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Psychology 6096 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.

Norton hears disembodied voices all the time that give him strange commands. Yesterday he finished building a concrete landing paid in his backyard for a UFO.The voices have told him that the space craft will land over the weekend and take him to more advanced civilization 27 light years from earth.In this case the voices that Norton hears are ___________?
A delusions
B compulsions
C loosening of associations
D hallucinations
Correct Answer: hallucinations
Tony believes that he Thomas Edison,and he is convinced that his neighbours are spies who are trying to steal his inventions.He believes the nieghbours break into his house and search for plans for new inventions when he is not home.Tony’s symptoms are MOST consistent with those seen in ___________?
A undifferentiated schizophrenia
B hebephrenic schizophrenia
C paranoid schizophrenia
D catatonic schizophrenia
Correct Answer: paranoid schizophrenia
Evidence suggests that prenatal viral infections contribute to: ___________?
A dissociative disorders.
B generalized anxiety disorders.
C bipolar disorders.
D schizoprenia
Correct Answer: schizoprenia
The major characteristics of dissociative disorders is a disturbance of: _________?
A sleep
B perception
C memory
D appetite
Correct Answer: memory
Which of the following disorders is more common among men then women?
A dissociative identity disorder
B bipolar disorder
C obsessive-compulsive disorder
D antisocial personality disorder
Correct Answer: antisocial personality disorder
A person who maintains bizarre, false beliefs that have no basis in reality is said to have ___________?
A illusions
B compulsons
C hallucinations
D delusions
Correct Answer: delusions
Which children are told that certain classmates are learning disabled, they may behave in ways that inhibit the success of these students in the classroom.This best illustrates the dangers of: __________?
A the medical model.
B linkage analysis.
C the psychoanalytic perspective.
D self-fulfilling prophecies
Correct Answer: self-fulfilling prophecies
In comparison to females with schizophrenia males with schizophrenia tends to have ____________?
A an earlier onset, but lower relapse rates
B a later onset, but higher relapse rates
C an earlier onset and higher relapse rates
D a later onset and lower relapse rates
Correct Answer: an earlier onset and higher relapse rates
Because it is so pervasive,__________is often considered “the common cold” of psychological disorders.
A obsessive-compulsive disorder
B schizophrenia
C dissociation
D depression
Correct Answer: depression
A post-traumatic stress disorder is considered to be(n)_______disorder.
A personality
B mood.
C distymic
D anxiety
Correct Answer: anxiety