Psychology MCQs

Option A: R. Linton

Option B: Herskovits

Option C: G.H. Mead

Option D: M. Mead

Correct Answer: M. Mead ✔

Option A: Hegel

Option B: R. Aron

Option C: K. Marx

Option D: Engels

Correct Answer: Hegel ✔

Option A: R.M. Malvern

Option B: James

Option C: A.L. Kroeber

Option D: A.W. Green

Correct Answer: James ✔

Option A: W.G. Summer

Option B: A. Beteille

Option C: J. Huxley

Option D: Micmocence

Correct Answer: J. Huxley ✔

Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: August Comte

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

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: Karl Marx

Option B: August Comte

Option C: Herbert Spencer

Option D: Talcott Parsons

Correct Answer: August Comte ✔

Option A: Celia Wright

Option B: lan Wright

Option C: Cecil Wright

Option D: Murdock

Correct Answer: Cecil Wright ✔

Option A: Bernstein

Option B: Tom and Jerry

Option C: Tom Linson

Option D: Trish Burleigh

Correct Answer: Tom Linson ✔

Option A: Rosenthal and Jacobson

Option B: Glass and Bottle

Option C: Althusser and Rogers

Option D: Gillborn and Gipps

Correct Answer: Rosenthal and Jacobson ✔

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: used introspection to analyze conscious experience

Option B: relied heavily on the concept of natural selection

Option C: was concerned with experiences as “wholes”

Option D: used dream analysis to reveal the unconscious

Correct Answer: used introspection to analyze conscious experience ✔

Option A: All subject get the experimental procedure

Option B: Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is know only to the experimenter

Option C: Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not know to subjects or experimenters

Option D: all subjects get control

Correct Answer: Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not know to subjects or experimenters ✔

Option A: Adult female monkeys not related to the infants

Option B: Older sisters 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: 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 and parasympathetic nervous systems work in concert

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

Option A: the whole

Option B: social motives and relationships that influence our behavior

Option C: human experience, problems potentials, and ideals

Option D: observable behaviors

Correct Answer: social motives and relationships that influence our behavior ✔

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: B. F. Skinner

Option B: John Watson

Option C: Wilhelm Wundt

Option D: William James

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Wundt ✔

Option A: Skinner

Option B: Pavlov

Option C: Guilford

Option D: Rogers

Correct Answer: Pavlov ✔

Option A: Weschler

Option B: Binet

Option C: Maslow

Option D: Piaget

Correct Answer: Piaget ✔

Option A: Structuralism

Option B: Functionalism

Option C: Behaviouralism

Option D: Elementalism

Correct Answer: Structuralism ✔

Option A: Skinner

Option B: Wundt

Option C: Thorndyke

Option D: Kohler

Correct Answer: Skinner ✔

Option A: external rewards and punishments

Option B: internal impulses, desires, and conflicts

Option C: subjective experiences, potentials and ideals

Option D: physiology, genetics, biochemistry and evolution

Correct Answer: internal impulses, desires, and conflicts ✔

Option A: Gestalt therapy

Option B: psychoanalysis

Option C: behavior modification

Option D: S-R therapy

Correct Answer: psychoanalysis ✔

Option A: rejecting determinism in favor of free will

Option B: cognitive rather than behavioral

Option C: drawing from many psychological approaches

Option D: preferring pseudo-psychological approaches

Correct Answer: drawing from many psychological approaches ✔

Option A: cognitive psychology

Option B: behaviorism

Option C: Gestalt psychology

Option D: astrology

Correct Answer: astrology ✔

Option A: socialism

Option B: communism

Option C: social harmony

Option D: individualism

Correct Answer: individualism ✔

Option A: Imprinting

Option B: Habituation

Option C: Conditioned reflex type I

Option D: Conditioned reflex type II

Correct Answer: Habituation ✔

Option A: Imprinting

Option B: Habituation

Option C: Conditioned reflex type I

Option D: Conditioned reflex type II

Correct Answer: Habituation ✔

Option A: researchers misrepresent their data

Option B: a theory must be defined so it can be disconfirmed

Option C: theories are a 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 disconfirmed ✔

Option A: case studies and surveys

Option B: random samples and representative samples

Option C: facts and theories

Option D: causes and effects

Correct Answer: causes and effects ✔

Option A: Brandon agrees to his friend’s request to help her move

Option B: Andrew’s mom helps him build a birdfeeder

Option C: Lester becomes more nervous when speaking to a large audience

Option D: Sarah runs the mile much faster when she runs against someone

Correct Answer: Sarah runs the mile much faster when she runs against someone ✔

Option A: behaviorism

Option B: structuralism

Option C: humanism

Option D: psychoanalysis

Correct Answer: structuralism ✔

Option A: the Gestalt psychologists

Option B: the behaviorists

Option C: the structuralists

Option D: the functionalists

Correct Answer: the Gestalt psychologists ✔

Option A: Karen Horney

Option B: Carl Jung

Option C: Harry Stack Sullivan

Option D: Alfred Adler

Correct Answer: Alfred Adler ✔

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: 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: Carl Rogers

Option B: Ivan Pavlov

Option C: Clark Hull

Option D: Jean Piaget

Correct Answer: Clark Hull ✔

Option A: psychodynamic psychology

Option B: behaviorism

Option C: humanistic psychology

Option D: Neo-Freudian psychology

Correct Answer: Neo-Freudian psychology ✔

Option A: Top-down

Option B: Bottom-up

Option C: Vertical

Option D: Horizontal

Correct Answer: Top-down ✔

Option A: Attention create a parallel processing of all visual input

Option B: All the visual stimuli fully processed and then attention acts on this information

Option C: Attentional processes act early to select a small part of visual input to fully process

Option D: Attention is not a critical component of the processing of visual information

Correct Answer: All the visual stimuli fully processed and then attention acts on this information ✔

Option A: 1 & 2

Option B: 2 & 3

Option C: 1 & 3

Option D: 4

Correct Answer: 2 & 3 ✔

Option A: People can learn different search strategies, but it does not improve performance over all or on tasks where a target is present

Option B: People cannot shift from serial to parallel processing when targets are present

Option C: People can learn different search strategies and training does improve performance overall

Option D: People can learn different search strategies but it does not improve performance over all or on tasks where a target is absent

Correct Answer: People can learn different search strategies but it does not improve performance over all or on tasks where a target is absent ✔

Option A: Within the cortex, the general flow of local information runs vertically

Option B: Within the cortex, information flows to cells in other layers above and below the activated cells

Option C: Hubel and Wiesel (19613) discovered that all cortical neurons respond best the spots of light

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Hubel and Wiesel (19613) discovered that all cortical neurons respond best the spots of light ✔

Option A: Livingstone and Hubel described actively in a third type of column in V2, where the cells receive converging input from the magno and parvo systems

Option B: Livingstone and Hubel suggested that some columns in V2 are used for spatial pattern analysis.

Option C: Quantitative studies have found that perceived depth is reduced in red/green images of the same brightness

Option D: All are correct

Correct Answer: Quantitative studies have found that perceived depth is reduced in red/green images of the same brightness ✔

Option A: Perceptual set

Option B: Vernier acuity

Option C: Perceptual template

Option D: Vertical organization

Correct Answer: Vernier acuity ✔

Option A: Parallel search

Option B: Serial search

Option C: Conjunction search

Option D: Serial and conjunction

Correct Answer: Serial and conjunction ✔

Option A: Visual system relies on other people’s Knowledge of objects to identify ambiguous stimuli

Option B: Visual information about protruding objects is impossible to process

Option C: Visual system relies on assumptions about the physical world to identify ambiguous stimuli

Option D: Both (a) and (c)

Correct Answer: Visual system relies on assumptions about the physical world to identify ambiguous stimuli ✔

Option A: Cells are vertically organized in columns

Option B: Cells are horizontally organized in straight lines

Option C: Cells are organized around the optic nerve

Option D: Cells are vertically organized by volume

Correct Answer: Cells are vertically organized in columns ✔

Option A: How we perceive individual features of objects when brain is impaired

Option B: How we perceive multiple colours to perceive a whole colour

Option C: How we integrate touch and vision

Option D: How we integrate individual features of objects to perceive a whole object

Correct Answer: How we integrate individual features of objects to perceive a whole object ✔

Option A: The rods and cones in the retina function in bright and dim light respectively

Option B: The cones are of three types, which are selective to different ranges of light wavelength

Option C: The information from the cones is re-organized in the retina to give-green, red and blue-yellow opponent channels

Option D: There is also group of large retinal cells alongside the smaller color-opponent cells that respond to the difference between the luminances in their center and surrounding regions

Correct Answer: The rods and cones in the retina function in bright and dim light respectively ✔

Option A: The target/distractor difference is not based on a single feature, but on conjunctions of features

Option B: Search time for the target is not constant, but instead rises with the number of distractors

Option C: The observer apparently searches through the display serially, scanning each term or small group of items) successively (serial search)

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Recurrent processing model

Option B: Serial processing model

Option C: Parallel processing model

Option D: Selective adaptation model

Correct Answer: Recurrent processing model ✔

Option A: Neurons in V1 adapt to visual stimulation, so their response to a stimulus increases over time with repeated presentation

Option B: The localized receptive fields and binocular characteristics of V1 neurons correlate very well with the perceptual characteristics of perceptual after-effects

Option C: The neurons in area V1 are prime candidates for the mechanisms that underlie visual after-effects in people

Option D: Images of complex objects trees; houses, people are initially analyzed by mechanisms that respond to their local physical characteristics and have no connection with the identity of the objects themselves

Correct Answer: Neurons in V1 adapt to visual stimulation, so their response to a stimulus increases over time with repeated presentation ✔

Option A: After running your fingers over fine sandpaper, medium sandpaper feels coarser (and vice versa)

Option B: After listening to a high tone for a while, a medium auditory tone appears higher

Option C: Holding your hand under running cold (or hot) water before testing the temperature of baby’s bath water will lead you to misperceive how comfortable the water will be for the baby

Option D: After eating chocolate, orange juice tastes more tart

Correct Answer: After listening to a high tone for a while, a medium auditory tone appears higher ✔

Option A: A system of channels can only signal preferred orientation of any single channel

Option B: Perceptual information is likely to be merged via a process that combines the activities across all channels

Option C: As part of the process of synthesis, channel activities are likely to be weighted according to the level of activity in each channel

Option D: The merging process may find the ‘center of gravity’ of the distribution of activity

Correct Answer: A system of channels can only signal preferred orientation of any single channel ✔

Option A: 1 & 3

Option B: 2 & 3

Option C: 3 & 4

Option D: 2 & 4

Correct Answer: 1 & 3 ✔

Option A: The serial processing model is now known to be inadequate, or at least incomplete

Option B: The serial model has been replaced, at or at least modified, firstly by the parallel processing model and then, most recently, by the recurrent processing model

Option C: According to the parallel processing model, analysis of different stimulus attributes, such as identity and location, proceeds simultaneously along different pathways, even from the earliest stages

Option D: According to the parallel processing model, the fact that there are cones and rods in the retina is evidence for multiple mechanisms that extract information in series from the retinal image

Correct Answer: According to the parallel processing model, the fact that there are cones and rods in the retina is evidence for multiple mechanisms that extract information in series from the retinal image ✔

Option A: Touch receptors

Option B: Warmth receptors

Option C: Pressure receptors

Option D: Pain receptors

Correct Answer: Pain receptors ✔

Option A: Before-effects

Option B: After-effects

Option C: Waterfall illusions

Option D: Perceptual illusions

Correct Answer: After-effects ✔

Option A: Wide band

Option B: Narrow band

Option C: Combination

Option D: Light

Correct Answer: Light ✔

Option A: Occur when we can first detect some stimulus

Option B: Occur when we can detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus

Option C: Depend on the energy necessary to stimulate a sensory receptor

Option D: Are measured in judgmental Normal Differences

Correct Answer: Occur when we can detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus ✔

Option A: James law

Option B: The all-or-none principle

Option C: The law of diminishing returns

Option D: Weber’s law

Correct Answer: D. Weber’s law ✔

Option A: Respond to specific stimulus patterns

Option B: Respond to the whole visual field

Option C: Respond primarily to stationary objects

Option D: Develop only after birth

Correct Answer: Respond to specific stimulus patterns ✔

Option A: Adaptive

Option B: Subnormal

Option C: Psychophysical

Option D: Subliminal

Correct Answer: Subliminal ✔

Option A: Sight cells

Option B: Second stage sensors

Option C: Feature detectors

Option D: Vision neurons

Correct Answer: Feature detectors ✔

Option A: Relative size

Option B: Retinal disparity

Option C: Linear perspective

Option D: Texture gradient

Correct Answer: Retinal disparity ✔

Option A: Ossicle

Option B: Nerve

Option C: Conduction

Option D: Auditory

Correct Answer: Nerve ✔

Option A: Expands; constricts

Option B: Constricts; expands

Option C: Focuses; constricts

Option D: Constricts; focuses

Correct Answer: Expands; constricts ✔

Option A: Locate in image

Option B: Focus an image on the retina

Option C: Combine the location and projection on the blind spot

Option D: Project an image on the cornea

Correct Answer: Focus an image on the retina ✔

Option A: Cognition

Option B: Perception

Option C: Adaptation

Option D: Sensation

Correct Answer: Sensation ✔

Option A: Proximity

Option B: Closure

Option C: Common Fate

Option D: Similarity

Correct Answer: Closure ✔

Option A: Feature detection.

Option B: Bottom-up processing

Option C: Pre-attentive processing

Option D: The phi phenomenon

Correct Answer: The phi phenomenon ✔

Option A: The binocular cue for depth called convergence

Option B: The monocular cue for depth called linear perspective

Option C: The pictorial cue for depth called texture gradient

Option D: The monocular cue for depth called motion parallax

Correct Answer: The monocular cue for depth called motion parallax ✔

Option A: Perceptual adaptation

Option B: The phi phenomenon

Option C: Perceptual set

Option D: Lightness constancy

Correct Answer: Lightness constancy ✔

Option A: Kinesthetic

Option B: Vestibular

Option C: Olfactory

Option D: Gustatory

Correct Answer: Vestibular ✔

Option A: Relative size

Option B: Accommodation

Option C: Depth perception

Option D: Convergence

Correct Answer: Convergence ✔

Option A: Pinna

Option B: Aqueous humor

Option C: Semicircular canals

Option D: Oval window

Correct Answer: Aqueous humor ✔

Option A: Saturation

Option B: Hue

Option C: Wavelength

Option D: Brightness

Correct Answer: Saturation ✔

Option A: Pitch

Option B: Timbre

Option C: Amplitude

Option D: Frequency

Correct Answer: Amplitude ✔

Option A: Look at the moon during a lunar eclipse

Option B: Think you see the moon when in fact it is not there

Option C: Perceive the moon to be the same size when viewed on the horizon and overhead

Option D: Perceive the moon to be larger on the horizon than overhead

Correct Answer: Perceive the moon to be larger on the horizon than overhead ✔

Option A: Cones

Option B: Iris

Option C: Rods

Option D: Pupil

Correct Answer: Rods ✔

Option A: Constancy

Option B: Similarity

Option C: Closure

Option D: Proximity

Correct Answer: Similarity ✔

Option A: Selective attention and lightness constancy

Option B: Perceived distance and perceived size

Option C: Proximity and closure

Option D: Atmospheric air pressure and diffusion of light waves

Correct Answer: Perceived distance and perceived size ✔

Option A: Retinal disparity

Option B: Stroboscopic movement

Option C: Perceptual constancy

Option D: Inattentional blindness

Correct Answer: Perceptual constancy ✔

Option A: Visual capture

Option B: Relative motion

Option C: Retinal disparity

Option D: The phi phenomenon

Correct Answer: The phi phenomenon ✔

Option A: Selective attention

Option B: The phi phenomenon

Option C: Stroboscopic movement

Option D: Perceptual constancy

Correct Answer: Selective attention ✔

Option A: An environmental depth cue in which closer objects overlap objects farther away

Option B: The relationship between bipolar and ganglion cells

Option C: The depth cue that uses the angle of the light to determine distance

Option D: The lens ability to change shape and focus light directly on the retina

Correct Answer: An environmental depth cue in which closer objects overlap objects farther away ✔

Option A: Context effects

Option B: Relative clarity

Option C: Perceptual adaptation

Option D: Visual capture

Correct Answer: Context effects ✔

Option A: Texture gradient

Option B: Convergence

Option C: Light and shadow

Option D: Interposition

Correct Answer: Texture gradient ✔

Option A: Retinal disparity

Option B: The phi phenomenon

Option C: Visual capture

Option D: Location constancy

Correct Answer: Visual capture ✔

Option A: Smell

Option B: Hearing

Option C: Kinesthesis

Option D: Vision

Correct Answer: Vision ✔

Option A: Linear perspective

Option B: Relative size

Option C: Interposition

Option D: Accommodation

Correct Answer: Relative size ✔

Option A: Clouds in the sky

Option B: Fish in the sea

Option C: Rungs in ladder

Option D: Words in a sentence

Correct Answer: Rungs in ladder ✔

Option A: Motion parallax

Option B: Texture gradient

Option C: Height in plane

Option D: Linear perspective

Correct Answer: Linear perspective ✔

Option A: Stroboscopic movement

Option B: Visual capture

Option C: The Ponzo illusion

Option D: Perceptual adaptation

Correct Answer: Stroboscopic movement ✔

Option A: Gestalt

Option B: Perceptual constancy

Option C: Schema

Option D: Perceptual adaptation

Correct Answer: Schema ✔

Option A: Sensory interaction

Option B: Retinal interaction

Option C: Perceptual constancy

Option D: Depth perception

Correct Answer: Depth perception ✔