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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.

Parents in Westernized cultures are more likely than parents in Asian cultures to encourage children to value:

A ending friendships
B nonconformity
C cultural traditions
D norms
Correct Answer: nonconformity

The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank is called:

A Social change
B Vertical mobility
C Status group
D None of these
Correct Answer: Vertical mobility

Which area in psychology would be most likely to study the phenomenon of “peer influence”?

A social
B comparative
C psychological
D school
Correct Answer: social

When someone does something for you, you should do something for that person, This is known as the:

A Reciprocity norm
B Foot-in-the-door technique
C Compliance motive
D Door-in-the-face technique
Correct Answer: Reciprocity norm

Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in:

A stimulus-response connections
B animal behavior
C the comparison of functional and behavioral psychology
D the comparison of different types of psychotherapy
Correct Answer: animal behavior

Which of the following considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?

A cognitive psychology
B behaviorism
C Gestalt psychology
D astrology
Correct Answer: astrology

Behaviorism helped make psychology a:

A fad
B science
C specialty
D hoax
Correct Answer: science

Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in:

A stimulus – response connections
B animal behavior
C the comparison of functional and behavioral psychology
D the comparison of different types of psychotherapy
Correct Answer: animal behavior

Information processed below the normal level of awareness is called:

A adaptive
B subnormal
C psychological
D subliminal
Correct Answer: subliminal

A postconventional level of morality is most likely to be found in cultures that value:

A socialism
B communism
C social harmony
D individualism
Correct Answer: individualism