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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.

The extreme reaction know as fugue refers to:

A physical flight to escape conflict

B severe depression

C hallucinations

D obsessive behavior

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Correct Answer: physical flight to escape conflict

Jamil has been homeless for the past 3 years. The stress of being homeless seems to have contributed to the onset of psychosis. This example illustrates what risk factor for mental disorders?

A social

B family

C psychological

D biological

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Correct Answer: social

Najib recently lost his job and has a great debt accumulated from gambling. He also has been feeling extreme pressure about not being able to take care of his eight children. After having too much to drink, Najib ran over a child crossing the street. Immediately following this episode, Najib could not remember who he was. This example illustrates:

A dissociative amnesia

B dissociative fugue

C dissociative identity disorder

D multiple personality disorder

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Correct Answer: dissociative amnesia

A person who experiences a long series of imagined physical complaints suffer from:

A a conversion reaction

B somatization disorder

C a traumatic disorder

D an obsession

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Correct Answer: somatization disorder

An in ability to behave in ways that in ways that foster the well-being of the individual and ultimately of society defines:

A insanity

B psychopathology

C self – destructiveness

D social nonconformity

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Correct Answer: psychopathology

Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of what personality disorder?

A histrionic

B obsessive – compulsive

C schizoid

D avoidant

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Correct Answer: avoidant

When a person’s sexual identity does not much his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is:

A paraphilia

B sexual dysfunction

C gender identity disorder

D androgyny

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Correct Answer: gender identity disorder

The insanity defense dates back to the English courts, where it was originally held that to be responsible for an act, the defendant must:

A understand the wrongfulness of the act

B be in a state of diminished capacity

C have acted on an irresistible impulse

D be able to recall the criminal act

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Correct Answer: understand the wrongfulness of the act

The most widely used system of psychological classification today is:

A the Freudian Psychoanalytic System (FPS)

B fund in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM – IV)

C the system designed by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler

D to be found in the Federal Uniform Code of Psychopathology (UCP)

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Correct Answer: fund in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM – IV)

Behaviorists would say that self – defeating behaviors are maintained by immediate reinforcement in the form of:

A relief from anxiety

B defending the ego

C protecting one’s self – image

D avoiding existential anxiety

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Correct Answer: relief from anxiety

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The extreme reaction know as fugue refers to:

Jamil has been homeless for the past 3 years. The stress of being homeless seems to have contributed to the onset of psychosis. This example illustrates what risk factor for mental disorders?

A person who experiences a long series of imagined physical complaints suffer from:

An in ability to behave in ways that in ways that foster the well-being of the individual and ultimately of society defines:

Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of what personality disorder?

When a person’s sexual identity does not much his or her physical gender, the diagnosis is:

The insanity defense dates back to the English courts, where it was originally held that to be responsible for an act, the defendant must:

The most widely used system of psychological classification today is:

Behaviorists would say that self – defeating behaviors are maintained by immediate reinforcement in the form of: