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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.

Adopted children’s similarity to their biological parents is generally attributed to_____________; adopted children’s similarity to their adoptive parents is generally attributed to____________________.
A heredity; the environment
B the environment; heredity
C the environment; the environment
D heredity; heredity
Correct Answer: heredity; the environment
Ainee has brown hair and blue eyes and is 5’8 tall. what is being described is Ainee’s:
A genotype
B phenotype
C somatotype
D physiognomy
Correct Answer: phenotype
In evolutionary theory, __________________ refers to the reproductive success of an individual organism relative to the average reproductive success in the population.
A natural selection
B gene flow
C adaptation
D fitness
Correct Answer: gene flow
Sounds presented to the right ear are registered:
A only in the right hemisphere
B only in the left hemisphere
C more quickly in the right hemisphere
D more quickly in the left hemisphere
Correct Answer: more quickly in the left hemisphere
In people whose corpus callosum has not been severed verbal stimuli are identified more quickly and accurately:
A when sent to the right hemisphere first
B when sent to the left hemisphere first
C when presented to the left visual field
D when presented auditorily rather than visually
Correct Answer: when sent to the left hemisphere first
The hindbrain consists of the:
A endocrine system and the limbic system
B reticular formation
C thalamus, hypothalamus and cerebrum
D cerebellum, medulla and pons
Correct Answer: reticular formation
Akhtar is watching a basketball game the neural impulses from his eyes will ultimately travel to his primary visual cortex, but first they must pass through the:
A amygdala
B hypothalamus
C thalamus
D pons
Correct Answer: hypothalamus
The __________________ lobe is to hearing the occipital lobe is to vision:
A frontal
B temporal
C Parietal
D cerebellar
Correct Answer: temporal
Pervez has profound difficulty producing spoken language. if his problem attributable to brain damage would probably be found in:
A the cerebellum
B Sperry’s area
C Broca’s area
D Wernicke’s area
Correct Answer: Broca’s area
Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. with heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight of the body’s fight-or-flight response, which is controlled by the:
A empathetic division of the peripheral nervous system
B parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
C somatic division of the peripheral nervous system
D sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
Correct Answer: sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system