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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.

Hearing aids are of no use to an individual with______deafness.
A Ossicle
B Nerve
C Conduction
D Auditory
Correct Answer: Nerve
In bright light, the iris_______and the pupil________to control the amount of light entering the eye.
A Expands; constricts
B Constricts; expands
C Focuses; constricts
D Constricts; focuses
Correct Answer: Expands; constricts
The function of the lens is to:
A Locate in image
B Focus an image on the retina
C Combine the location and projection on the blind spot
D Project an image on the cornea
Correct Answer: Focus an image on the retina
Information picked up by the body’s receptor called is termed:
A Cognition
B Perception
C Adaptation
D Sensation
Correct Answer: Sensation
The fact that we tend to see stars in the sky as constellations refers to the Gestalt principle of:
A Proximity
B Closure
C Common Fate
D Similarity
Correct Answer: Closure
The light around the movie marquee flashed on-and-off in succession However, Jamil did not perceive them as separate lights flashing, but instead saw a continuous band of light moving around the edge of the marquee. Jamil’s perception illustrates:
A Feature detection.
B Bottom-up processing
C Pre-attentive processing
D The phi phenomenon
Correct Answer: The phi phenomenon
As Babra drove down the highway, the pickets of the fences moved past her in a blur, but the mountains in the distance didn’t appear to move at all. Babra was experiencing:
A The binocular cue for depth called convergence
B The monocular cue for depth called linear perspective
C The pictorial cue for depth called texture gradient
D The monocular cue for depth called motion parallax
Correct Answer: The monocular cue for depth called motion parallax
Jamil’s horse looks just as black in the brilliant sunlight as it does in the dim light of the stable. This illustrates what is known as:
A Perceptual adaptation
B The phi phenomenon
C Perceptual set
D Lightness constancy
Correct Answer: Lightness constancy
Which sense tells you how your body is oriented in the world?
A Kinesthetic
B Vestibular
C Olfactory
D Gustatory
Correct Answer: Vestibular
As the large butterfly flew toward Tahir, he could tell it was getting closer because he could feel his eyes turning inward toward his nose as he watched it. In this instance, Tahir was able to judge how far away the butterfly was using the depth cue of:
A Relative size
B Accommodation
C Depth perception
D Convergence
Correct Answer: Convergence