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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.

Things that are heard are held as a brief ____________ in the sensory register.

A echo

B icon

C image

D engram

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Correct Answer: echo

A psychologist using the method naturalistic observation would: _____________?

A carefully design controlled situations in which to observe behavior

B rely on observations of subjects responses tonaires

C observe behavior as it happens outside the laboratory or clinic

D make records of the behavior of clients treated in therapy

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Correct Answer: observe behavior as it happens outside the laboratory or clinic

An advantage of the experimental method in psychology is: _____________?

A the identification of a cause-and-effect relationship

B similar to the correlational method in that causality is determind.

C that the surroundings are always similar to real life experiences.

D that it is an informal way to investigate behavior.

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Correct Answer: the identification of a cause-and-effect relationship

Which of the following broad domains can be studied by psychologists?

A Developmental processes

B Biological bases of behaviour

C Social basesof behaviour

D Cognitive and affective processes

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Correct Answer: Developmental processes

Which of the following school of thought would be most likely to reject the method introspection to study human experience?

A Behaviorism

B Psychoanalysis

C Structuralism

D Functionalism

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Correct Answer: Structuralism

Psychologists employ a variety of tools and methods to study human behaviour which of the following methods to psychologists rely on to make systematic observations and draw conclusions about human behaviour.

A Speculation and common sense

B Generalisation and common sense

C Hindsight and experimentation

D Controlled Measurement and experimentation

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Correct Answer: Controlled Measurement and experimentation

According to the information-processing framework, which of the following is NOT true?

A Both the brain and the computer consist of millions components yet the behaviour of compute can be understood by studying the programs that run them.

B A useful account of human behaviour is considered possible by using terms abstract enough to transcend to transcend the operation of the brain’s approximately 180 billion nerve cells.

C From the human information-processing perspective, information delivered to the senses is translated into a cognitive code.

D Two types of processing which is conscious, and controlled processing which in unconscious.

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Correct Answer: Two types of processing which is conscious, and controlled processing which in unconscious.

the cognitive revolution psychology was a response to the limitations of which school of thought?

A Psychoanalysis

B Behaviorism

C Human information-processing

D Gestalt psychology

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Correct Answer: Behaviorism

Which of the following is FALSE regarding Piaget?

A Piaget argued that a child understands an object by acting on in either physically or mentally’ and thereby constructs knowledge.

B Infants develop cognitive structures or schemes, which are organized particular way of interacting with the environment.

C Cognitive structures of younger children, under the age of 7 reflect abstract mental operations.

D The Cognitive operations of alder children allow them to realized that conserved despite changes in appearance.

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Correct Answer: Cognitive structures of younger children, under the age of 7 reflect abstract mental operations.

Which of following statements is true of Ebbinghaus?

A He proposed an important theory about how memory works

B He founded an influential school of psychology

C His work stood the test of time as his findings were later replicated by others and many remain valid today.

D However, he was unable to convert (or ‘operationalize’) unobserbales mental processes into observable behaviour

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Correct Answer: His work stood the test of time as his findings were later replicated by others and many remain valid today.

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Things that are heard are held as a brief ____________ in the sensory register.

A psychologist using the method naturalistic observation would: _____________?

An advantage of the experimental method in psychology is: _____________?

Which of the following broad domains can be studied by psychologists?

Which of the following school of thought would be most likely to reject the method introspection to study human experience?

Psychologists employ a variety of tools and methods to study human behaviour which of the following methods to psychologists rely on to make systematic observations and draw conclusions about human behaviour.

According to the information-processing framework, which of the following is NOT true?

the cognitive revolution psychology was a response to the limitations of which school of thought?

Which of the following is FALSE regarding Piaget?

Which of following statements is true of Ebbinghaus?