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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.

According to Freud, fixation at which stage of development is associated with sarcasm, criticalness, overeating and nail-biting in adults?

A Oral

B Anal

C Phallic

D Latency

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Correct Answer: Oral

Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?

A At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents

B Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing

C At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals

D During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities

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Correct Answer: During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities

Which is FALSE? Humanistic theories of personality:

A Present a positive and optimistic view of human behaviour

B Regard people as victims of their unconscious motivations and conflicts

C Place an emphasis on individual experiences, relationships and ways of understanding the world

D Are based on beliefs that everyone’s experience is unique, and that he individual’s perception of the world is critical to their understanding and behaviour

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Correct Answer: Regard people as victims of their unconscious motivations and conflicts

In class, the psychological definition of personality is one’s reaction to the environment as determined by:

A environmental influences

B biological influences

C one’s perception of the environment

D collective unconscious

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Correct Answer: one’s perception of the environment

By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:

A The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour

B The concept of unconscious mental processes emphasizes the rational aspects of human behaviour

C A psychogenetic model of development shows how the mind is organized

D A topographic model of the psyche shows how personality develops

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Correct Answer: The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour

Which of the following learning mechanisms does B.F. Skinner see as being the major means by which behavior is learned?

A classical conditioning

B operant conditioning

C observational learning

D insight learning

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Correct Answer: operant conditioning

Research on self-perception indicates that most people:

A suffer extensively from feelings of unrealistically low self-esteem

B underestimate the accuracy of their beliefs and judgments

C view themselves very favorably in comparison to most others

D are unrealistically pessimistic about their personal future

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Correct Answer: view themselves very favorably in comparison to most others

Always having been a good student, lrving is confident that he will do well in his psychology course. According to Bandura’s cognitive theory, lrving would be said to have:

A strong feelings of self-efficacy

B a sense of superiority

C strong feelings of self-esteem

D strong defense mechanisms

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Correct Answer: strong feelings of self-efficacy

Which of the following approaches to personality is least deterministic?

A the humanistic approach

B the psychoanalytic approach

C Skinner’s approach

D the behavioral approach

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Correct Answer: the humanistic approach

Freud believed that most personality disturbances are due to:

A the failure of parents to reinforce healthy behavior

B a poor self-concept resulting from excessive parental demands

C unconscious and unresolved sexual conflicts rooted in childhood experiences

D the exposure of children to unhealthy role models

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Correct Answer: unconscious and unresolved sexual conflicts rooted in childhood experiences

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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According to Freud, fixation at which stage of development is associated with sarcasm, criticalness, overeating and nail-biting in adults?

Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?

Which is FALSE? Humanistic theories of personality:

In class, the psychological definition of personality is one’s reaction to the environment as determined by:

Which of the following learning mechanisms does B.F. Skinner see as being the major means by which behavior is learned?

Research on self-perception indicates that most people:

Always having been a good student, lrving is confident that he will do well in his psychology course. According to Bandura’s cognitive theory, lrving would be said to have:

Which of the following approaches to personality is least deterministic?

Freud believed that most personality disturbances are due to: