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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.

Because she was listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Salim didn’t perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates:
A Perceptual adaptation
B Relative clarity
C Change blindness
D The cocktail party effect
Correct Answer: The cocktail party effect
Perceptual adaptation refers to the:
A Grouping of stimuli into smooth, uninterrupted patterns
B Perception of an object as unchanging in shape regardless of our own viewing angle
C Tendency for novel or unfamiliar stimuli to capture our attention
D Perceptual adjustment to an artificially displaced visual field
Correct Answer: Perceptual adjustment to an artificially displaced visual field
After hearing rumors about the outbreak of an infectious disease, Alyosha began to perceive his normal aches and pains as disease related symptoms. His reaction best illustrated the impact of:
A The cocktail party effect
B Perceptual set
C Relative clarity
D The Ponzo illusion
Correct Answer: Perceptual set
Mrs. Aftab is just beginning to experience sensorineural hearing loss. She is likely to have the greatest difficulty hearing sounds of:
A High frequency and high amplitude
B Low frequency and high amplitude
C Low frequency and low amplitude
D High frequency and low amplitude
Correct Answer: High frequency and low amplitude
Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry professor several times a week, she didn’t recognize the professor when she saw her in the grocery store. This best illustrate the importance of:
A Context effects
B Perceptual adaptation
C Proximity
D Visual capture
Correct Answer: Context effects
The absolute threshold for hearing is arbitrarily defined as zero:
A Wavelength
B Decibels
C Phonemes
D Hertz
Correct Answer: Decibels
If you project a red, a green, and a blue light into space, the point at which the three lights cross will lead to the perception of:
A Ultraviolet light
B White light
C Orange light
D Infrared light
Correct Answer: White light
Human experience the longest visible electromagnetic waves as the color________and the shortest visible waves as_______.
A Blue; yellow
B Red; blue-violet
C Red; green
D Black; white
Correct Answer: Red; blue-violet
Dan was able to tell that the voice he heard calling his name was coming from the building on his left because of:
A Auditory localization
B Auditory convergence
C Perceptual set
D Perceptual constancy
Correct Answer: Auditory localization
Visual problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism are the result of:
A Irregularities in the visual cortex
B Nutritional or traumatic damage to the sensory nerves
C Physical abnormalities in the structure of the eye
D Defective processing of sensory information in the visual cortex
Correct Answer: Physical abnormalities in the structure of the eye