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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.

Sociology is the:

A Objective study of human interaction

B science of human mind

C study of ethnic groups

D Analysis of human nature

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Correct Answer: Objective study of human interaction

Who said this? “Comparative sociology is not a particular branch of sociology, it is sociology itself, in- so- far as it ceases to be purely descriptive and aspires to account for facts.”

A Hegel

B K. Marx

C M. Weber

D E. Durkheim

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Correct Answer: E. Durkheim

_______refers to a learned negative attitude toward a person based on their person’s membership in a particular group.

A Normative justice

B Prejudice

C Discrimination

D The Asch effect

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Correct Answer: Prejudice

Haley thinks Keith’s silence indicates that he’s angry, so she avoids talking to quietness signifies that she’s angry and wants to be left alone. This situation best illustrates:

A superordinate goals

B scapegoating

C mirror- image perceptions

D the reciprocity norm

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Correct Answer: mirror- image perceptions

Which of the following defines the risky shift in groups?

A the tendency of groups to internalize risk more than individuals

B the tendency for groups to be more risky than individuals

C the tendency for groups to be as risky as individuals

D the tendency for groups to be less risky than individuals

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Correct Answer: the tendency for groups to be more risky than individuals

You have practice for weeks to perform in the fall play at school. In practice on occasion you have messed up your lines or forgotten a movement, however on the evening of the performance you are flawless. Which of the following phenomena did you likely experience?

A social loafing

B self- serving bias

C social facilitation

D deindividuation

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Correct Answer: social facilitation

Sarah in a group which is responsible for keeping a mile in a local road clear of litter wice a year, anyone who wants to can help the group pick up garbage and litter along the highway. Which of the following describes the type of group Sarah is in?

A task and social

B social and inclusive

C task and exclusive

D task and inclusive

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Correct Answer: task and inclusive

The enduring traditions, ideas, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a large group of people transmitted from one generation to the next define their:

A gender schemas

B nature

C temperament

D culture

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Correct Answer: culture

The group polarization effect implies that:

A group decisions will always be better that individual decisions

B when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt even more cautions decision

C a group will always eventually divide into groups with opposing decisions

D when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt a risky decision

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Correct Answer: when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt even more cautions decision

If people give logical and intelligent reasons why they shouldn’t change their attitudes, it is called:

A distorting the argument

B rejecting the source

C rationalizing the argument

D refuting the argument

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Correct Answer: refuting the argument

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Sociology is the:

Who said this? “Comparative sociology is not a particular branch of sociology, it is sociology itself, in- so- far as it ceases to be purely descriptive and aspires to account for facts.”

_______refers to a learned negative attitude toward a person based on their person’s membership in a particular group.

Haley thinks Keith’s silence indicates that he’s angry, so she avoids talking to quietness signifies that she’s angry and wants to be left alone. This situation best illustrates:

Which of the following defines the risky shift in groups?

You have practice for weeks to perform in the fall play at school. In practice on occasion you have messed up your lines or forgotten a movement, however on the evening of the performance you are flawless. Which of the following phenomena did you likely experience?

Sarah in a group which is responsible for keeping a mile in a local road clear of litter wice a year, anyone who wants to can help the group pick up garbage and litter along the highway. Which of the following describes the type of group Sarah is in?

The enduring traditions, ideas, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a large group of people transmitted from one generation to the next define their:

The group polarization effect implies that:

If people give logical and intelligent reasons why they shouldn’t change their attitudes, it is called: