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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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Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?
A At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
B Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
C At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
D During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities
Correct Answer: During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities
Which is FALSE? Humanistic theories of personality:
A Present a positive and optimistic view of human behaviour
B Regard people as victims of their unconscious motivations and conflicts
C Place an emphasis on individual experiences, relationships and ways of understanding the world
D Are based on beliefs that everyone’s experience is unique, and that he individual’s perception of the world is critical to their understanding and behaviour
Correct Answer: Regard people as victims of their unconscious motivations and conflicts
In class, the psychological definition of personality is one’s reaction to the environment as determined by:
A environmental influences
B biological influences
C one’s perception of the environment
D collective unconscious
Correct Answer: one’s perception of the environment
By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:
A The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour
B The concept of unconscious mental processes emphasizes the rational aspects of human behaviour
C A psychogenetic model of development shows how the mind is organized
D A topographic model of the psyche shows how personality develops
Correct Answer: The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour
Always having been a good student, lrving is confident that he will do well in his psychology course. According to Bandura’s cognitive theory, lrving would be said to have:
A strong feelings of self-efficacy
B a sense of superiority
C strong feelings of self-esteem
D strong defense mechanisms
Correct Answer: strong feelings of self-efficacy
Which of the following approaches to personality is least deterministic?
A the humanistic approach
B the psychoanalytic approach
C Skinner’s approach
D the behavioral approach
Correct Answer: the humanistic approach
According to Alfred Adler, the prime motivating force in a person’s life is:
A physical gratification
B existential anxiety
C striving for superiority
D the need for power
Correct Answer: striving for superiority
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
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
Correct Answer: the self or self-image
The projective test in which a subject is asked, “What might this be?” is called the:
A MMPI-2
B Rorschach
C NEO-PI
D TAT
Correct Answer: Rorschach
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