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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.

Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:

A the number of times they hear a given word

B their ability to imitate the words and grammar modeled by parents

C the positive reinforced that adults give children for speaking correctly

D an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules

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Correct Answer: an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules

When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of:

A Phonemes and morphemes both stay the same

B phonemes increases, but the number morphemes are both increased

C phonemes and morphemes are both increased

D phonemes decreases, but the number of morphemes increases

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Correct Answer: phonemes increases, but the number morphemes are both increased

If we know that all dogs have tails, and thus poodles must then have tails, we are demonstrating________reasoning?

A insight

B determined

C deductive

D echoic

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Correct Answer: deductive

In wolfgang Kohler’s experiment, the chimpanzee Sultan retrieved a long stick with a short stick to retrieve a piece of fruit. Sultan was able to reach the fruit as a result of:

A trial and error

B a fixation

C artificial intelligence

D insight

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Correct Answer: insight

Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

A functional fixedness

B the framing effect

C the representativeness heuristic

D overconfidence

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Correct Answer: overconfidence

You have a pair of pilers and a bag of nuts in the shell. You are lamenting the fact that you can’t shell the nuts because you do not have a nutcracker. Your inability to perceive the pilers as a makeshift nutcracker demonstrates_______on your part.

A functional fixedness

B inductive reasoning

C heuristic reasoning

D insight insufficiency

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Correct Answer: functional fixedness

Greg is using single words to say a complete thought or idea. What is this called?

A the jargon stage

B spontaneous babbling

C telegraphic speech

D holophrastic speech

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Correct Answer: holophrastic speech

Societally recognized mental representations of social groups and their members that include behavioural and trait charecteristics groups are referred to as_______.

A Role schemes

B Person schemas

C Actor-observer effects

D Stereotypes

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Correct Answer: Stereotypes

Identify the CORRECT statement with regard to the self-serving bias:

A This strength of the self-serving bias is the same across cultures

B We tend to attribute our success to internal factors and our failure to external factors

C The usual explanation for the self-serving bias relates to cognitive factors.

D Attributing success to external causes has been referred has been referred to as the self-enhancing bias.

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Correct Answer: We tend to attribute our success to internal factors and our failure to external factors

Once development and strengthened through use schemas become integrated structures. Which of the following statements relating to the relationship between schemas and new information is also accurate?

A Well development schemas change readily when faced with disconfirming evidence.

B The idea of exceptions to the rule is consistent with the sub-typing model model of stereotype change.

C In the book-keeping model disconfirming instances of the stereotype are relegated to ‘exceptional’ sub-categories largely intact.

D The conversion model proposes that there is fine-tuning of a schema with each new piece of information.

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: The idea of exceptions to the rule is consistent with the sub-typing model model of stereotype change.

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Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:

When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of:

If we know that all dogs have tails, and thus poodles must then have tails, we are demonstrating________reasoning?

In wolfgang Kohler’s experiment, the chimpanzee Sultan retrieved a long stick with a short stick to retrieve a piece of fruit. Sultan was able to reach the fruit as a result of:

Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

You have a pair of pilers and a bag of nuts in the shell. You are lamenting the fact that you can’t shell the nuts because you do not have a nutcracker. Your inability to perceive the pilers as a makeshift nutcracker demonstrates_______on your part.

Greg is using single words to say a complete thought or idea. What is this called?

Societally recognized mental representations of social groups and their members that include behavioural and trait charecteristics groups are referred to as_______.

Identify the CORRECT statement with regard to the self-serving bias:

Once development and strengthened through use schemas become integrated structures. Which of the following statements relating to the relationship between schemas and new information is also accurate?