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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.

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Sometimes the visual information available to us about a stimulus is ambiguous because of differences in depth, lighting or shading cues. For example, patterns of shading can create the illusion of objects as protruding from a visual field. How do we make sense of the visual information to recognize ambiguous stimuli?
A Visual system relies on other people’s Knowledge of objects to identify ambiguous stimuli
B Visual information about protruding objects is impossible to process
C Visual system relies on assumptions about the physical world to identify ambiguous stimuli
D Both (a) and (c)
Correct Answer: Visual system relies on assumptions about the physical world to identify ambiguous stimuli
Which of the following is NOT an example of a genuine after-effect?
A After running your fingers over fine sandpaper, medium sandpaper feels coarser (and vice versa)
B After listening to a high tone for a while, a medium auditory tone appears higher
C Holding your hand under running cold (or hot) water before testing the temperature of baby’s bath water will lead you to misperceive how comfortable the water will be for the baby
D After eating chocolate, orange juice tastes more tart
Correct Answer: After listening to a high tone for a while, a medium auditory tone appears higher
One of the following statements is FALSE-but which one?
A A system of channels can only signal preferred orientation of any single channel
B Perceptual information is likely to be merged via a process that combines the activities across all channels
C As part of the process of synthesis, channel activities are likely to be weighted according to the level of activity in each channel
D The merging process may find the ‘center of gravity’ of the distribution of activity
Correct Answer: A system of channels can only signal preferred orientation of any single channel
With respect to astrology, palmistry and phrenology, it can be said that:
A all are pseudo-psychology’s
B none is subject to the P.T Barnum effect
C they rarely appear to “work” due to the fallacy of positive instances
D astrology is the only system with a scientific basis
Correct Answer: all are pseudo-psychology’s
To assess client’s abilities, a phrenologist would want to:
A read their handwriting
B examine their skulls
C study their palms
D record their EEGs
Correct Answer: examine their skulls
An example of the “experimenter effect” would be a situation in which the experimenter:
A acts out the proper behavior for the subjects
B deceives the subject as to the real purpose of the experiment
C unknowingly hints to subjects what is expected of them
D overtly tells the subjects how to respond
Correct Answer: unknowingly hints to subjects what is expected of them
The independent variable in an experiment is:
A the subject himself
B a measure of the subject’s behavior
C the variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate
D any unwanted variable that may adversely affect the subject’s performance
Correct Answer: the variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate
Which of the following coefficients of correlation indicates the strongest relationship between two sets of variables?
A -0.98
B 0.9
C 0
D 1.2
Correct Answer: -0.98
An experimenter conducts an experiments on the effects of a drug to control hallucinations. He declares the results to be “statistically significant,’ which usually means that:
A even though appropriate statistics were used, no differences could be detected between experimental and control groups
B the results have important implications for theory or practice
C differences between experimental and control group of this size occur by chance only 5 times out of 100 (or less)
D differences between experimental and control groups were so large they could never occur by chance alone
Correct Answer: differences between experimental and control group of this size occur by chance only 5 times out of 100 (or less)
To prevent ethical abuse in psychological research, the APA has suggested that:
A psychologists must treat all subjects with respect and concern for the subject’s dignity
B psychologists must avoid deception with using human subjects
C all data collected from a person must be made public
D all psychological harm to subjects must be corrected by counseling
Correct Answer: psychologists must treat all subjects with respect and concern for the subject’s dignity
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