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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 study of similarities and differences in the behavior of different species is called:
A biology.
B comparative psychology
C environmental psychplogy
D differential psychology
Correct Answer: comparative psychology
A psychologist who studies family dynamics and their effects on behavior of individuals in different regions would probably be a_________
A learning
B cultural
C developmetnal
D cognitive
Correct Answer: cultural
What is the “Fundamental Law of Nature?
A Nature abhors a vacuum
B Human beings seek peace
C The war of all against all
D The pythagorean Theorem
Correct Answer: Human beings seek peace
Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that psychiatrists
A are physicians with a specialization in abnormal behavior and psychotherapy
B are extensively trained in the theories techniques of sigmund Freud
C are generally more eclectic than psychologists.
D have a masters of Ph.D degree
Correct Answer: are physicians with a specialization in abnormal behavior and psychotherapy
Behaviorism helped make psychology a ____________?
A fad
B science
C specialty
D hoax
Correct Answer: science
some modern psychodynamic theorists or neo-Freudians , focused on
A the whole
B social motives and relationships that influence our behavior
C human experience, problems, potentials and ideals
D observable behaviors
Correct Answer: social motives and relationships that influence our behavior
Developmental psychologists study the effects of ___________ on behavior
A marketing
B learning disabilities
C aging
D robotics
Correct Answer: marketing
The psychodynamic view emphasizes the role of______________in development
A external rewards and punishments
B internal impulses, desires, and conflicts
C subjective experiences, potentials and ideals
D physiology, genetics , biochemistry, and evolution
Correct Answer: physiology, genetics , biochemistry, and evolution
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
The school of psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feeling and images was:
A behaviorism
B structuralism
C humanism
D psychoanalysis
Correct Answer: structuralism