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 action potential actually occurs because:

A the interior of the nerve cell becomes positive

B the interior of the nerve cell becomes negative

C potassium ions enter the nerve cell

D sodium ions level the nerve cell

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Correct Answer: sodium ions level the nerve cell

Presence of a characteristic red belly in male three-spined sticklike back that elicits aggression in other territorial males is a:

A Taxis

B Sign stimulus

C Kinesis

D None of these

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Correct Answer: Sign stimulus

An association of indifferent stimuli or situations without patent reward is:

A Conditioning

B Operant conditioning

C Latent learning

D Insight learning

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Correct Answer: Latent learning

The “little brain” attached to the rear of the brainstorm is called the:

A limbic system

B thalamus

C corpus callosum

D cerebellum

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Correct Answer: cerebellum

A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of neuron is called the:

A synapse

B myelin sheath

C refractory period

D action potential

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Correct Answer: action potential

Instinctive behavior:

A Part of one’s inherited structure

B Learned by experience

C Can be modified by environments

D All of the above

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Correct Answer: Part of one’s inherited structure

The behaviour that involves the pairing of an irrelevant stimulus within:

A Imprinting

B Habituation

C Conditioning

D Conditioned reflex type II

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Correct Answer: Conditioning

One of the followings conditioned the dogs to secrete saliva on ringing of the bell which is not a normal stimulus for secretion of saliva:

A Thorndike and B.F. Skinner

B Pavlov

C Kohler

D None of these

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Correct Answer: Pavlov

Which of the following is important for animals with short life spans ad with little or no parental care?

A Instinct

B Taxis

C Learning

D Kinesis

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Correct Answer: Instinct

The process which manifests itself by adaptive changes in individual behaviour as a result of experience is:

A Learning behaviour

B Instinct

C Taxis

D Reflex

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Correct Answer: Learning behaviour

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An action potential actually occurs because:

Presence of a characteristic red belly in male three-spined sticklike back that elicits aggression in other territorial males is a:

An association of indifferent stimuli or situations without patent reward is:

The “little brain” attached to the rear of the brainstorm is called the:

A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of neuron is called the:

Instinctive behavior:

The behaviour that involves the pairing of an irrelevant stimulus within:

One of the followings conditioned the dogs to secrete saliva on ringing of the bell which is not a normal stimulus for secretion of saliva:

Which of the following is important for animals with short life spans ad with little or no parental care?

The process which manifests itself by adaptive changes in individual behaviour as a result of experience is: