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.

Which brain structure plays a major role in eating behavior?

A Hypothalamus

B Hippocampus

C Frontal lobe

D Carpus Callosum

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Correct Answer: Hypothalamus

Food binges, self-induced vomiting and______abuse characterize bulimia nervosa.

A Self

B Drug

C Alcohol

D Laxative

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Correct Answer: Laxative

Internal push is to be external pull as _is to_.

A incentive; set point

B instinct; need

C need; incentive

D need; drive

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Correct Answer: need; incentive

All of the following are example of instincts EXCEPT:

A Bees communicating the location of food

B Salmon travelling upstream to spawn

C Spiders spinning complex webs

D Humans breastfeeding their babies

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Correct Answer: Humans breastfeeding their babies

The key to Julian Rotter’s social-learning theory is the importance of:

A Expectations

B Modeling

C Motivation

D Cognitions

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Correct Answer: Expectations

Fritz Heider postulated that the outcome of your behavior can be attributed to situational factors or________factors.

A Environmental

B Personality

C Cognitive

D Dispositional

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Correct Answer: Dispositional

All of the following are reasons psychologists use the concept of motivation EXCEPT to:

A Predict violent behavior

B Relate biology to behavior

C Infer private states from public acts

D Account for behavioural variability

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Correct Answer: Predict violent behavior

The source of motivation can be thought of in terms of all of the following EXCEPT:

A External

B Biological

C Internal

D Interactional

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Correct Answer: Biological

Behavior that is altered by external stimuli or rewards is motivated by:

A Punishers

B Reinforces

C Shaping

D Incentives

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Correct Answer: Incentives

The brain can solve immensely difficult computational problems and thus allow us to function in our environments by relying on which type of processing?

A Parallel and visual processing of incoming information

B Independent and neuronal processing of incoming information

C Parallel and visual processing of outgoing information

D Parallel and modular processing of incoming information

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Correct Answer: Parallel and modular processing of incoming information

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Which brain structure plays a major role in eating behavior?

Food binges, self-induced vomiting and______abuse characterize bulimia nervosa.

Internal push is to be external pull as _is to_.

All of the following are example of instincts EXCEPT:

The key to Julian Rotter’s social-learning theory is the importance of:

Fritz Heider postulated that the outcome of your behavior can be attributed to situational factors or________factors.

All of the following are reasons psychologists use the concept of motivation EXCEPT to:

The source of motivation can be thought of in terms of all of the following EXCEPT:

Behavior that is altered by external stimuli or rewards is motivated by:

The brain can solve immensely difficult computational problems and thus allow us to function in our environments by relying on which type of processing?

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Psychology 6096 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Which brain structure plays a major role in eating behavior?

Food binges, self-induced vomiting and______abuse characterize bulimia nervosa.

Internal push is to be external pull as _____is to_____.

All of the following are example of instincts EXCEPT:

The key to Julian Rotter’s social-learning theory is the importance of:

Fritz Heider postulated that the outcome of your behavior can be attributed to situational factors or________factors.

All of the following are reasons psychologists use the concept of motivation EXCEPT to:

The source of motivation can be thought of in terms of all of the following EXCEPT:

Behavior that is altered by external stimuli or rewards is motivated by:

The brain can solve immensely difficult computational problems and thus allow us to function in our environments by relying on which type of processing?

Internal push is to be external pull as _is to_.