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Psychology 6084 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.

The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called:
A Sensory completion
B Closure
C Figure-ground
D Continuation
Correct Answer: Closure
The text’s illustration of the police officer’s faulty “eyewitness” identification is an example of:
A The fact that perceptions are often reconstructions of events
B The low degree of accuracy of human psi phenomena
C Perceptual closure operating in a real life situation
D An “innocence of vision” in stressful situations
Correct Answer: The fact that perceptions are often reconstructions of events
Attention is aroused by:
A subtle differences is stimuli
B bright stimuli
C contrast or change in stimulation
D subliminal stimuli
Correct Answer: contrast or change in stimulation
The tendency to group together objects that are the same size, shape, color, or form is known as;
A closure
B continuation
C similarity
D nearness
Correct Answer: similarity
Receptors for the kinesthetic sense are found in the:
A cochlea
B basilar membrane
C ligaments and tendons
D joints and muscles
Correct Answer: joints and muscles
Which of the following is considered a monocular cure for depth?
A convergence
B accommodation
C depth perspective
D singularity
Correct Answer: convergence
Inductive reasoning goes from the specific to the general. Which of the following is analogous to inductive reasoning?
A top-down processing
B bottom-up processing
C perceptual expectancies
D illusions
Correct Answer: bottom-up processing
The underlying mechanism for perceptual expectancies is:
A a misleading perception that distorts or misjudges a stimulus
B top-down procession
C the organization of perception by beginning with low-level features
D bottom-up processing
Correct Answer: top-down procession
Closure, nearness, similarity, and continuation are categories of:
A perceptual (Gestalt) organization
B cognitive style
C cognitive organization
D perceptual integration
Correct Answer: perceptual (Gestalt) organization
The sensation of his results from the simultaneous stimulation of adjacent________sports on the skin.
A warmth and pressure
B warmth and pain
C pressure and pain
D cold and warmth
Correct Answer: cold and warmth