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Psychology 6084 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.

Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforcer?

A sex

B grades

C food

D a pain-relieving drug

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Correct Answer: grades

A term coach who benches a player for poor performance is using:

A aversive conditioning

B modeling

C negative reinforcement

D punishment

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Correct Answer: punishment

Prohibiting gestures disrupts speech________content.

A temporal

B familiar

C phonetic

D spatial

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Correct Answer: spatial

Basic ethical guidelines for psychological researchers include:

A ensuring that participation is involuntary

B harming the subjects when necessary

C minimizing confidentiality

D providing results and interpretations to participants

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Correct Answer: providing results and interpretations to participants

The technique of using desensitization involves:

A flooding the person with images of the feared stimulus

B gradually exposing the person to the feared stimulus

C gradually exposing the person to the feared stimulus only when they are fully relaxed

D systematically increasing the stimulus intensity up to the breaking point

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Correct Answer: gradually exposing the person to the feared stimulus

Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?

A Behavioural compliance never leads to attitude change

B The lesser the inducement for compliance, the more the attitude change

C The greater the inducement for compliance the more the attitude change

D Behavioural compliance always leads to attitude change

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Correct Answer: The lesser the inducement for compliance, the more the attitude change

Anika resisted changing her answer to a test after reminding herself that “it is always best to stick with your first answer.” Anika’s decision best illustrates the use of:

A an algorithm

B trial and error

C a heuristic

D a prototype

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Correct Answer: a heuristic

The use of heuristic rather than algorithms is most likely to:

A speed up language development in some children

B minimize the overconfidence phenomenon

C involve greater reliance on language skills

D save time in arriving at solutions to problems

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Correct Answer: save time in arriving at solutions to problems

When individuals notice inconsistency between their own behaviour and attitude, they are said to be experiencing:

A Psychological reactance

B Cognitive dissonance

C Behaviour differential

D Behavioural inconsistency

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Correct Answer: Cognitive dissonance

A single, memorable case of welfare fraud has a greater impact on estimates of the frequency of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule. This illustrates that judgments are influenced by the:

A availability heuristic

B belief perseverance phenomenon

C framing effect

D confirmation bias

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Correct Answer: availability heuristic

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Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforcer?

A term coach who benches a player for poor performance is using:

Prohibiting gestures disrupts speech________content.

Basic ethical guidelines for psychological researchers include:

The technique of using desensitization involves:

Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?

Anika resisted changing her answer to a test after reminding herself that “it is always best to stick with your first answer.” Anika’s decision best illustrates the use of:

The use of heuristic rather than algorithms is most likely to:

When individuals notice inconsistency between their own behaviour and attitude, they are said to be experiencing:

A single, memorable case of welfare fraud has a greater impact on estimates of the frequency of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule. This illustrates that judgments are influenced by the: