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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.

The study of phenomena such as clairvoyance and telepathy is called:

A Parapsychology

B Gestalt psychology

C psychokinesis

D ESP

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Correct Answer: Parapsychology

The fact that the corner of a building thrust toward the viewer looks shorter than an inside corner thrust away from the viewer can be accounted for by the:

A Muller-Lyer illusion

B horizontal-vertical illusion

C illusion of convergence

D Ponzo illusion

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Correct Answer: Muller-Lyer illusion

The organizational principles identified by Gestalt psychologists best illustrate the importance of:

A perceptual constancy

B perceptual adaptation

C visual capture

D top-down processing

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Correct Answer: top-down processing

In farsightedness:

A close objects are seen clearly but distant objects appear blurry

B the focus of light from close objects falls behind the retina

C the focus of light from distant objects falls a little short of the retina

D a & b

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Correct Answer: the focus of light from close objects falls behind the retina

The collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel signals to a particular visual cell in the retina make up that cell’s:

A blind spot

B optic disk

C opponent process field

D receptive field

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Correct Answer: receptive field

The visual pathway that has been characterized as___travels through the dorsal stream to the parietal lobes, whereas the pathway that has been labelled the travels through the ventral stream to the temporal lobes.

A the what pathway, the where pathway

B the where pathway; what pathway

C the opponent process pathway; the trichromatic pathway

D the trichromatic pathway; the opponent process pathway

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Correct Answer: the where pathway; what pathway

A tone-deaf person would probably not be able to tell two musical notes apart unless they were very different. We could say that this person has a relatively large:

A just noticeable difference

B relative threshold

C absolute threshold

D detection threshold

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Correct Answer: just noticeable difference

In Psychophysical research the absolute threshold has been arbitrarily define as:

A the stimulus intensity that can be detected 100% of the time

B the stimulus intensity that can be detected 50% of the time

C the minimum amount of difference in intensity needed to tell two stimuli apart

D a constant proportion of the size of the initial stimulus

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Correct Answer: the stimulus intensity that can be detected 50% of the time

In their study of the influence of subliminal perception on attitudes Krosnick and his colleagues (1992) found:

A absolutely no evidence of such influence

B overwhelming evidences that subliminal stimuli can and do influences subjects’ attitudes

C that subliminal stimuli do not really exist

D small but measurable effects

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Correct Answer: small but measurable effects

The tendency to see all the individual spokes in a bicycle wheel as part of a larger single unit best illustrate the principle of:

A Connectedness

B interposition

C continuity

D closure

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Correct Answer: Connectedness

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The study of phenomena such as clairvoyance and telepathy is called:

The fact that the corner of a building thrust toward the viewer looks shorter than an inside corner thrust away from the viewer can be accounted for by the:

The organizational principles identified by Gestalt psychologists best illustrate the importance of:

In farsightedness:

The collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel signals to a particular visual cell in the retina make up that cell’s:

The visual pathway that has been characterized as___travels through the dorsal stream to the parietal lobes, whereas the pathway that has been labelled the travels through the ventral stream to the temporal lobes.

A tone-deaf person would probably not be able to tell two musical notes apart unless they were very different. We could say that this person has a relatively large:

In Psychophysical research the absolute threshold has been arbitrarily define as:

In their study of the influence of subliminal perception on attitudes Krosnick and his colleagues (1992) found:

The tendency to see all the individual spokes in a bicycle wheel as part of a larger single unit best illustrate the principle of:

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

All Topics 6084

All Topics 6084

The study of phenomena such as clairvoyance and telepathy is called:

The fact that the corner of a building thrust toward the viewer looks shorter than an inside corner thrust away from the viewer can be accounted for by the:

The organizational principles identified by Gestalt psychologists best illustrate the importance of:

In farsightedness:

The collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel signals to a particular visual cell in the retina make up that cell’s:

The visual pathway that has been characterized as_________travels through the dorsal stream to the parietal lobes, whereas the pathway that has been labelled the ______travels through the ventral stream to the temporal lobes.

A tone-deaf person would probably not be able to tell two musical notes apart unless they were very different. We could say that this person has a relatively large:

In Psychophysical research the absolute threshold has been arbitrarily define as:

In their study of the influence of subliminal perception on attitudes Krosnick and his colleagues (1992) found:

The tendency to see all the individual spokes in a bicycle wheel as part of a larger single unit best illustrate the principle of:

The visual pathway that has been characterized as___travels through the dorsal stream to the parietal lobes, whereas the pathway that has been labelled the travels through the ventral stream to the temporal lobes.