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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.

Which model assumes that the savant syndrome represents selective brain damage by which some modules were spread whereas others were not?

A Sternberg’s triarchic theory
B Fluid intelligence
C Minimal cognitive archittecture
D Information-processing
Correct Answer: Minimal cognitive archittecture

The percentage of people diagnosed with mental retardation has_________over the past 80 years because intelligence test have been______.

A decreased; restandardized
B decreased; factor analyzed
C increased; factor analyzed
D increased; restandardized
Correct Answer: increased; restandardized

If a test is_____, it will also be______.

A reliable; valid
B reliable; normal
C valid; reliable
D standardized; valid
Correct Answer: valid; reliable

To regard an abstract concept as if it were a real, concentrate thing is called:

A standardization.
B reification.
C heritability.
D convergent thinking.
Correct Answer: reification.

Twenty-five-year-old Aaliya is mentally handicapped that can neither read nor write. However, after hearing lengthy, unfamilar, and complex musical selections just once, she can reproduce them precisely on the piano. It is likely that Aaliya is:

A demonstrating a high level of emotionol intelligence.
B gifted with a superior level of Sperman’s g factor.
C someone with savant syndrome
D above average is her capacity for divergent thinking.
Correct Answer: someone with savant syndrome

Brain size (adjusted for body size is__________correlated with intelligence, and the speed of taking in perceptual information is_______correlated with intelligence.

A negative; negatively
B positively; not
C positively; negatively
D positively; positively
Correct Answer: positively; positively

The characteristics of savant syndrome have been used to support:

A Spearman’s belief in a general intelligence or g, factor.
B Cantor and Kihlstrom’s distinction between academic and social intelligence.
C Eysenck’s idea that intelligence is linked to information processing speed.
D Gardner’s argument for multiple intelligences.
Correct Answer: Gardner’s argument for multiple intelligences.

Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to:

A evaluate how accurately test items predict a criterion behavior.
B derive IQ scores by comparing mental age with chronological age.
C extract test norms from a standardization sample.
D identify clusters of closely related test items
Correct Answer: identify clusters of closely related test items

Aaamir, age 55, plays basketball with much younger adults and is concerned that his teammates might consider his age to be a detriment to their game outcome. His concern actually undermines his athletic performance. This best illustrates the impact of:

A the Flynn effect.
B divergent thinking.
C savant syndrome.
D stereotype threat.
Correct Answer: stereotype threat.

The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage:

A creation of special education programs for intellectually inferior children.
B use of factor analysis for identification of various types of intelligence.
C federal programs, such as Head Start, to assist students from poverty areas.
D selective breeding of highly intelligent people.
Correct Answer: selective breeding of highly intelligent people.