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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.

A father suggests that his son’s low marks in school are due to the child’s laziness. The father has made a (an)______attribution.

A external

B internal

C situational

D high consensus

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Correct Answer: internal

_____attachment style is marked by conflicting feelings of affection, anger, and emotional turmoil.

A Mutual

B Secure

C Avoidant

D Ambivalent

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Correct Answer: Ambivalent

You believe that short men have a tendency to be insecure. The concept of illusory correlation implies that you will:

A overestimate how often short men are insecure

B underestimate are frequency of short men in population

C overestimate the frequency of short men in the population

D falsely assume the shortness in men cause insecurity

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Correct Answer: overestimate how often short men are insecure

Prejudice based on displaced aggression represents a form of _________?

A projection

B discrimination

C scapegoating

D authoritarianism

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Correct Answer: scapegoating

Social position in a group determines one’s _________?

A competence

B auto kinetic norms

C role

D usefulness

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Correct Answer: role

Stereotypes are:

A Special types of schemas that are part of people’s shared cultural background

B Widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group

C equivalent prejudice

D both a and b

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Correct Answer: both a and b

Rasheed watches as customer with at least 40 items lines up at his express checkout line. He decides the customer must be a real “idiot” to miss the sign that indicates Rasheed’s checkout line is an express line with a limit of 10 items. Rasheed’s attribution for the cause of the customer’s behavior is consistent with_________?

A drawing an illusory correlation

B false consensus effect

C the fundamental attribution error

D a defensive attribution

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Correct Answer: the fundamental attribution error

The study of how small groups from and function is the definition of:

A group leadership styles

B group norms

C group dynamics

D group interactions

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Correct Answer: group dynamics

A social trap is situation in which:

A a lack of critical thinking results from a strong desire for group harmony

B people lose self – awareness in group situations that foster anonymity

C can physical or verbal behavior is intended to hurt or destroy

D the pursuit of self- interest leads to collective harm

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Correct Answer: the pursuit of self- interest leads to collective harm

Sherif planned a disruption of the water supply in a Boy Scout camp in order to observe how social relationships are influenced by:

A superordinate goals

B group polarization

C ingroup bias

D social traps

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Correct Answer: superordinate goals

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A father suggests that his son’s low marks in school are due to the child’s laziness. The father has made a (an)______attribution.

_____attachment style is marked by conflicting feelings of affection, anger, and emotional turmoil.

You believe that short men have a tendency to be insecure. The concept of illusory correlation implies that you will:

Prejudice based on displaced aggression represents a form of _________?

Social position in a group determines one’s _________?

Stereotypes are:

The study of how small groups from and function is the definition of:

A social trap is situation in which:

Sherif planned a disruption of the water supply in a Boy Scout camp in order to observe how social relationships are influenced by: