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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.

Which of the following determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory?

A consolidation

B an engram

C working memory

D selective attention

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Correct Answer: selective attention

_______ primarily keeps memories active in short-term memory.

A Dual memory

B Elaborative rehearsal

C Long-term memory

D Maintenance rehearsal

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Correct Answer: Maintenance rehearsal

The major problem with using hypnosis in police work is: _____________?

A vicarious inhibition

B that there is little evidence that information gathered by hypnosis has ever helped solve a police case

C the occurrence of false memories

D a person’s ability to be hypnotized

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Correct Answer: the occurrence of false memories

________ refers to the fading memory traces from short-term memory.

A Encoding failure

B Decay

C Disuse

D Decoding failure

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Correct Answer: Decay

________________ determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory.

A Encoding failure

B Selective attention

C Repression

D Eidetic encoding

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Correct Answer: Selective attention

The improvement of memory to truly exceptional levels involves:

A learning techniques for organizing or “chunking” information

B replacing memory based on meaning with memory that utilizes images

C improvements in short-term memory

D improvements in the neural substrates of memory through drugs and nutrition

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Correct Answer: learning techniques for organizing or “chunking” information

Recoding, chunking, and rehearsal are especially important for the improvement of:___________?

A short-term memory effciency

B eidetic imagery

C sensory memory

D long-term memory traces

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Correct Answer: short-term memory effciency

Recency effect in free recall decreases with increase in:____________?

A Length of the the list

B Exposure time

C Number of previously learned lists

D Delay prior to recall

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Correct Answer: Delay prior to recall

The moon ate horizon took bigger than at the zenith because the perceived distance at the horizon greater than at the zenith. it supports the: ____________?

A Cue theory

B Constancy principal

C Distance principal

D Gestalt principal

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Correct Answer: Distance principal

Tolman’s experiment with rats in the maze was aimed to study: __________?

A Operant conditioning learning

B trial-and-error learning

C Latent learning

D Classical conditioning learning

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Correct Answer: Latent learning

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Which of the following determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory?

_______ primarily keeps memories active in short-term memory.

The major problem with using hypnosis in police work is: _____________?

________ refers to the fading memory traces from short-term memory.

________________ determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory.

The improvement of memory to truly exceptional levels involves:

Recoding, chunking, and rehearsal are especially important for the improvement of:___________?

Recency effect in free recall decreases with increase in:____________?

The moon ate horizon took bigger than at the zenith because the perceived distance at the horizon greater than at the zenith. it supports the: ____________?

Tolman’s experiment with rats in the maze was aimed to study: __________?