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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.

Alternations in activity at dopamine synapses have been implicated in the development of:
A anxiety
B schizophrenia
C Alzheimer’s disease
D nicotine addiction
Correct Answer: schizophrenia
A neural impulse is initiated when a neuron’s charge momentarily becomes less negative, or even positive. This event is called:
A an action potential
B a resting potential
C impulse facilitation
D inhibitory
Correct Answer: an action potential
Social position in a group determines one’s:
A competence
B autokinetic norms
C role
D usefulness
Correct Answer: role
One way to reverse prejudice as shown in the Robber’s Cave experiment is to:
A Foster shared goals
B Educate the groups
C Encourage competition
D Maintain inter-group contact
Correct Answer: Foster shared goals
Which area in psychology would be most likely to study the phenomenon of “peer influence”?
A social
B comparative
C psychological
D school
Correct Answer: social
Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in:
A stimulus – response connections
B animal behavior
C the comparison of functional and behavioral psychology
D the comparison of different types of psychotherapy
Correct Answer: animal behavior
Information picked up by the body’s receptor cells is termed:
A cognition
B perception
C adaptation
D sensation
Correct Answer: sensation
We often a series of dots on a printed form as a “solid” line because of the Gestalt principle of:
A figure – ground
B symmetry
C similarity
D closure
Correct Answer: closure
Weber’s law state that the just Noticeable Difference between stimuli is a (n):
A Unknown
B Threshold
C Puzzle
D Constant
Correct Answer: Constant
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
Correct Answer: receptive field