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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 these is not a basic assumption of behaviorism?
A Principles of learning apply equally to different species
B Learning can be studied objectively by focusing on stimuli and responses
C Organisms are born as “blank states” shaped and influenced by the environment
D Internal cognitive processes are largely included in scientific study
Correct Answer: Internal cognitive processes are largely included in scientific study
The representative heuristic can lead to both:
A the arrangement problem and the framing effect
B the framing effect and the gambler’s fallacy
C the conjunction fallacy and the gambler’s fallacy
D the conjunction fallacy and the overconfidence effect
Correct Answer: the conjunction fallacy and the gambler’s fallacy
Stress may not always be ‘out there’ but mostly originate within individual. Which one of the following is the correct answer to justify the statements?
A Stress involves individual’s psychological make-up
B Stress is dependent on the intensity of the stressor
C Stress is related to simultaneous life-events
D Stress involves the individual’s cognitive appraisal
Correct Answer: Stress involves the individual’s cognitive appraisal
Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second-grade teacher, watches boys more closely than she watch girls for any signs of misbehavior. Mrs. Zumpano’s surveillance strategy best illustrates:
A the framing effect
B the availability heuristic
C confirmation bias
D functional fixedness
Correct Answer: confirmation bias
Maham forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filed jacket as a pillow. Maham’s oversight best illustrates:
A functional fixedness
B confirmation bias
C overconfidence
D the availability heuristic
Correct Answer: functional fixedness
Which of the following statements are correct?
A A child who understands that stealing is bad will not steal in real life
B Kohlberg’s theory says that stages of moral development require that certain cognitive development has already taken place
C Human beings have capacity for complex learning
D All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
Chomsky suggested that a person’s unique experiences with a language are most likely to influence the________of that person’s spoken sentences.
A surface structure
B linguistic determinism
C functional fixedness
D belief perseverance
Correct Answer: surface structure
Research participants were asked to identify a word that could be associated meaningfully with each of three other words. Solutions that occurred with sudden insight were accompanied by a burst of activity in the brain’s______lobe.
A front occipital
B left occipital
C left temporal
D right temporal
Correct Answer: right temporal
“Apple is to fruit as hamburger is to_____is an example of:
A an arrangement problem
B a series-completion problem
C a deductive reasoning problem
D an analogy problem
Correct Answer: an analogy problem
When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of:
A Phonemes and morphemes both stay the same
B phonemes increases, but the number morphemes are both increased
C phonemes and morphemes are both increased
D phonemes decreases, but the number of morphemes increases
Correct Answer: phonemes increases, but the number morphemes are both increased
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