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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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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.

Diffusionist approach is Associated with which Sociologist?
A A.G. Frank
B D. McClelland
C M. Nash
D W. W. Rostow
Correct Answer: A.G. Frank
Practices that prevent educational participants from raising concerns that are important to them is known as_________?
A part of the hidden curriculum
B streaming
C school socialization
D silencing
Correct Answer: silencing
The main concept behind the ‘new economy’ is that society is now based on_________?
A lifelong learning
B specialization
C money
D bureaucracies
Correct Answer: lifelong learning
Which of the following choices best represents the view of education found in the human capital theory?
A education is critical tool for developing human abilities to apply knowledge
B education is a mean to separate people by skill, talent, and class
C education is critical to the development of personality and identity
D None of the above
Correct Answer: education is critical tool for developing human abilities to apply knowledge
Which theoretical orientation would be specially concerned about the decrease in government funding for education?
A structural functionalism
B conflict theory
C symbolic theory
D feminist theory
Correct Answer: conflict theory
Which theory focuses the most on demographic and social trends of families?
A symbolic interactionist
B social constructionist
C conflict theory
D postmodernist
Correct Answer: postmodernist
A modified extended family refers to_________?
A relatives who live close by but do not share a household
B relative from a second marriage who share the same household
C aunts, uncles, or second cousins who share a household
D Kinship- type relatives who live close by but do not share a household
Correct Answer: relatives who live close by but do not share a household
Which of the following best explains why sociologists have moved away from defining the family as a monolithic social institution?
A it does not include childless families
B it does not include same- sex families
C it does not include extended family
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above
The ‘nuclear family’ means_________?
A a group of people sharing accommodations and meals
B a two generational unit of parents and their children
C the new family created when an adult leaves home and get married
D a network of extended relatives within or between generations
Correct Answer: a two generational unit of parents and their children
A coach goes to meet a new child and parent at the side of the soccer field and asks how old the body is. The mother responds by saying that her daughter his five. This is an example of which type of identity trouble?
A mistaken identity placement
B dissonance between announced identity and placement
C insufficient support for identity announcement
D mismanagement of superfluous identities
Correct Answer: mistaken identity placement