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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.

Sanam has just finished a long exhausting 6-mile run. She and her friend Jamal are gazing at a hill they need a climb to get back to their car Jamal asks Sanam, “Gee how steep do you think that hill is?” Based on research by Proffitt and his colleagues Sanam is likely to:
A make a reasonably accurate estimate of the hill’s slant, as most people do
B underestimate the hill’s slant, as most people do
C Ooverestimate the hill’s slant, but to a lesser degree than she would have before her exhausting run
D Overestimate the hill’s slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run
Correct Answer: Overestimate the hill’s slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run
Jasmine can’t stop thinking about germs and dirt. She spends all day cleaning her house. She is suffering from:
A phobic disorder
B paranoia
C delusional disorder
D obsessive-compulsive disorder
Correct Answer: obsessive-compulsive disorder
“I believed Ahmad’s anxiety and defensiveness are the result of an unrealistic self-image and an inability to take responsibility for her feelings.” This statement would most likely have been made by a:
A psychodynamic theorist
B Freudian therapist
C humanistic psychologist
D behavioristic theorist
Correct Answer: humanistic psychologist
The term “nervous breakdown”:
A refers to very severe psychotic behavior episodes
B is a legal, not a psychological, term
C has no formal psychological meaning
D refers to a serve, but transistent, depression
Correct Answer: has no formal psychological meaning
An in ability to behave in ways that in ways that foster the well-being of the individual and ultimately of society defines:
A insanity
B psychopathology
C self – destructiveness
D social nonconformity
Correct Answer: psychopathology
Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of what personality disorder?
A histrionic
B obsessive – compulsive
C schizoid
D avoidant
Correct Answer: avoidant
When a person’s sexual identity does not much his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is:
A paraphilia
B sexual dysfunction
C gender identity disorder
D androgyny
Correct Answer: gender identity disorder
The most widely used system of psychological classification today is:
A the Freudian Psychoanalytic System (FPS)
B fund in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM – IV)
C the system designed by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler
D to be found in the Federal Uniform Code of Psychopathology (UCP)
Correct Answer: fund in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM – IV)
Behaviorists would say that self – defeating behaviors are maintained by immediate reinforcement in the form of:
A relief from anxiety
B defending the ego
C protecting one’s self – image
D avoiding existential anxiety
Correct Answer: relief from anxiety
Jamil is in a constant state of anxiety and also has brief, sudden periods of panic. He also believes these periods of panic will occur when he’s in a public location: therefore, jim is afraid to leave his house.Jim’s diagnosis is:
A agoraphobia
B panic disorder
C panic disorder with agoraphobia
D panic disorder without agoraphobia
Correct Answer: agoraphobia