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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.

In which of Freud’s works did he introduce his famous Oedipus complex?

A On Narcissism
B Mourning and Melancholia
C Beyond the Pleasure Principle
D The interpretation of Dreams
Correct Answer: The interpretation of Dreams

Which of the following psychological theories is known as the one the emphasizes “free will”?

A psychodynamic psychology
B behaviorism
C humanistic psychology
D Neo-Freudian psychology
Correct Answer: Neo-Freudian psychology

What innate human faculty makes natural man want to escape the state of nature?

A Hunger
B Philosophy
C Fear
D Greed
Correct Answer: Fear

Which interactionalists invented the labeling theory?

A Timberlake and Spears
B Davis and Moore
C Posh and Bekam
D Backer and Rist
Correct Answer: Backer and Rist

What innate human faculty allows natural man to discover how to escape the state of nature?

A Fear
B Love
C Reason
D Altruism
Correct Answer: Reason

Who distinguished three types of authority namely, traditional, charismatic and rational-legal?

A K. Marx
B Max Weber
C Parsons
D None of above
Correct Answer: Max Weber

What determines “good and “evil” in Hobbes’s argument?

A Ethical philosophy
B Appetite and aversion
C Natural philosophy
D God and the devil
Correct Answer: Appetite and aversion

Jean Piaget’s theory explaining how children’s thought progresses through four stages:

A Classical theory
B Anomie theory of deviance
C cognitive theory of development
D Charismatic authority theory
Correct Answer: cognitive theory of development

Who among the following is associated with the organic analogy?

A Herbert Spencer
B Durkheim
C R-Brown
D Firth
Correct Answer: Herbert Spencer

Who has suggested that ‘social control can be introduced through exploitative and constructive methods’:

A Ross
B Hunt
C Maclver
D Bernard
Correct Answer: Bernard