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Medical Science Mcqs 5254 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Medical Science is the study of human health, diseases, prevention, and treatment, focusing on diagnosis, patient care, and medical research to improve healthcare outcomes.

People are likely to discount information that is inconsistent with their stereotyped beliefs. This can cause a:

A Fundamental attribution error
B Perpetuating stereotype
C Behavioral confirmation
D Self-serving bias
Correct Answer: Behavioral confirmation

One way to reverse prejudice as shown in the Robber’s Cave experiment is to:

A Foster shared goals
B Educate the groups
C Encourage competition
D Maintain inter-group contact
Correct Answer: Foster shared goals

Parents in Westernized cultures are more likely than parents in Asian cultures to encourage children to value:

A ending friendships
B nonconformity
C cultural traditions
D norms
Correct Answer: nonconformity

The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank is called:

A Social change
B Vertical mobility
C Status group
D None of these
Correct Answer: Vertical mobility

Which area in psychology would be most likely to study the phenomenon of “peer influence”?

A social
B comparative
C psychological
D school
Correct Answer: social

When someone does something for you, you should do something for that person, This is known as the:

A Reciprocity norm
B Foot-in-the-door technique
C Compliance motive
D Door-in-the-face technique
Correct Answer: Reciprocity norm

Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in:

A stimulus-response connections
B animal behavior
C the comparison of functional and behavioral psychology
D the comparison of different types of psychotherapy
Correct Answer: animal behavior

Which of the following considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?

A cognitive psychology
B behaviorism
C Gestalt psychology
D astrology
Correct Answer: astrology

Behaviorism helped make psychology a:

A fad
B science
C specialty
D hoax
Correct Answer: science

Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in:

A stimulus – response connections
B animal behavior
C the comparison of functional and behavioral psychology
D the comparison of different types of psychotherapy
Correct Answer: animal behavior