Psychology 6096 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.

An authoritarian personality may possess the diametrically opposite characteristics of aggression and submission. This can be explained by:

A balance theory

B congruity theory

C cognitive dissociation theory

D a & b

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Correct Answer: a & b

According to psychoanalytic theory, the basic elements of personality are id, ego and super-ego. These three are respectively represented as:

A Biologically, psychological and social dimensions

B Unconscious, conscious and self-identity dimensions

C Oral stage, latency period and genital stage

D Preconscious, subconscious and unconscious

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Correct Answer: Biologically, psychological and social dimensions

Maham forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filed jacket as a pillow. Maham’s oversight best illustrates:

A functional fixedness

B confirmation bias

C overconfidence

D the availability heuristic

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Correct Answer: functional fixedness

Which of the following statements are correct?

A Inferiority complex is a form of self-criticism usually involving fear of social disapproval.

B The forebrain is assumed to be the seat of intelligence

C The forebrain structures control affective and cognitive behaviour

D All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

Which of the following statements are correct?

A A child who understands that stealing is bad will not steal in real life

B Kohlberg’s theory says that stages of moral development require that certain cognitive development has already taken place

C Human beings have capacity for complex learning

D All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

Chomsky suggested that a person’s unique experiences with a language are most likely to influence the________of that person’s spoken sentences.

A surface structure

B linguistic determinism

C functional fixedness

D belief perseverance

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Correct Answer: surface structure

A photo type is a:

A step-by-step procedure for solving problems

B mental grouping of similar objects, events, or people

C problem solving strategy

D best example of a particular category

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Correct Answer: best example of a particular category

Research participants were asked to identify a word that could be associated meaningfully with each of three other words. Solutions that occurred with sudden insight were accompanied by a burst of activity in the brain’s______lobe.

A front occipital

B left occipital

C left temporal

D right temporal

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Correct Answer: right temporal

The structures of language include:

A pre-speech, babbling and jargon

B words, sentences, and paragraphs

C grammar, babbling, and phonemes

D phonemes, morphemes, and grammar

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Correct Answer: phonemes, morphemes, and grammar

By dividing board concepts into increasingly smaller and detailed sub-groupings, we create:

A category hierarchies

B functional fixedness

C algorithms

D overconfidence

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Correct Answer: category hierarchies

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An authoritarian personality may possess the diametrically opposite characteristics of aggression and submission. This can be explained by:

According to psychoanalytic theory, the basic elements of personality are id, ego and super-ego. These three are respectively represented as:

Maham forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filed jacket as a pillow. Maham’s oversight best illustrates:

Which of the following statements are correct?

Which of the following statements are correct?

Chomsky suggested that a person’s unique experiences with a language are most likely to influence the________of that person’s spoken sentences.

A photo type is a:

Research participants were asked to identify a word that could be associated meaningfully with each of three other words. Solutions that occurred with sudden insight were accompanied by a burst of activity in the brain’s______lobe.

The structures of language include:

By dividing board concepts into increasingly smaller and detailed sub-groupings, we create: