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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.

Hallucinations are different from illusions in that hallucinations are:
A Only found in hearing
B Non-shared perceptual distortions
C Shared by most people
D Only found in vision
Correct Answer: Non-shared perceptual distortions
Weber’s law states that the just Noticeable Difference between stimuli is a (n):
A Unknown
B Threshold
C Puzzle
D Constant
Correct Answer: Constant
The visually perceived distance between ourselves and an object provides an important cue for our perception of the object’s:
A motion
B size
C color
D brightness
Correct Answer: size
Christina was skiing down an intermediate run when the run broke into two separate trails. One trial turned off at a 90-degree angle; the second trail appeared to continue in the same general direction she had been headed if Christina takes the second trial her actions would be consistent with the Gestalt principle of:
A common region
B simplicity
C closure
D continuity
Correct Answer: continuity
The fact that the corner of a building thrust toward the viewer looks shorter than an inside corner thrust away from the viewer can be accounted for by the:
A Muller-Lyer illusion
B horizontal-vertical illusion
C illusion of convergence
D Ponzo illusion
Correct Answer: Muller-Lyer illusion
In farsightedness:
A close objects are seen clearly but distant objects appear blurry
B the focus of light from close objects falls behind the retina
C the focus of light from distant objects falls a little short of the retina
D a & b
Correct Answer: the focus of light from close objects falls behind the retina
The visual pathway that has been characterized as_________travels through the dorsal stream to the parietal lobes, whereas the pathway that has been labelled the ______travels through the ventral stream to the temporal lobes.
A the what pathway, the where pathway
B the where pathway; what pathway
C the opponent process pathway; the trichromatic pathway
D the trichromatic pathway; the opponent process pathway
Correct Answer: the where pathway; what pathway
A tone-deaf person would probably not be able to tell two musical notes apart unless they were very different. We could say that this person has a relatively large:
A just noticeable difference
B relative threshold
C absolute threshold
D detection threshold
Correct Answer: just noticeable difference
In Psychophysical research the absolute threshold has been arbitrarily define as:
A the stimulus intensity that can be detected 100% of the time
B the stimulus intensity that can be detected 50% of the time
C the minimum amount of difference in intensity needed to tell two stimuli apart
D a constant proportion of the size of the initial stimulus
Correct Answer: the stimulus intensity that can be detected 50% of the time
In their study of the influence of subliminal perception on attitudes Krosnick and his colleagues (1992) found:
A absolutely no evidence of such influence
B overwhelming evidences that subliminal stimuli can and do influences subjects’ attitudes
C that subliminal stimuli do not really exist
D small but measurable effects
Correct Answer: small but measurable effects