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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.

______motivation theory with its assumption of two basic instincts-sex and aggression and the view of development in terms of their evolution:
A Binet
B Freud’s
C Charles DE
D None of these
Correct Answer: Freud’s
“Modern clinical Psychology” is written by:
A Skinner
B Monroe
C Sheldon j. Korchin
D None of the above
Correct Answer: Sheldon j. Korchin
According to Tuckman’s five stage model of group development, which stage refers to the period of development when people struggle with each other over leadership and group definition?
A Performing
B Storming
C Forming
D Adjourning
Correct Answer: Storming
In the 1957 Sidney Lumet film Twelve Angry Men, 12 jurors have to decide over the guilt or innocence of a young man changed with the murder of his father. At the outset, all but one of the jurors are convinced of the youth’s guilt. The lone juror (played by Henry Fond (a) actively attempts to change their minds, standing firm, committed self-confident and unwavering. One by one the other jurors change sides, until in the end they all agree that the accused in not guilty. Which form of social influence is this an example of?
A Conformity
B Minority influence
C Normative influence
D Informational influence
Correct Answer: Minority influence
In passive euthanasia:
A a person’s body is frozen upon death
B drugs are administered to hasten death
C body temperature is lowered to delay death
D death is allowed but not caused
Correct Answer: death is allowed but not caused
Fertilization of an ovum outside a woman’s body is called:
A artificial insemination
B in vitro fertilization
C eugenics
D genetic engineering
Correct Answer: in vitro fertilization
Which represents the correct order of Piaget’s stages of intellectual development?
A sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, post operational
B preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational sensorimotor
C sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
D preoperational, informal operational, formal operational, post operational
Correct Answer: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
The effects on an unborn baby are ‘primarily’:
A Internal
B External
C Both internal and external
D Generation after generation
Correct Answer: External
The word psychology is derived from two_______words ‘Psyche’ and ‘Logos’. Psyche means soul and Logos means science.
A English
B Chinese
C Hindi
D Greek
Correct Answer: Greek
Any person’s interactions with his_______represent many different kinds of experiences that very intensity and value to himself and to others:
A Behaviour
B Differences
C Environment
D Plans
Correct Answer: Plans