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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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.

After experiencing inescapable brutalities as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, Mr. Sternberg became apathetic, stopped eating, and gave up all efforts to physically survive the ordeal. Mr. Sternberg’s reaction most clearly illustrates:

A learned helplessness

B an internal locus of control

C an inferiority complex

D the self-reference phenomenon

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Correct Answer: learned helplessness

Because she is often rejected by her parents, Sally mistrusts other people and treats them with hostility, which leads to their rejection of her. The cycle of rejection, mistrust, hostility, and further rejection illustrate what is meant by:

A an external locus of control

B the self-serving phenomenon

C reaction formation

D reciprocal determinism

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Correct Answer: reciprocal determinism

A boy’s sexual desires for his mother and feelings of hostility toward his father constitute what Freud called:

A displacement

B reaction formation

C reciprocal determinism

D the Oedipus complex

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Correct Answer: the Oedipus complex

Roberto tends to focus on people and things around him and is outgoing, talkative, and friendly, Jung would refer to Roberto as an:

A extravert

B iconoclast

C animus-type personality

D archetypal personality

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Correct Answer: extravert

In assessing a client’s personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between:

A ideal self and actual self

B the pleasure principle and the reality principle

C introversion and extroversion

D the client’s values and the therapist’s values

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Correct Answer: ideal self and actual self

The perception that one’s fate is determined by luck reflects:

A self-serving bias

B an external locus of control

C the pleasure principle

D reciprocal determinism

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Correct Answer: an external locus of control

A high school junior admires a movie star and follows the star’s life on the screen and in the newspapers, experiencing the same emotions as the star would. The student is using what type of defense mechanism?

A repression

B displacement

C projection

D identification

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Correct Answer: identification

A man who explaining an individual’s aggressiveness, Skinner would look for:

A environmental factors that could promote aggression

B feelings of repressed hostility

C instinctual explanations

D early learning experiences and reinforcement history

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Correct Answer: early learning experiences and reinforcement history

A man who has numerous reasons to hate his mother instead lavishes her with unrealistic amounts of attention and love. He is probably exhibiting the defense mechanism of:

A regression

B identification

C projection

D reaction formation

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Correct Answer: reaction formation

Unrealistic optimism could best be describes as a (n):

A self-serving bias

B reaction formation

C an external locus of control

D fixation

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Correct Answer: reaction formation

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After experiencing inescapable brutalities as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, Mr. Sternberg became apathetic, stopped eating, and gave up all efforts to physically survive the ordeal. Mr. Sternberg’s reaction most clearly illustrates:

Because she is often rejected by her parents, Sally mistrusts other people and treats them with hostility, which leads to their rejection of her. The cycle of rejection, mistrust, hostility, and further rejection illustrate what is meant by:

A boy’s sexual desires for his mother and feelings of hostility toward his father constitute what Freud called:

Roberto tends to focus on people and things around him and is outgoing, talkative, and friendly, Jung would refer to Roberto as an:

In assessing a client’s personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between:

The perception that one’s fate is determined by luck reflects:

A high school junior admires a movie star and follows the star’s life on the screen and in the newspapers, experiencing the same emotions as the star would. The student is using what type of defense mechanism?

A man who explaining an individual’s aggressiveness, Skinner would look for:

A man who has numerous reasons to hate his mother instead lavishes her with unrealistic amounts of attention and love. He is probably exhibiting the defense mechanism of:

Unrealistic optimism could best be describes as a (n):