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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.

With Which of the following statements would a behaviorist agree?

A psychology should be the science of behavior that can be observed by others

B The unconscious instigates observable behavior, and should be the main focus

C In order to understand behavior, one must understand the motives behind the behavior

D Behavior can only be explained in terms of phenomenology, that is an individual’s interpretation of an individual’s interpretation of experience

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Correct Answer: psychology should be the science of behavior that can be observed by others

Which of the following is likely to be a most; interest to a developmental psychologist?

A the use of physical exercise as means of combating depression

B the effect of anxiety on problem-solving behavior

C possible factors in a school environment that affect adolescent depression

D the effects on children of being raised in a single-parent home

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Correct Answer: the effects on children of being raised in a single-parent home

Dr. Saleem conducts basic research on the relationship between adults’ language Skills and their capacity to solve mathematical problems. Dr. Saleem is most likely a(n)_______________ psychologist.

A industrial / organizational

B social

C clinical

D cognitive

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Correct Answer: cognitive

In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?

A the case study

B the survey

C naturalistic observation

D correlational research

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Correct Answer: the case study

The school psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components as sensations, feelings, and images was:

A behaviorism

B structuralism

C humanism

D psychoanalysis

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Correct Answer: structuralism

In an effort to prevent participants in an experiment from trying to confirm the researchers’ predictions, psychologists sometimes:

A treat information about individual participants confidentially

B deceive participants about the true purpose of an experiment

C allow subjects to pick whether they are in the experimental or control group

D allow people to decide for themselves whether they want to participate in an experiment

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Correct Answer: deceive participants about the true purpose of an experiment

In order to determine whether the strength of people’s self-esteem related to their income levels, researchers would most likely make use of:

A correlational research

B case studies

C experimentation

D a double-blind procedure

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Correct Answer: correlational research

The precision with which a sample average approximates a population average increases as:

A the range of the sample increases

B the standard deviation of the sample increases

C the man of the sample increases

D the standard deviation of the sample decreases

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Correct Answer: the standard deviation of the sample decreases

In the control condition of an experiment the:

A research participants are exposed to the most favorable levels of experimental treatment

B dependent variable is not measured

C experimental treatment is absent

D experimenter exerts the greatest influence on participants behavior

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Correct Answer: experimental treatment is absent

Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference enhanced the survival of our ancestors genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the _______________ perspective.

A Cognitive

B behavioral

C psychodynamic

D evolutionary

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Correct Answer: evolutionary

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With Which of the following statements would a behaviorist agree?

Which of the following is likely to be a most; interest to a developmental psychologist?

Dr. Saleem conducts basic research on the relationship between adults’ language Skills and their capacity to solve mathematical problems. Dr. Saleem is most likely a(n)_______________ psychologist.

In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?

The school psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components as sensations, feelings, and images was:

In an effort to prevent participants in an experiment from trying to confirm the researchers’ predictions, psychologists sometimes:

In order to determine whether the strength of people’s self-esteem related to their income levels, researchers would most likely make use of:

The precision with which a sample average approximates a population average increases as:

In the control condition of an experiment the:

Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference enhanced the survival of our ancestors genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the _______________ perspective.