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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 person responsible for the development and design of the first useful individual test of intelligence is:

A Freud
B Terman
C Binet
D Wechsler
Correct Answer: Binet

Who would have been most enthusiastic about the value of a single intelligence test score as an index of an individual’s mental capacities?

A Thurstone
B Sternberg
C Gardner
D Spearman
Correct Answer: Spearman

In order for norms to be meaningful what must also occur?

A Randomization
B Consensus
C Direct sampling
D Standardization
Correct Answer: Standardization

The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates:

A the phi phenomenon
B visual capture
C shape constancy
D top-down processing
Correct Answer: top-down processing

The collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel signals to a particular visual cell in the retina make up that cell’s:

A blind spot
B optic disk
C opponent process field
D receptive field
Correct Answer: receptive field

The study of phenomena such as clairvoyance and telepathy is called:

A parapsychology
B Gestalt psychology
C psychokinesis
D ESP
Correct Answer: parapsychology

The organizational principles identified by Gestalt psychologists best illustrate the importance of:

A perceptual constancy
B perceptual adaptation
C visual capture
D top-down processing
Correct Answer: top-down processing

Which school of painting applied the theory of feature analysis to canvas by building figures out of simple features?

A Kineticism
B Impressionism
C Surrealism
D Cubism
Correct Answer: Cubism

What is it called when light rays impact our visual system?

A Perception
B Recognition
C Sensation
D Identification
Correct Answer: Sensation

The tendency to see all the individual spokes in a bicycle wheel as part of a larger single unit best illustrates the principle of:

A connectedness
B interposition
C continuity
D closure
Correct Answer: connectedness