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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.

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
Which of the following would be one the key concepts of behaviorism?
A Individualism
B Unconscious
C Environment
D Self-actualization
Correct Answer: Environment
In regard to changing to changing answers multiple-choice tests, research indicates that changes tend to be more common than other types of changes.
A wrong to right
B right to wrong
C wrong to wrong
D None of these
Correct Answer: wrong to right
A multifactorial causation approach to behavior suggests that ____________?
A most behaviors can be explained best by single-cause explanations.
B data must be subjected rigorous statistical analysis in order to make sense.
C explanations of behavior tend to build up from the simple to the complex in a hierarchical manner
D most behavior is governed by a complex network of interrelated factors
Correct Answer: most behavior is governed by a complex network of interrelated factors
The fact that psychologists do not all agree about the nature and development of personality demonstrates:
A that there are many ways of looking at the same phenomenon
B the fundamental inability of psychologists to work together in developing a single theory.
C the failure of psychologists to communicate with one another.
D the possibility that personality may simply be incomprehensible.
Correct Answer: that there are many ways of looking at the same phenomenon
The tendency to view one’s own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways is know as: _____________?
A Behaviorism
B ethnocentrism
C humanism
D functionalism
Correct Answer: ethnocentrism
Which of the following approaches has the most optimistic view of human nature?
A humanism
B behaviorism
C psychoanalysis
D structuralism
Correct Answer: humanism