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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.

ADHD in children is most often treated with the drug:
A Haldol
B Thorazine
C Ritalin
D Valium
Correct Answer: Ritalin
According to Erikson, a major conflict in the first year of life is that between:
A trust versus mistrust
B initiative versus guilt
C autonomy versus shame and doubt
D relatedness versus isolation
Correct Answer: trust versus mistrust
In passive euthanasia:
A a person’s body is frozen upon death
B drugs are administered to hasten death
C body temperature is lowered to delay death
D death is allowed but not caused
Correct Answer: death is allowed but not caused
For children with ADHD, the ability to learn is severely because they:
A are mildly retarded
B act on impulse and cannot concentrate
C must take stimulants which shorten attention span
D are given sedatives which make them listless
Correct Answer: act on impulse and cannot concentrate
Lack of bowel control in children is known as:
A enuresis
B analism
C encopresis
D anorexia nervosa
Correct Answer: encopresis
From the perspective of the life-span psychologist, life stages are important because:
A they represent the outcome of major biological changes
B they present a set of developmental tasks to be mastered
C they provide insight into the values and aspirations of particular cultures
D their beginning and end a perfectly correlated with chronological age
Correct Answer: they present a set of developmental tasks to be mastered
According to_____we face a specific psychological dilemma at each stage of life.
A James coleman
B Lawrence Kohlberg
C Erik Erikson
D Sigmund Freud
Correct Answer: Erik Erikson
When a gene is______the trait it controls will be present every time the gene is present.
A recessive
B dominant
C polygenic
D sex-linked
Correct Answer: dominant
The first milk produced by a woman in the first few days after giving birth is called:
A formula
B enrichment
C colostrum
D amniocentesis
Correct Answer: colostrum
Fertilization of an ovum outside a woman’s body is called:
A artificial insemination
B in vitro fertilization
C eugenics
D genetic engineering
Correct Answer: in vitro fertilization