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.

who were the two sociologists who studied the self-fulfilling prophecy theory?

A Rosenthal and Jacobson

B Glass and Bottle

C Althusser and Rogers

D Gillborn and Gipps

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Correct Answer: Rosenthal and Jacobson

Who said black people who do badly at school do so because they are socially deprived?

A K. Painter

B L. Letley

C J.W.B Douglas

D Kirk Ridgewell

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Correct Answer: J.W.B Douglas

The structuralist school of psychology:

A used introspection to analyze conscious experience

B relied heavily on the concept of natural selection

C was concerned with experiences as “wholes”

D used dream analysis to reveal the unconscious

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Correct Answer: used introspection to analyze conscious experience

Which of the following best describes a double-bind experimental procedure?

A All subject get the experimental procedure

B Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is know only to the experimenter

C Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not know to subjects or experimenters

D all subjects get control

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Correct Answer: Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not know to subjects or experimenters

In the Harlow’s research surrogate mothers were used for studying the attachment behaviour of infant monkeys the surrogate mothers were:

A Adult female monkeys not related to the infants

B Older sisters of the infant monkeys

C Human adults who acted as mothers

D Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages

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Correct Answer: Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages

According to the Cannon-Bard theory:

A the thalamus plays a central role in producing emotions

B the cerebellum must give the go-ahead for emotion

C activity in the occipital and parietal lobes happens simultaneously to produce emotion

D the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work in concert

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Correct Answer: the thalamus plays a central role in producing emotions

Some modern psychodynamic theorists or neo-Freudians focused on:

A the whole

B social motives and relationships that influence our behavior

C human experience, problems potentials, and ideals

D observable behaviors

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Correct Answer: social motives and relationships that influence our behavior

Who developed a concept of the intellectual growth of children that is widely used in teacher education?

A Weschler

B Binet

C Maslow

D Piaget

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Correct Answer: Piaget

Who developed the theory of drive reduction?

A Carl Rogers

B Ivan Pavlov

C Clark Hull

D Jean Piaget

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Correct Answer: Clark Hull

Who is a structuralist?

A B. F. Skinner

B John Watson

C Wilhelm Wundt

D William James

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Correct Answer: Wilhelm Wundt

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who were the two sociologists who studied the self-fulfilling prophecy theory?

Who said black people who do badly at school do so because they are socially deprived?

The structuralist school of psychology:

Which of the following best describes a double-bind experimental procedure?

In the Harlow’s research surrogate mothers were used for studying the attachment behaviour of infant monkeys the surrogate mothers were:

According to the Cannon-Bard theory:

Some modern psychodynamic theorists or neo-Freudians focused on:

Who developed a concept of the intellectual growth of children that is widely used in teacher education?

Who developed the theory of drive reduction?

Who is a structuralist?