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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.

College students routinely underestimate how much time it was take them to complete assigned course projects. This best illustrates the impact of:

A the representativeness heuristic

B framing

C overconfidence

D functional fixedness

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Correct Answer: overconfidence

Jimmy is at the stage of language development where he uses one word to convey a complete thought or idea. This is called:

A holophrastic speech

B jargon speech

C telegraphic speech

D phonemes

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Correct Answer: holophrastic speech

The representative heuristic can lead to both:

A the arrangement problem and the framing effect

B the framing effect and the gambler’s fallacy

C the conjunction fallacy and the gambler’s fallacy

D the conjunction fallacy and the overconfidence effect

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Correct Answer: the conjunction fallacy and the gambler’s fallacy

According to Allport, four levels of prejudices are:

A Cognitive, affective, behavioural and social

B Cognitive, social, historical and behavioural

C Cognitive, conative, behavioural and environmental

D Cognitive, psychodynamic, situational and historical-socio-cultural

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Correct Answer: Cognitive, psychodynamic, situational and historical-socio-cultural

Stress may not always be ‘out there’ but mostly originate within individual. Which one of the following is the correct answer to justify the statements?

A Stress involves individual’s psychological make-up

B Stress is dependent on the intensity of the stressor

C Stress is related to simultaneous life-events

D Stress involves the individual’s cognitive appraisal

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Correct Answer: Stress involves the individual’s cognitive appraisal

The mobilization of the body for action when an individual is faced with a stressful situation is known as:

A Mobilization response

B Fight-or-flight reaction

C Action potential

D Flow response

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Correct Answer: Flow response

A problem, which naturally occurs in selection process in industrial setting is known as:

A Constant error

B Criteria contamination

C Random error of judgement

D Cognitive error of halo effect

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Correct Answer: Cognitive error of halo effect

B.F. Skinner emphasized the importance of______in language acquisition.

A heuristics

B algorithms

C reinforcement

D universal grammar

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Correct Answer: reinforcement

Lavonne was careful to avoid the use of dangling participates and run-on sentences in her essay because she did not want to lose points for faulty:

A morphemes

B semantics

C algorithms

D syntax

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: syntax

Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second-grade teacher, watches boys more closely than she watch girls for any signs of misbehavior. Mrs. Zumpano’s surveillance strategy best illustrates:

A the framing effect

B the availability heuristic

C confirmation bias

D functional fixedness

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: confirmation bias

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College students routinely underestimate how much time it was take them to complete assigned course projects. This best illustrates the impact of:

Jimmy is at the stage of language development where he uses one word to convey a complete thought or idea. This is called:

The representative heuristic can lead to both:

According to Allport, four levels of prejudices are:

Stress may not always be ‘out there’ but mostly originate within individual. Which one of the following is the correct answer to justify the statements?

The mobilization of the body for action when an individual is faced with a stressful situation is known as:

A problem, which naturally occurs in selection process in industrial setting is known as:

B.F. Skinner emphasized the importance of______in language acquisition.

Lavonne was careful to avoid the use of dangling participates and run-on sentences in her essay because she did not want to lose points for faulty:

Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second-grade teacher, watches boys more closely than she watch girls for any signs of misbehavior. Mrs. Zumpano’s surveillance strategy best illustrates: