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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 researchers had a profound impact in developmental psychology despite the limitations of his methodology?

A Sigmud Freud

B Francis Galton

C Jean Piaget

D B.F. Skinner

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Correct Answer: Jean Piaget

According to many, the founder of modern day psychology and first psychologist’ was: _________?

A Wundt

B Fechner

C Weber

D Helmholtz

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Correct Answer: Wundt

David Hume regarded the laws of association as being the mental counterpart of laws governing the physical universe. According to Hume, which of the following is NOT a fundamental law of association?

A Similarity

B Gravity

C Contiguity

D Causality

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Correct Answer: Gravity

Herman von Helmholtz (1821-94)?

A Investigated the speed of neural impulses

B Suggested that thought and movement do not occur instantaneously as previously believed, but that thought occur first, followed by movement

C Made Significant contributions to sensory psychology, especially audition and vision

D All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

Cartesian dualism specifies that: _____________?

A The body can interact with the mind via the pineal gland.

B The mind can interact with the body via the pineal gland.

C Both a and b

D Neither a nor b

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

it is most likely that hotter regions of the world witness more aggression than cooler regions because:

A People in hotter regions have inherited the tendency to be more aggressive through their genetic make-up

B Environmental temperature can modulate the expression of aggression in everyone

C People in hotter regions have been socialized to behave in a more aggressive manner

D People who live in hotter regions are less technologically developed, more likely to suffer from brain damage and therefore more likely to be aggressive

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Correct Answer: Environmental temperature can modulate the expression of aggression in everyone

The beginnings of modern psychology were based on which of the following influences?

A philosophy, physiology and psychophysics

B The bystander effect, Milgram’s experiments and common sense

C Dualism, materialism and behaviorism

D None of the above

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Correct Answer: philosophy, physiology and psychophysics

What is the common, underlying view that unites the various subfields of psychology?

A Cross-cultural psychology

B Common Sense

C Empiricism

D Behaviourism

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Correct Answer: Empiricism

The part of the brain that functions as a “switching station” between the STM and LTM is the:

A hippocampus

B cerebral cortex

C RS.

D engram switching center

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Correct Answer: hippocampus

The conduction of a nerve impulse down the axon is called a(n): ____________?

A ion potential

B action potential

C resting discharge

D synapes

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Correct Answer: ion potential

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Which of the following researchers had a profound impact in developmental psychology despite the limitations of his methodology?

According to many, the founder of modern day psychology and first psychologist’ was: _________?

David Hume regarded the laws of association as being the mental counterpart of laws governing the physical universe. According to Hume, which of the following is NOT a fundamental law of association?

Herman von Helmholtz (1821-94)?

Cartesian dualism specifies that: _____________?

it is most likely that hotter regions of the world witness more aggression than cooler regions because:

The beginnings of modern psychology were based on which of the following influences?

What is the common, underlying view that unites the various subfields of psychology?

The part of the brain that functions as a “switching station” between the STM and LTM is the:

The conduction of a nerve impulse down the axon is called a(n): ____________?