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.

Inductive reasoning goes from the specific to the general. Which of the following is analogous to inductive reasoning?

A top-down processing

B bottom-up processing

C perceptual expectancies

D illusions

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Correct Answer: bottom-up processing

The underlying mechanism for perceptual expectancies is:

A a misleading perception that distorts or misjudges a stimulus

B top-down procession

C the organization of perception by beginning with low-level features

D bottom-up processing

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Correct Answer: top-down procession

Closure, nearness, similarity, and continuation are categories of:

A perceptual (Gestalt) organization

B cognitive style

C cognitive organization

D perceptual integration

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Correct Answer: perceptual (Gestalt) organization

The sensation of his results from the simultaneous stimulation of adjacent________sports on the skin.

A warmth and pressure

B warmth and pain

C pressure and pain

D cold and warmth

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Correct Answer: cold and warmth

Which of the following pain control techniques is emphasized in the Lamaze method of childbirth training?

A accommodation

B subliminal stimulation

C distraction

D acupuncture

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Correct Answer: distraction

The barn owl’s right ear opens slightly upward while its left ear opens slightly downward. This asymmetry is most useful for enabling the owl to detect the________of a sound.

A loudness

B amplitude

C wavelength

D location

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Correct Answer: location

The fact that objects that are near each other tend to be grouped together is known as:

A closure

B continuation

C similarity

D nearness

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Correct Answer: similarity

Waqas looked directly into a very bright light and damaged his retina. The ophthalmologist has told him that he has sustained massive damage to his rods but for the most part his cones have not been affected. One change that you could predict for Waqas’ vision is that he will now have:

A more accurate depth perception

B poor vision in bright illumination

C poor vision in low illumination

D poor peripheral vision

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Correct Answer: poor peripheral vision

The fact that that we can walk and chew gun at the same time illustrates that:

A our attention depends on different motor system

B we use selective attention

C we use divided attention

D we use sequential attention

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Correct Answer: we use divided attention

Patients’ negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure can increase their postoperative experience of pain. This best illustrate the importance of:

A transduction

B difference thresholds

C sensory adaption

D top-down processing

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Correct Answer: top-down processing

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Inductive reasoning goes from the specific to the general. Which of the following is analogous to inductive reasoning?

The underlying mechanism for perceptual expectancies is:

Closure, nearness, similarity, and continuation are categories of:

The sensation of his results from the simultaneous stimulation of adjacent________sports on the skin.

Which of the following pain control techniques is emphasized in the Lamaze method of childbirth training?

The barn owl’s right ear opens slightly upward while its left ear opens slightly downward. This asymmetry is most useful for enabling the owl to detect the________of a sound.

The fact that objects that are near each other tend to be grouped together is known as:

Waqas looked directly into a very bright light and damaged his retina. The ophthalmologist has told him that he has sustained massive damage to his rods but for the most part his cones have not been affected. One change that you could predict for Waqas’ vision is that he will now have:

The fact that that we can walk and chew gun at the same time illustrates that:

Patients’ negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure can increase their postoperative experience of pain. This best illustrate the importance of: