Psychology MCQs

Option A: randomly from the larger population

Option B: strictly from volunteers

Option C: by threatening or coercing institutionalized populations

Option D: from confidential lists of mall order firms

Correct Answer: randomly from the larger population ✔

Option A: pure speculation

Option B: direct observation

Option C: deduction from direct observation

Option D: prior prediction

Correct Answer: direct observation ✔

Option A: it provides an overabundance of information

Option B: it deals with behavior not tampered with by outside influences

Option C: it limits biased observation through careful record keeping

Option D: it does not identify the cause of observed behavior

Correct Answer: it does not identify the cause of observed behavior ✔

Option A: they are assigned to experimental and control group from a sample which is representative of the larger population

Option B: they each have an equal chance of being assigned to either the experimental or control group

Option C: they are assigned to experimental and control group so that the group differ on some critical variable before the experiment begins

Option D: neither the experimenter nor the subject knows whether the subject is in the experimental or control group

Correct Answer: they each have an equal chance of being assigned to either the experimental or control group ✔

Option A: the self-fulfilling prophecy

Option B: the placebo effect in a natural experiment

Option C: observer bias in naturalistic

Option D: the ethical problems of field experiments

Correct Answer: the self-fulfilling prophecy ✔

Option A: experimental regression

Option B: naturalistic observation

Option C: controlled experimentation

Option D: clinical case study

Correct Answer: naturalistic observation ✔

Option A: the independent variable

Option B: a control variable

Option C: an extraneous variable

Option D: the dependent variable

Correct Answer: the dependent variable ✔

Option A: critical thinking

Option B: Transudative thinking

Option C: Deductive thinking

Option D: Creative thinking

Correct Answer: critical thinking ✔

Option A: researchers misrepresent their date

Option B: a theory must be defined so it can be dis confirmed

Option C: theories are rich array of observations regarding behavior but with few facts to support them

Option D: nothing

Correct Answer: a theory must be defined so it can be dis confirmed ✔

Option A: explanation

Option B: theory

Option C: prediction

Option D: description

Correct Answer: description ✔

Option A: carefully design controlled situations in which to observe behavior

Option B: Rely on observations of subjects’ responses to nares

Option C: observe behavior as it happens outside the laboratory or clinic

Option D: make records of the behavior of clients treated in therapy

Correct Answer: observe behavior as it happens outside the laboratory or clinic ✔

Option A: a high dosage of alcohol

Option B: one-half the dosage given the experimental group

Option C: a driving test before and after drinking alcohol

Option D: no alcohol at all

Correct Answer: no alcohol at all ✔

Option A: naturalistic observation

Option B: the correlational method

Option C: a controlled experiment

Option D: the survey method

Correct Answer: the correlational method ✔

Option A: theory

Option B: Law

Option C: hypothesis

Option D: experiments

Correct Answer: hypothesis ✔

Option A: self-image

Option B: self-concept

Option C: self-esteem

Option D: self-actualization

Correct Answer: self-actualization ✔

Option A: H. C. Armstrong

Option B: Pearl S. Buck

Option C: James Frazer

Option D: Robert N. Butler

Correct Answer: Robert N. Butler ✔

Option A: R.W. Fogel, and S.L. Engerman

Option B: Sydeny E. Ahlstrom

Option C: Max Weber

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: R.W. Fogel, and S.L. Engerman ✔

Option A: Wilhelm Wundt

Option B: Sigmund Freud

Option C: John B. Watson

Option D: B. F. Skinner

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Wundt ✔

Option A: Wilhelm Wundt

Option B: Sigmund Freud

Option C: John B. Watson

Option D: B. F. Skinner

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Wundt ✔

Option A: Pavlov

Option B: Freud

Option C: Maslow

Option D: Skinner

Correct Answer: Skinner ✔

Option A: body language

Option B: emotional expression

Option C: ANS arousal during emotional states

Option D: emotional expression in animals and humans

Correct Answer: body language ✔

Option A: self-image

Option B: self-concept

Option C: self-esteem

Option D: self-actualization

Correct Answer: self-actualization ✔

Option A: neurotransmitters are transported back into their presynaptic areas

Option B: vesicles in the axon are blocked from releasing neurotransmitters into the synapse

Option C: neurotransmitters continue to stimulate receptors indefinitely

Option D: more neurotransmitters are released into the synapse

Correct Answer: neurotransmitters are transported back into their presynaptic areas ✔

Option A: the structure of the mind

Option B: the function of our behaviors

Option C: our history of rewards and punishments

Option D: the unconscious

Correct Answer: the unconscious ✔

Option A: Karen Horney

Option B: Carl Jung

Option C: Harry Stack Sullivan

Option D: Alfred Adler

Correct Answer: Alfred Adler ✔

Option A: fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, and rational intelligence

Option B: analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence

Option C: artistic intelligence, performance intelligence, and rational intelligence

Option D: crystallized intelligence, fluid intelligence, and transients’ intelligence

Correct Answer: analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence ✔

Option A: occur after the response

Option B: occur before the response

Option C: occur simultaneously with the response

Option D: are unrelated to the response except during extinction

Correct Answer: occur after the response ✔

Option A: the first year of life

Option B: forces in the personality that are often unconscious

Option C: needs for love and self-esteem

Option D: the drive for self-actualization

Correct Answer: forces in the personality that are often unconscious ✔

Option A: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

Option B: preoperational, sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational

Option C: Preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor

Option D: sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational

Correct Answer: sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational ✔

Option A: intimacy versus isolation

Option B: industry versus inferiority

Option C: initiative versus guilt

Option D: trust versus mistrust

Correct Answer: trust versus mistrust ✔

Option A: Ivan Pavlov

Option B: F. Skinner

Option C: Max Wertheimer

Option D: John Watson

Correct Answer: F. Skinner ✔

Option A: Sigmund Freud

Option B: Abraham Maslow

Option C: B.F. Skinner

Option D: John Watson

Correct Answer: B.F. Skinner ✔

Option A: Vienna

Option B: Zurich

Option C: Berlin

Option D: Prague

Correct Answer: Vienna ✔

Option A: a valid method of research

Option B: unscientific

Option C: the cornerstone of behaviorism

Option D: the study of the mind in use

Correct Answer: unscientific ✔

Option A: Fredereich Engels

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: William Shakespeare ✔

Option A: Carl Rogers

Option B: Ivan Pavlov

Option C: Clark Hull

Option D: Jean Piaget

Correct Answer: Clark Hull ✔

Option A: Hegel

Option B: R. Aron

Option C: K. Marx

Option D: Engels

Correct Answer: Hegel ✔

Option A: Clark Wissler

Option B: K. Popper

Option C: Frazer

Option D: Hoebel

Correct Answer: Hoebel ✔

Option A: Radhakamal Mukerjee

Option B: Rama Krishna Mukerjee

Option C: M.N. Srinivas

Option D: Kluckhohn

Correct Answer: Kluckhohn ✔

Option A: The process whereby anybody who claims to be somebody today (especially celebrities) use a sense of ‘inverted snobbery’ to proclaim their origins in the working class

Option B: A process by which capitalist society impoverishes all (including the middle classes) but the capitalist class

Option C: A process by which capitalist society increases the wealth and quality of life of the working classes

Option D: The process of proletarianization impoverishes most of the population

Correct Answer: The process of proletarianization impoverishes most of the population ✔

Option A: R. Linton

Option B: Herskovits

Option C: G. H. Mead

Option D: M. Mead

Correct Answer: M. Mead ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Emile Durkheim

Option C: Georg Simmel

Option D: Karl Marx

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: R. M. Maclver

Option B: James

Option C: A. L. Kroeber

Option D: A. W. Grreen

Correct Answer: James ✔

Option A: social facts

Option B: issues of politics and religion

Option C: Forms of association

Option D: use of language

Correct Answer: Forms of association ✔

Option A: W. G. sumner

Option B: A. Beteille

Option C: J. Huxley

Option D: Micmocence

Correct Answer: J. Huxley ✔

Option A: C Wright Mills

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Emile Durkheim

Correct Answer: C Wright Mills ✔

Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Wright Mills

Option D: Georg Simmel

Correct Answer: Wright Mills ✔

Option A: Paul B Horton

Option B: Edwin Sutherland

Option C: Wright Mills

Option D: George Simmel

Correct Answer: Edwin Sutherland ✔

Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: August Comte

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: He are only know them for a semester

Option B: they like to hang out with one another

Option C: They all like the same academic subject

Option D: He is not very intimate with them

Correct Answer: He is not very intimate with them ✔

Option A: Herbert Spencer

Option B: Emile Durkheim

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Talcott Parsons

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: August Comte

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: George Simmel

Option D: Robert Park

Correct Answer: Max Weber ✔

Option A: Three

Option B: Four

Option C: Six

Option D: Eight

Correct Answer: Four ✔

Option A: conditioned response

Option B: unconditioned stimulus

Option C: conditioned stimulus

Option D: unconditioned response

Correct Answer: conditioned stimulus ✔

Option A: conditioned response

Option B: unconditioned stimulus

Option C: conditioned stimulus

Option D: unconditioned response

Correct Answer: unconditioned stimulus ✔

Option A: neutral stimulus

Option B: unconditioned stimulus

Option C: conditioned stimulus

Option D: unconditioned response

Correct Answer: neutral stimulus ✔

Option A: Conditioned response

Option B: Unconditioned stimulus

Option C: Conditioned stimulus

Option D: unconditioned response

Correct Answer: unconditioned response ✔

Option A: food

Option B: bell

Option C: salivation to the food

Option D: salivation to the bell

Correct Answer: bell ✔

Option A: Imprinting

Option B: Habituation

Option C: Conditioned reflex type I

Option D: Conditioned reflex type II

Correct Answer: Habituation ✔

Option A: operant conditioning

Option B: reinforcement

Option C: classical conditioning

Option D: vicarious conditioning

Correct Answer: classical conditioning ✔

Option A: Instinct

Option B: Taxis

Option C: Kinesis

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Instinct ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Auguste Comte

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: Herbert Spencer

Correct Answer: Emile Durkheim ✔

Option A: 4 classes

Option B: 8 classes

Option C: 2 classes

Option D: 3 classes

Correct Answer: 3 classes ✔

Option A: Classical theory

Option B: Anomie theory of deviance

Option C: Cognitive theory of development

Option D: Charismatic authority theory

Correct Answer: Cognitive theory of development ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Ibne-i-Khaldun

Option C: Max Weber

Option D: Al-Ghazali

Correct Answer: Aristotle ✔

Option A: Causal logic

Option B: Charismatic authority

Option C: Cohabitation

Option D: Closed system

Correct Answer: Charismatic authority ✔

Option A: K. Painter

Option B: L. Letley

Option C: J.W.B Douglas

Option D: Kirk Ridgewell

Correct Answer: J.W.B Douglas ✔

Option A: Celia Wright

Option B: lan Wright

Option C: Cecil Wright

Option D: Murdock

Correct Answer: Cecil Wright ✔

Option A: Timberlake and Speares

Option B: Davis and Moore

Option C: Posh and Beckam

Option D: Becker and Rist

Correct Answer: Becker and Rist ✔

Option A: Middle class

Option B: Working class

Option C: gentry

Option D: Petit bourgeoisie

Correct Answer: Working class ✔

Option A: Bernstein

Option B: Tom and Jerry

Option C: Tom Linson

Option D: Trish Burleigh

Correct Answer: Tom Linson ✔

Option A: Anal

Option B: Oral

Option C: Phallic

Option D: Genital

Correct Answer: Oral ✔

Option A: On Narcissism

Option B: Mourning and Melancholia

Option C: Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Option D: The Interpretation of Dreams

Correct Answer: The Interpretation of Dreams ✔

Option A: Weschler

Option B: Binet

Option C: Maslow

Option D: Piaget

Correct Answer: Piaget ✔

Option A: Herbert Spencer

Option B: Emile Durkheim

Option C: Max Weber

Option D: Auguste Comte

Correct Answer: Auguste Comte ✔

Option A: Maslow

Option B: Freud

Option C: Adler

Option D: Spearman

Correct Answer: Freud ✔

Option A: the thalamus plays a central role in producing emotions

Option B: the cerebellum must give the go-ahead for emotion

Option C: activity in the occipital and parietal lobes happens simultaneously to produce emotion

Option D: the sympathetic parasympathetic nervous systems work in concert

Correct Answer: the thalamus plays a central role in producing emotions ✔

Option A: Brown

Option B: Barron

Option C: Black

Option D: Barrett

Correct Answer: Barron ✔

Option A: Skinner

Option B: Pavlov

Option C: Guilford

Option D: Rogers

Correct Answer: Pavlov ✔

Option A: B. F. Skinner

Option B: John Watson

Option C: Wilhelm Wundt

Option D: William James

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Wundt ✔

Option A: Operant conditioning learning

Option B: Trial-and-error learning

Option C: Latent Learning

Option D: Classical conditioning learning

Correct Answer: Latent Learning ✔

Option A: Adult female monkeys not related to the infants

Option B: Older sister of the infant monkeys

Option C: Human adults who acted as mothers

Option D: Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages

Correct Answer: Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages ✔

Option A: Kari Abraham

Option B: Wihelm Reich

Option C: Sandor Ferenczi

Option D: Ernest Jones

Correct Answer: Ernest Jones ✔

Option A: Vienna

Option B: Zurich

Option C: Berlin

Option D: Prague

Correct Answer: Vienna ✔

Option A: Pavlov

Option B: Maslow

Option C: Freud

Option D: Skinner

Correct Answer: Maslow ✔

Option A: Good relationship, unstructured tasks and moderate degree of power

Option B: Good relationship, unstructured task and high degree of power

Option C: Moderate relationship, structured tasks and high degree of power

Option D: Good relationships, structured tasks and high degree of power

Correct Answer: Good relationships, structured tasks and high degree of power ✔

Option A: Weschler

Option B: Binet

Option C: Maslow

Option D: Piaget

Correct Answer: Piaget ✔

Option A: Carl Rogers

Option B: Ivan Pavlov

Option C: Clark Hull

Option D: Jean piaget

Correct Answer: Clark Hull ✔

Option A: Skinner

Option B: Wundt

Option C: Thorndyke

Option D: Kohler

Correct Answer: Skinner ✔

Option A: Gestalt therapy

Option B: Psychoanalysis

Option C: behavior modification

Option D: S-R therapy

Correct Answer: Psychoanalysis ✔

Option A: Skinner

Option B: Pavlov

Option C: Guilford

Option D: Rogers

Correct Answer: Pavlov ✔

Option A: Skinner

Option B: Wundt

Option C: Thorndyke

Option D: Kohler

Correct Answer: Skinner ✔

Option A: Hunger

Option B: Philosophy

Option C: Fear

Option D: Greed

Correct Answer: Fear ✔

Option A: Timberlake and Spears

Option B: Davis and Moore

Option C: Posh and Bekam

Option D: Backer and Rist

Correct Answer: Backer and Rist ✔

Option A: Fear

Option B: Love

Option C: Reason

Option D: Altruism

Correct Answer: Reason ✔

Option A: K. Marx

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Parsons

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: Max Weber ✔

Option A: Ethical philosophy

Option B: Appetite and aversion

Option C: Natural philosophy

Option D: God and the devil

Correct Answer: Appetite and aversion ✔

Option A: Classical theory

Option B: Anomie theory of deviance

Option C: cognitive theory of development

Option D: Charismatic authority theory

Correct Answer: cognitive theory of development ✔

Option A: Herbert Spencer

Option B: Durkheim

Option C: R-Brown

Option D: Firth

Correct Answer: Herbert Spencer ✔

Option A: Ross

Option B: Hunt

Option C: Maclver

Option D: Bernard

Correct Answer: Bernard ✔