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.

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

A Kineticism

B Impressionism

C Surrealism

D Cubism

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Correct Answer: Cubism

In what way (s) is the sense of taste like the sense of smell?

A There are four primary stimulus groups for both senses

B both systems are routed through the thalamus on the way to the cortex

C The physical stimuli for both senses are chemical substances dissolved in fluid

D All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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

A Perception

B Recognition

C Sensation

D Identification

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Correct Answer: Sensation

Perception of pitch can best be explained by:

A place theory

B frequency theory

C both place theory and frequency theory

D neither theory

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Correct Answer: place theory

In the study by Kenrick and Gutierres (1980), exposing male subjects to a TV show dominated by extremely beautiful women:

A had no effect on their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date

B increased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date

C decreased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date

D increased their ratings of their own attractiveness

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Correct Answer: decreased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date

Sanam has just finished a long exhausting 6-mile run. She and her friend Jamal are gazing at a hill they need a climb to get back to their car Jamal asks Sanam, “Gee how steep do you think that hill is?” Based on research by Proffitt and his colleagues Sanam is likely to:

A make a reasonably accurate estimate of the hill’s slant, as most people do

B underestimate the hill’s slant, as most people do

C Ooverestimate the hill’s slant, but to a lesser degree than she would have before her exhausting run

D Overestimate the hill’s slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run

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Correct Answer: Overestimate the hill’s slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run

The fact that cultural groups with less exposure to carpentered buildings are less susceptible to the Muller-Lyer illusion suggests that:

A not all cultures test perceptual hypotheses

B people in technologically advanced cultures are more gullible

C optical illusions can be experienced only by cultures that have been exposed to the concept of optical illusions

D perceptual inferences can be shaped by experience

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Correct Answer: perceptual inferences can be shaped by experience

In a painting, train tracks may look as if they go off into the distance because the artist draws the tracks as converging lines a pictorial cue to depth known as:

A Interposition

B texture gradient

C convergence

D linear perspective

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Correct Answer: linear perspective

The illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession is called:

A convergence

B retinal disparity

C motion parallax

D the phi phenomenon

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Correct Answer: the phi phenomenon

Which theory would predict that the American flag have a green, black, and yellow afterimage?

A subtractive color mixing

B opponent process theory

C additive color mixing

D trichromatic theory

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Correct Answer: opponent process theory

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

In what way (s) is the sense of taste like the sense of smell?

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

Perception of pitch can best be explained by:

In the study by Kenrick and Gutierres (1980), exposing male subjects to a TV show dominated by extremely beautiful women:

Sanam has just finished a long exhausting 6-mile run. She and her friend Jamal are gazing at a hill they need a climb to get back to their car Jamal asks Sanam, “Gee how steep do you think that hill is?” Based on research by Proffitt and his colleagues Sanam is likely to:

The fact that cultural groups with less exposure to carpentered buildings are less susceptible to the Muller-Lyer illusion suggests that:

In a painting, train tracks may look as if they go off into the distance because the artist draws the tracks as converging lines a pictorial cue to depth known as:

The illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession is called:

Which theory would predict that the American flag have a green, black, and yellow afterimage?