MCQsDrive | MCQsDrive

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.

Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

A functional fixedness

B the farming effect

C the representativeness heuristic

D over confidence

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: over confidence

Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforcer?

A sex

B grades

C food

D None of them

Review Detailed Answer

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

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: punishment

A psychologist interested in knowing how young children think while learning ‘how to play games’, is a (an):

A Behavioural psychologist

B Sports psychologist

C Cognitive psychologist

D Environmental psychologist

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Cognitive psychologist

Perceptual schema is:

A A context expectation

B A perceptual set

C An orientation constancy

D The cognitive map that provides a frame of reference

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: The cognitive map that provides a frame of reference

Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of:

A sign language

B pictures

C computers

D Morse code

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: sign language

Prohibiting gestures disrupts speech_______content.

A temporal

B familiar

C phonetic

D spatial

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: spatial

All of the following are aspects of organizational citizenship behavior except:

A Altruism

B Responsibility

C Generalized compliance

D Contextual performance

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Responsibility

Whose theory of ‘cognitive dissonance’ received acclaim in the ’60’s?

A Festinger

B Taylor

C Jensen

D Lorenz

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Festinger

For Kohlberg, the development of morality primarily involves:

A Cognitive development

B Affective development

C Neurolinguistic development

D Development of coordination

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Cognitive development

Showing 51 to 60 of 318 results

Contact Info

Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

All Topics 6084

All Topics 6084

Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforcer?

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

A psychologist interested in knowing how young children think while learning ‘how to play games’, is a (an):

Perceptual schema is:

Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of:

Prohibiting gestures disrupts speech_______content.

All of the following are aspects of organizational citizenship behavior except:

Whose theory of ‘cognitive dissonance’ received acclaim in the ’60’s?

For Kohlberg, the development of morality primarily involves: