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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.

The practice of 360-degree feedback is most clearly designed to improve:
A the experience of flow
B performance appraisal
C one’s set point
D homeostasis
Correct Answer: performance appraisal
The key to Julian Rotter’s social-learning theory is the importance of:
A Expectations
B Modeling
C Motivation
D Cognitions
Correct Answer: Expectations
Which of the following statements is NOT true in terms of the repairing damaged brains?
A Adult neurons can sometimes from new connections
B If one input to a target area is lost, the remaining inputs sometimes send out new branches from their axons to colonize the vacant space
C Although transplanted neurons taken from a brain at the right stage of development will grow in an adult host brain, they will not restore normal function
D Transplants of dopamine cell bodies alleviate some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in human patients
Correct Answer: Transplants of dopamine cell bodies alleviate some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in human patients
Research on neural grafting techniques to transplant dopamine cell bodies indicate that:
A We cannot repair damaged brains
B We can repair some damaged brains
C We can prevent brain damage
D We can prevent Parkinson’s disease
Correct Answer: We can repair some damaged brains
Long-term potentiation and long-term depression are processes demonstrating that:
A Experience can modify a neuron’s responses
B Experience can modify a person’s potential
C Experience can modify a person’s mental health
D Experience cannot modify a neuron’s responses
Correct Answer: Experience can modify a neuron’s responses
Which one of the following do we know to be true about inhibitory neurotransmitters?
A Inhibitory neurotransmitters increase the excitability of a cell
B The classic inhibitory neurotransmitter is glutamate
C Increasing chloride ion flow into the interior of the cell decreases the cell’s negativity
D Increasing the cell’s negativity is called hyperpolarization
Correct Answer: Increasing the cell’s negativity is called hyperpolarization
Identify the assertion from those given below, with regard to damage to the brain’s hemispheres:
A Serve hemi-neglect often results from damage to the left parietal lobe
B Patients with hemi-neglect may ignore the entire left half of the world
C The right hemisphere might be able to support bilateral spatial attentional processes
D When the left hemisphere is damaged the right may be able to take over processes that would normally depend on the left hemisphere
Correct Answer: Serve hemi-neglect often results from damage to the left parietal lobe
Which of these is a feature of neurons?
A All neurons have the same function
B The neuronal cell’s metabolic activities take place in the nucleus
C Axons are the input system of a neuron
D All neurons have more than one axon
Correct Answer: The neuronal cell’s metabolic activities take place in the nucleus
“It comprises sensory and motor neurons, which may form ganglia and the nerves”. The statement is true for:
A Sympathetic nervous system
B Autonomic nervous system
C Peripheral nervous system
D Central nervous system
Correct Answer: Peripheral nervous system
The disease________may result by head trauma and the onset of disease is usually in 50’s or 60’s:
A Alzheimer’s disease
B Drug abuse
C Epilepsy
D Parkinson’s diseases
Correct Answer: Parkinson’s diseases