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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.

According to Rogers, for a child to develop a healthy personality, the parents must:

A avoid the use of punishment

B exhibit unconditional love toward the child

C create an atmosphere of intellectual stimulation

D present physical challenges to ensure healthy growth

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Correct Answer: exhibit unconditional love toward the child

A young man explained that he did poorly on his exam because his eyes hurt the test was unfair, and he did not feel the subject was important anyway. The young man is using what type of defense mechanism?

A rationalization

B fantasy

C projection

D displacement

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Correct Answer: rationalization

All of the following are examples of objective tests Except the:

A MMPI-2

B NEO-PI

C BFQ

D TAT

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Correct Answer: TAT

Martin Seligman advocates a positive psychology, which focuses on topics such as:

A external locus of control

B projection

C optimism

D the Barnum effect

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Correct Answer: optimism

Athletes often attribute their losses to bad officiating. This best illustrates:

A learned helplessness

B the spotlight effect

C self-serving bias

D an Electra complex

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Correct Answer: self-serving bias

According to Freud, children develop unconscious sexual desires for the parent of the opposite sex during the_______stage.

A latency

B phallic

C oral

D anal

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Correct Answer: phallic

The psychologists who developed the inkblot test was:

A Piaget

B Freud

C Rorschach

D Jung

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Correct Answer: Rorschach

Karen Horney, a prominent Neo-Freudian, disputes Freud’s assumption that women:

A never experience a phallic stage of development

B suffer an Electra complex

C often experience learned helplessness

D have weak superegos

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Correct Answer: have weak superegos

Freud emphasized that unresolved childhood conflicts often lead to:

A fixation

B reciprocal determinism

C an external locus of control

D the self-reference phenomenon

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Correct Answer: fixation

Scott has just been reprimanded by his supervisor. Later on, Scott begins to “stomp around” and throws a tantrum in front of his co-workers. Scott’s behavior exemplifies which of the following?

A rationalization

B reaction formation

C regression

D projection

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Correct Answer: regression

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According to Rogers, for a child to develop a healthy personality, the parents must:

A young man explained that he did poorly on his exam because his eyes hurt the test was unfair, and he did not feel the subject was important anyway. The young man is using what type of defense mechanism?

All of the following are examples of objective tests Except the:

Martin Seligman advocates a positive psychology, which focuses on topics such as:

Athletes often attribute their losses to bad officiating. This best illustrates:

According to Freud, children develop unconscious sexual desires for the parent of the opposite sex during the_______stage.

The psychologists who developed the inkblot test was:

Karen Horney, a prominent Neo-Freudian, disputes Freud’s assumption that women:

Freud emphasized that unresolved childhood conflicts often lead to:

Scott has just been reprimanded by his supervisor. Later on, Scott begins to “stomp around” and throws a tantrum in front of his co-workers. Scott’s behavior exemplifies which of the following?