallel processing of all visual input

B All the visual stimuli fully processed and then attention acts on this information

C Attentional processes act early to select a small part of visual input to fully process

D Attention is not a critical component of the processing of visual information

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Correct Answer: All the visual stimuli fully processed and then attention acts on this information

Which of the following statements are true? 1. On a vernier acuity task, humans can discern the direction of very tiny offsets, but performance deteriorates with practice. 2. Different types of visual search have different behavioural characteristics and depend on different brain regions. 3. Walsh et.al. (1998) suggest that the right parietal lobe may be involved in setting up new templates in the conjunctions of, say, colour and form. 4 All of the above.

A 1 & 2

B 2 & 3

C 1 & 3

D 4

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Correct Answer: 2 & 3

Researchers have tested whether people can learn to use different search strategies by training them. What was the general conclusion based on these research studies?

A People can learn different search strategies, but it does not improve performance over all or on tasks where a target is present

B People cannot shift from serial to parallel processing when targets are present

C People can learn different search strategies and training does improve performance overall

D People can learn different search strategies but it does not improve performance over all or on tasks where a target is absent

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Correct Answer: People can learn different search strategies but it does not improve performance over all or on tasks where a target is absent

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In the study by Kenrick and Gutierres (1980), exposing male subjects to a TV show dominated by extremely beautiful women:

Sanam has just finished a long exhausting 6-mile run. She and her friend Jamal are gazing at a hill they need a climb to get back to their car Jamal asks Sanam, “Gee how steep do you think that hill is?” Based on research by Proffitt and his colleagues Sanam is likely to:

The fact that cultural groups with less exposure to carpentered buildings are less susceptible to the Muller-Lyer illusion suggests that:

In a painting, train tracks may look as if they go off into the distance because the artist draws the tracks as converging lines a pictorial cue to depth known as:

The illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession is called:

Which theory would predict that the American flag have a green, black, and yellow afterimage?

Which types of visual processing mechanisms involve memory, task-relevant knowledge, and personal goals?

According to groundbreaking research, how do attentional processes affect perceptual processing of information?

Researchers have tested whether people can learn to use different search strategies by training them. What was the general conclusion based on these research studies?