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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 postconventional level of morality is most likely to be found in cultures that value:

A socialism

B communism

C social harmony

D individualism

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Correct Answer: individualism

Rodents respond to alarm calls by others in their group if these calls are continued and on danger is confirmed further calls may be ignored. it an example of:

A Imprinting

B Habituation

C Conditioned reflex type I

D Conditioned reflex type II

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Correct Answer: Habituation

The phrase “a theory must also falsifiable” means:

A researchers misrepresent their data

B a theory must be defined so it can be disconfirmed

C theories are a rich array of observations regarding behavior but with few facts to support them

D nothing

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Correct Answer: a theory must be defined so it can be disconfirmed

Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?

A cognitive psychology

B behaviorism

C Gestalt psychology

D astrology

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Correct Answer: astrology

Basic ethical guidelines for psychological researchers include:

A ensuring that participation is involuntary

B harming the subjects when necessary

C minimizing confidentiality

D providing results and interpretations to participants

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Correct Answer: providing results and interpretations to participants

Which of the following best describes a double-blind experimental procedure?

A All subjects get the experimental procedure

B Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo, which they receive is known only to the experimenter

C Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not known to subjects or experimenter

D All subjects get the control procedure

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Correct Answer: Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not known to subjects or experimenter

A friend states that since he has been taking vitamin C, he has not had a single cold. His observation has little value in assessing the effects of vitamin C because:

A there was no control group for comparison

B he has not calculated a correlation coefficient

C of the effect of the observer on the observed

D he does not specify his dosage of vitamin

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Correct Answer: there was no control group for comparison

The independent variable in an experiment is:

A the subject himself

B a measure of the subject’s behavior

C the variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate

D any unwanted variable that may adversely affect the subject’s performance

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Correct Answer: the variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate

In order to summarize or organize a series of observations in some meaningful way, psychologists may develop:

A hypotheses

B experiments

C surveys

D theories

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Correct Answer: theories

Collection of observable evidence. precise definition and replication result all form the basis for:

A scientific observation

B the scientific method

C defining a scientific problem

D hypothesis generation

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Correct Answer: the scientific method

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A postconventional level of morality is most likely to be found in cultures that value:

Rodents respond to alarm calls by others in their group if these calls are continued and on danger is confirmed further calls may be ignored. it an example of:

The phrase “a theory must also falsifiable” means:

Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?

Basic ethical guidelines for psychological researchers include:

Which of the following best describes a double-blind experimental procedure?

A friend states that since he has been taking vitamin C, he has not had a single cold. His observation has little value in assessing the effects of vitamin C because:

The independent variable in an experiment is:

In order to summarize or organize a series of observations in some meaningful way, psychologists may develop:

Collection of observable evidence. precise definition and replication result all form the basis for: