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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.

When do people with BIID typically report that they first started perceiving themselves as amputees?

A In early childhood
B At puberty
C After a head injury
D During adolescence
Correct Answer: In early childhood

What is trichotillomania?

A Hair pulling
B Excessive need to check
C Excessive swearing
D Grinding one’s teeth
Correct Answer: Hair pulling

People whom make impulsive, regrettable decisions, such as spending large amounts of money at once, suffer from which of these?

A Dysthymia
B Major depression
C Bipolar disorder
D Psychotic depression
Correct Answer: Bipolar disorder

Severe depression accompanied by hallucinations and delusions are symptoms of which of these?

A Psychotic depression
B Major depression
C Dysthymia
D Bipolar disorder
Correct Answer: Psychotic depression

Which of these statements is not true of phobias?

A a phobia is an irrational fear of an object or a situation
B It is possible to fear something that poses no real threat to the individual
C Phobias are a world – wide phenomenon
D All phobias are untreatable
Correct Answer: All phobias are untreatable

All but this type of delusion a schizophrenic patient might experience:

A Somatic
B Thought broadcasting
C Persecutory
D Sensory
Correct Answer: Sensory

What is an example of a positive symptom in patients with schizophrenia?

A Impaired social skills
B Affective flattening (lack of expression or emotion)
C Alogia (loss of speech)
D Hallucinations
Correct Answer: Hallucinations

Kammy vividly imagines being abused by her own mother while her therapist triggers eye movements by waving a finger in front of Kammy’s eyes. The therapist is apparently using a technique known as:

A EMDR
B virtual reality exposure therapy
C meta – analysis
D transference
Correct Answer: EMDR

Which of the following techniques is derived from classical conditioning principles?

A transference
B stress inoculation training
C systematic desensitization
D ECT
Correct Answer: systematic desensitization

During a marriage counselling session, the therapist suggests to Mr. and Mrs. Gallo that they each restate their spouse’s comments before making their own. The therapist was applying a technique most closely associated with:

A client – centered therapy
B psychoanalysis
C systematic desensitization
D cognitive – behavior therapy.
Correct Answer: cognitive – behavior therapy.