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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.

Research shows that IQ scores are valid predictors of all of the following EXCEPT:
A School grades
B Emotional intelligence
C Occupational status
D Job performance
Correct Answer: Job performance
When Asians and Americans are asked what accounts for the consistently higher scores in mathematics among Asians, Americans are likely to conclude it is due to:
A The environment
B Hard work
C Better schooling
D Genetics
Correct Answer: Genetics
Which of the following is factor that influences success for the gifted?
A extrinsic motivation
B level of adjustment
C persistence
D sibling rivalry
Correct Answer: persistence
The person responsible for the development and design of the first useful individual test of intelligence is:
A Freud
B Terman
C Binet
D Wechsler
Correct Answer: Binet
Who would have been most enthusiastic about the value of a single intelligence test score as an index of an individual’s mental capacities?
A Thurstone
B Sternberg
C Gardner
D Spearman
Correct Answer: Spearman
In order for norms to be meaningful what must also occur?
A Randomization
B Consensus
C Direct sampling
D Standardization
Correct Answer: Standardization
The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates:
A the phi phenomenon
B visual capture
C shape constancy
D top-down processing
Correct Answer: top-down processing
The collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel signals to a particular visual cell in the retina make up that cell’s:
A blind spot
B optic disk
C opponent process field
D receptive field
Correct Answer: receptive field
The study of phenomena such as clairvoyance and telepathy is called:
A parapsychology
B Gestalt psychology
C psychokinesis
D ESP
Correct Answer: parapsychology
The organizational principles identified by Gestalt psychologists best illustrate the importance of:
A perceptual constancy
B perceptual adaptation
C visual capture
D top-down processing
Correct Answer: top-down processing