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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.

According to Freud, the Oedipal and Electra conflicts and when a child takes on the values and behaviors the same sex parent in a process called:

A fixation

B imitation

C observation

D identification

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Correct Answer: identification

According to behaviorists:

A hostile generous, or destructive impulses arise in the unconscious

B personality is a acquired through conditioning and observational learning

C personality is strongly influenced by one’s self image

D personality develops from initial feelings of inferiority

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Correct Answer: personality is a acquired through conditioning and observational learning

A key element of Carl Rogers’ personality theory is the concept of:

A meta-needs

B the self or self-image

C self-reinforcement

D the pleasure principle

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Correct Answer: the self or self-image

If self-esteem is too high, the person may be:

A boring

B ineffective

C dull

D arrogant

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Correct Answer: arrogant

The main criticism of humanistic theory is that:

A it emphasized the negative dimensions of personality

B it is research rather than experience oriented

C its concepts are imprecise and difficult to study objectively

D its approach is more empirical than philosophical

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Correct Answer: its concepts are imprecise and difficult to study objectively

An implicit by which an organism becomes aware of and manipulates past experiences through the use of symbols is our class definition of:

A chunking

B thinking

C concepts

D symbols

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Correct Answer: thinking

Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent?

A personality psychology

B cognitive psychology

C clinical psychology

D developmental psychology

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Correct Answer: cognitive psychology

The conjunction fallacy is a tendency to:

A underestimate the odds of a chance even if that event hasn’t occurred recently

B overestimate the odds of a chance event if that even hasn’t occurred recently

C draw general conclusions based on a few isolated cases

D believe that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone

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Correct Answer: believe that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone

If you were to compare adult speech with the speech of infants under 6 months of age you should expect to find that:

A adults are capable of producing more phonemes than infants are

B adults and infants both use the same number of phenomes

C infants produce more phonemes than adults do

D adults and infants both use the same number of morphemes

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Correct Answer: infants produce more phonemes than adults do

Raheem is taking the SAT and he has just answered “A” to seven consecutives. He is convinced that if the answers are random this shouldn’t happen, so he changes one of his answers to “B” and one to “D” Raheeem is showing evidence of:

A farming effect

B the gambler’s fallacy

C functional fixedness

D the conjunction fallacy

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Correct Answer: the gambler’s fallacy

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According to Freud, the Oedipal and Electra conflicts and when a child takes on the values and behaviors the same sex parent in a process called:

According to behaviorists:

A key element of Carl Rogers’ personality theory is the concept of:

If self-esteem is too high, the person may be:

The main criticism of humanistic theory is that:

An implicit by which an organism becomes aware of and manipulates past experiences through the use of symbols is our class definition of:

Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent?

The conjunction fallacy is a tendency to:

If you were to compare adult speech with the speech of infants under 6 months of age you should expect to find that:

Raheem is taking the SAT and he has just answered “A” to seven consecutives. He is convinced that if the answers are random this shouldn’t happen, so he changes one of his answers to “B” and one to “D” Raheeem is showing evidence of: