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.

Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so Jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrate the principle of:

A Proximity

B Relative clarity

C Similarity

D Connectedness

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Similarity

Which of the following is a cue used by artists to convey depth on a flat canvas?

A Interposition

B Connectedness

C Convergence

D Continuity

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Interposition

The distorted room illusion involving two girls who rapidly shrink or enlarge can best be explained in terms of:

A Shape constancy

B The principle of continuity

C Retinal disparity

D The misperception of distance

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: The misperception of distance

Which of the following is true with regards to depth perception?

A Depth perception is due to the cornea of the eye

B Women test better at it than men

C Men test better at it than women

D Depth perception is associated with the opponent-process theory

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Men test better at it than women

The Gestalt principle of proximity refers to the idea that:

A People tend to gravitate toward a common interaction distance

B Objects nearer to each other appear closer to the person observing

C Perception occurs in discrete time frames

D Objects nearer to each other are seen as forming a unit

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Objects nearer to each other are seen as forming a unit

We often perceive a series of dots on a printed from as a “solid” line because of the Gestalt principle of:

A Figure-ground

B Symmetry

C Similarity

D Closure

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Closure

Fifteen minutes after Zaigham left the brightly lit hallway and entered the dark passageway, dark adaptation was:

A Complete in both his rods and cones

B Not taking place in his cones, but complete in his rods

C Complete in his cones, but still taking place in his rods

D Still taking place in both his rods and his cones

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Complete in his cones, but still taking place in his rods

Effat Ashiq has a bad case of vertigo. She feels like the room is springing, and she has trouble keeping her balance. It is possible that this sense of disequilibrium is a result of excess activity in neurons originating in the:

A Olfactory bulb

B The semicircular canals

C Periaqueductal gray

D Semicircular canals

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Semicircular canals

A psychophysicist would be most directly concerned with:

A What parts of the brain are used in speech production

B The relationship between the wavelength of light and the experience of color

C The effect of neurotransmitters on depression

D Our psychological reactions to physical stress

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: The relationship between the wavelength of light and the experience of color

Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tired to fall asleep?

A Prime theory

B Opponent process theory

C Signal detection theory

D Frequency theory

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Signal detection theory

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Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so Jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrate the principle of:

Which of the following is a cue used by artists to convey depth on a flat canvas?

The distorted room illusion involving two girls who rapidly shrink or enlarge can best be explained in terms of:

Which of the following is true with regards to depth perception?

The Gestalt principle of proximity refers to the idea that:

We often perceive a series of dots on a printed from as a “solid” line because of the Gestalt principle of:

Fifteen minutes after Zaigham left the brightly lit hallway and entered the dark passageway, dark adaptation was:

Effat Ashiq has a bad case of vertigo. She feels like the room is springing, and she has trouble keeping her balance. It is possible that this sense of disequilibrium is a result of excess activity in neurons originating in the:

A psychophysicist would be most directly concerned with:

Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tired to fall asleep?