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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.

The Gestalt principle of proximity refers to the idea that:

A People tend to gravitate toward a common interaction distance

B Objects nearer to each other appear closer to the person observing

C Perception occurs in discrete time frames

D Objects nearer to each other are seen as forming a unit

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Correct Answer: Objects nearer to each other are seen as forming a unit

We often perceive a series of dots on a printed from as a “solid” line because of the Gestalt principle of:

A Figure-ground

B Symmetry

C Similarity

D Closure

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Correct Answer: Closure

Fifteen minutes after Zaigham left the brightly lit hallway and entered the dark passageway, dark adaptation was:

A Complete in both his rods and cones

B Not taking place in his cones, but complete in his rods

C Complete in his cones, but still taking place in his rods

D Still taking place in both his rods and his cones

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Correct Answer: Complete in his cones, but still taking place in his rods

Effat Ashiq has a bad case of vertigo. She feels like the room is springing, and she has trouble keeping her balance. It is possible that this sense of disequilibrium is a result of excess activity in neurons originating in the:

A Olfactory bulb

B The semicircular canals

C Periaqueductal gray

D Semicircular canals

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Correct Answer: Semicircular canals

A psychophysicist would be most directly concerned with:

A What parts of the brain are used in speech production

B The relationship between the wavelength of light and the experience of color

C The effect of neurotransmitters on depression

D Our psychological reactions to physical stress

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Correct Answer: The relationship between the wavelength of light and the experience of color

Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tired to fall asleep?

A Prime theory

B Opponent process theory

C Signal detection theory

D Frequency theory

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Correct Answer: Signal detection theory

The semicircular canals are most directly relevant to:

A Hearing

B Accommodation

C Parallel processing

D The vestibular sense

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Correct Answer: The vestibular sense

If a 100-Hz tone had to be increased to 110 Hz for a subject to just notice the difference, you would predict that a 1000-Hz tone would have to be increased to:

A 1250 to be noticed

B 1200 to be noticed

C 1010 to be noticed

D 1100 to be noticed

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Correct Answer: 1100 to be noticed

Sensory adaptation refers to:

A Diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus

B Adjustment in the opening of the eye

C The process by which stimulus energies are changed into neural impulses

D Changes in the shape of the lens as it focuses on objects

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Correct Answer: Diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus

After having your picture taken with a yellow flash, you momentarily see blue sports floating before your eyes. This phenomenon is best explained by:

A Additive color mixing

B Opponent-process theory

C Additive color mixing

D Trichromatic theory

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Opponent-process theory

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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The Gestalt principle of proximity refers to the idea that:

We often perceive a series of dots on a printed from as a “solid” line because of the Gestalt principle of:

Fifteen minutes after Zaigham left the brightly lit hallway and entered the dark passageway, dark adaptation was:

Effat Ashiq has a bad case of vertigo. She feels like the room is springing, and she has trouble keeping her balance. It is possible that this sense of disequilibrium is a result of excess activity in neurons originating in the:

A psychophysicist would be most directly concerned with:

Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tired to fall asleep?

The semicircular canals are most directly relevant to:

If a 100-Hz tone had to be increased to 110 Hz for a subject to just notice the difference, you would predict that a 1000-Hz tone would have to be increased to:

Sensory adaptation refers to:

After having your picture taken with a yellow flash, you momentarily see blue sports floating before your eyes. This phenomenon is best explained by: