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Psychology 6096 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.

The unhealthy environment:

A Can suppress good heredity
B Cannot suppress good heredity
C Can suppress but cannot extinguish
D None of the above
Correct Answer: Can suppress but cannot extinguish

Healthy environment and training:

A Can turn a dull child into an intelligent one
B Cannot turn a dull into an intelligent one
C Can turn a dull into a gifted one
D None of the above
Correct Answer: Cannot turn a dull into an intelligent one

Heredity:

A Determines the capacity
B Does not determine the capacity
C Increase the capacity
D Modifies the capacity
Correct Answer: Determines the capacity

Ameen, a 70-years old retired teacher, feels that his life has not been of any real value or significance. According to Erikson, Ameen has failed to achieve a sense of:

A autonomy
B independence
C basic trust
D integrity
Correct Answer: integrity

When Teresa’s mother hides favorite doll under a blanket, Teresa acts as if it no longer exists, and she makes no attempt to look for it. Based on this information, you can infer that Teresa is in Piaget’s

A object permanence period of cognitive development
B preoperational period of cognitive development
C concrete period of cognitive development
D sensorimotor period of cognitive development
Correct Answer: sensorimotor period of cognitive development

Studies of monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that mother-infant emotional bonds result primarily from mother providing infants with:

A the opportunity to explore
B body contact
C appropriate schemas
D adequate nourishment
Correct Answer: body contact

_____measuring instruments are, in effect, nares administered to select individuals under prescribed conditions:

A Standardized
B Prescribed
C Objective
D Concluded
Correct Answer: Standardized

Present-day psychology emphasized the value of_____ in learning.

A Satisfaction
B Success
C Progress
D Recognition
Correct Answer: Satisfaction

An individual behavior consists not only of his observable acts but also of all his reactions to inner states and to environmental factors of:

A Reaction
B Relationship
C Experiences
D Influence
Correct Answer: Influence

Psychology is concerned with discovering______at different age levels, tend to respond to environmental stimuli:

A Educators and researchers
B Individual and groups
C Critics and researchers
D Classifiers and groups
Correct Answer: Individual and groups