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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.

In Pavlov’s experiment the dog’s food powder served as a (n):
A Conditioned stimulus
B Unconditional responses
C Conditioned response
D Unconditioned stimulus
Correct Answer: Unconditioned stimulus
What is trichotillomania?
A Hair pulling
B Excessive need to check
C Excessive swearing
D Grinding one’s teeth
Correct Answer: Hair pulling
Which of these statements is not true of phobias?
A a phobia is an irrational fear of an object or a situation
B It is possible to fear something that poses no real threat to the individual
C Phobias are a world – wide phenomenon
D All phobias are untreatable
Correct Answer: All phobias are untreatable
Kammy vividly imagines being abused by her own mother while her therapist triggers eye movements by waving a finger in front of Kammy’s eyes. The therapist is apparently using a technique known as:
A EMDR
B virtual reality exposure therapy
C meta – analysis
D transference
Correct Answer: EMDR
During a marriage counselling session, the therapist suggests to Mr. and Mrs. Gallo that they each restate their spouse’s comments before making their own. The therapist was applying a technique most closely associated with:
A client – centered therapy
B psychoanalysis
C systematic desensitization
D cognitive – behavior therapy.
Correct Answer: cognitive – behavior therapy.
How did Jerusalem Syndrome get its name?
A If effects cohen – descendants of the priests who served in the Temple in Jerusalem
B It was discovered by Dr. Shimon Jerusalem
C It affects tourists visiting Jerusalem
D A description of the disorder was discovered in scroll found in an archeological dig in Jerusalem
Correct Answer: It affects tourists visiting Jerusalem
Babar has never met Marriam but he is convinced that she is deeply in love with him. Babar is suffering from:
A grandiose delusions
B jealous delusions
C obsessive – compulsive disorder
D erotomanic delusions
Correct Answer: grandiose delusions
Watson and Rayner (1`920) conditioned “Little Albert’ to fear white rats by banging a hammer on a steel bar as the child played with a white rat. Later, it was discovered that Albert feared not only white rats but white stuffed toys and Santa’s beard as well. Albert’s fear of these other objects can be attributed to:
A the law effect
B stimulus generalization
C stimulus discrimination
D an overactive imagination
Correct Answer: stimulus generalization
Sam’s wife always wears the same black nightgown whenever she is “in the mood” for sexual relations. Sam becomes sexually aroused as soon as he sees his wife in the nightgown. For Sam, the night is a (n):
A unconditioned stimulus
B unconditioned response
C conditioned stimulus
D conditioned response
Correct Answer: conditioned stimulus
A pigeon in a Skinner box is pecking the disk at a high, steady rate. The graph portraying this pigeon’s responding will have:
A a steep, unchanging slope
B a shallow, unchanging slope
C a progressively steeper slope
D a progressively shallower slope
Correct Answer: a steep, unchanging slope