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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.

Who is linked the theory of social change with Organism:
A Karl Marx
B August Comte
C Herbert Spencer
D Talcott Parsons
Correct Answer: August Comte
Who carried out a study on ethnicity in schools?
A Celia Wright
B lan Wright
C Cecil Wright
D Murdock
Correct Answer: Cecil Wright
who suggested that black people over represented in special needs?
A Bernstein
B Tom and Jerry
C Tom Linson
D Trish Burleigh
Correct Answer: Tom Linson
who were the two sociologists who studied the self-fulfilling prophecy theory?
A Rosenthal and Jacobson
B Glass and Bottle
C Althusser and Rogers
D Gillborn and Gipps
Correct Answer: Rosenthal and Jacobson
Who said black people who do badly at school do so because they are socially deprived?
A K. Painter
B L. Letley
C J.W.B Douglas
D Kirk Ridgewell
Correct Answer: J.W.B Douglas
The structuralist school of psychology:
A used introspection to analyze conscious experience
B relied heavily on the concept of natural selection
C was concerned with experiences as “wholes”
D used dream analysis to reveal the unconscious
Correct Answer: used introspection to analyze conscious experience
Which of the following best describes a double-bind experimental procedure?
A All subject get the experimental procedure
B Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is know only to the experimenter
C Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not know to subjects or experimenters
D all subjects get control
Correct Answer: Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not know to subjects or experimenters
In the Harlow’s research surrogate mothers were used for studying the attachment behaviour of infant monkeys the surrogate mothers were:
A Adult female monkeys not related to the infants
B Older sisters of the infant monkeys
C Human adults who acted as mothers
D Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages
Correct Answer: Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages
According to the Cannon-Bard theory:
A the thalamus plays a central role in producing emotions
B the cerebellum must give the go-ahead for emotion
C activity in the occipital and parietal lobes happens simultaneously to produce emotion
D the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work in concert
Correct Answer: the thalamus plays a central role in producing emotions
Some modern psychodynamic theorists or neo-Freudians focused on:
A the whole
B social motives and relationships that influence our behavior
C human experience, problems potentials, and ideals
D observable behaviors
Correct Answer: social motives and relationships that influence our behavior