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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.

A person who experiences a long series of imagined physical complaints suffer from:

A a conversion reaction
B somatization disorder
C a traumatic disorder
D an obsession
Correct Answer: somatization disorder

An in ability to behave in ways that in ways that foster the well-being of the individual and ultimately of society defines:

A insanity
B psychopathology
C self – destructiveness
D social nonconformity
Correct Answer: psychopathology

Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of what personality disorder?

A histrionic
B obsessive – compulsive
C schizoid
D avoidant
Correct Answer: avoidant

When a person’s sexual identity does not much his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is:

A paraphilia
B sexual dysfunction
C gender identity disorder
D androgyny
Correct Answer: gender identity disorder

The insanity defense dates back to the English courts, where it was originally held that to be responsible for an act, the defendant must:

A understand the wrongfulness of the act
B be in a state of diminished capacity
C have acted on an irresistible impulse
D be able to recall the criminal act
Correct Answer: understand the wrongfulness of the act

The most widely used system of psychological classification today is:

A the Freudian Psychoanalytic System (FPS)
B fund in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM – IV)
C the system designed by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler
D to be found in the Federal Uniform Code of Psychopathology (UCP)
Correct Answer: fund in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM – IV)

Behaviorists would say that self – defeating behaviors are maintained by immediate reinforcement in the form of:

A relief from anxiety
B defending the ego
C protecting one’s self – image
D avoiding existential anxiety
Correct Answer: relief from anxiety

Jamil is in a constant state of anxiety and also has brief, sudden periods of panic. He also believes these periods of panic will occur when he’s in a public location: therefore, jim is afraid to leave his house.Jim’s diagnosis is:

A agoraphobia
B panic disorder
C panic disorder with agoraphobia
D panic disorder without agoraphobia
Correct Answer: agoraphobia

Marriam believes that she is the Queen of England. She is having:

A depressive delusions
B delusions of grandeur
C delusions of reference
D delusions of persecution
Correct Answer: delusions of grandeur

In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear that judgments of the normality of behavior are:

A culturally relative
B statistical
C a matter of subjective discomfort
D related to conformity
Correct Answer: culturally relative