Psychology MCQs

Option A: performance appraisal

Option B: leadership

Option C: job analysis

Option D: training

Correct Answer: training ✔

Option A: the internet

Option B: the newspaper

Option C: “head hunters”

Option D: career fairs

Correct Answer: the internet ✔

Option A: Skill utilization and job decision latitude

Option B: Role overload and role conflict

Option C: Stressors and job motivators

Option D: Depression and job dissatisfaction

Correct Answer: Stressors and job motivators ✔

Option A: Bernstein

Option B: Tom and Jerry

Option C: Tom Linson

Option D: Trish Burleigh

Correct Answer: Tom Linson ✔

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: Fear

Option B: Love

Option C: Reason

Option D: Altruism

Correct Answer: Reason ✔

Option A: Karen Horney

Option B: Carl Jung

Option C: Harry Stack Sullivan

Option D: Alfred adler

Correct Answer: Alfred adler ✔

Option A: socialism

Option B: communism

Option C: social harmony

Option D: individualism

Correct Answer: individualism ✔

Option A: B.F. Skinner

Option B: John Watson

Option C: Wilhelm Wundt

Option D: William James

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Wundt ✔

Option A: Imprinting

Option B: Habituation

Option C: Conditioning

Option D: Conditional reflex type II

Correct Answer: Conditioning ✔

Option A: Innate releasing mechanism

Option B: Taxis

Option C: Sign stimulus

Option D: Kinesis

Correct Answer: Sign stimulus ✔

Option A: efferent fibers

Option B: central fibers

Option C: motor fibers

Option D: sensory fibers

Correct Answer: efferent fibers ✔

Option A: Carl Rogers

Option B: Ivan Pavlov

Option C: Clark Hull

Option D: Jean Piaget

Correct Answer: Clark Hull ✔

Option A: Innate behavior

Option B: Instinct

Option C: Learning behaviour

Option D: Taxes and kinesis

Correct Answer: Learning behaviour ✔

Option A: Instinct

Option B: Taxis

Option C: Learning

Option D: Kinesis

Correct Answer: Instinct ✔

Option A: the control of hunger, thirst and sex

Option B: executive functions

Option C: heartbeat and breathing regulation

Option D: auditory processing

Correct Answer: the control of hunger, thirst and sex ✔

Option A: mouth

Option B: shoulder

Option C: feet

Option D: legs

Correct Answer: mouth ✔

Option A: PET

Option B: MRI

Option C: CAT

Option D: fMRI

Correct Answer: MRI ✔

Option A: cerebellum

Option B: corpus callosum

Option C: hypothalamus

Option D: medulla

Correct Answer: medulla ✔

Option A: Parietal

Option B: Occipital

Option C: Temporal

Option D: Frontal

Correct Answer: Frontal ✔

Option A: Spatial abilities

Option B: Speech production

Option C: Understanding speech

Option D: Consolidating memory

Correct Answer: Understanding speech ✔

Option A: cerebellum and the cerebral cortex

Option B: cerebrum and the medulla

Option C: medulla and the cerebellum

Option D: cerebral cortex and the medulla

Correct Answer: medulla and the cerebellum ✔

Option A: Genes

Option B: DNA

Option C: Heredity

Option D: Chromosomes

Correct Answer: Genes ✔

Option A: Amygdala

Option B: Hypothalamus

Option C: Cerebellum

Option D: Hippocampus

Correct Answer: Cerebellum ✔

Option A: Parietal

Option B: Frontal

Option C: Temporal

Option D: Occipital

Correct Answer: Parietal ✔

Option A: structuralism

Option B: functionalism

Option C: natural selection

Option D: behavior genetics

Correct Answer: natural selection ✔

Option A: distort the true meaning attachment

Option B: be an example of a hypothesis

Option C: represent an operational definition

Option D: require a double-blind research design

Correct Answer: represent an operational definition ✔

Option A: Innovation

Option B: Perspective

Option C: Programme

Option D: Logic

Correct Answer: Logic ✔

Option A: developmental psychology

Option B: personality psychology

Option C: biological psychology

Option D: social psychology

Correct Answer: personality psychology ✔

Option A: conscious and unconscious mental activity

Option B: maladaptive and adaptive behaviors

Option C: behavior and mental processes

Option D: observable responses to the environment

Correct Answer: behavior and mental processes ✔

Option A: Conclusions

Option B: Samples

Option C: Enquiry

Option D: Performance

Correct Answer: Conclusions ✔

Option A: Basic

Option B: General

Option C: Complex

Option D: Positive

Correct Answer: General ✔

Option A: Educational

Option B: Research

Option C: General

Option D: Informational

Correct Answer: Research ✔

Option A: 1955

Option B: 1958

Option C: 1963

Option D: 1961

Correct Answer: 1963 ✔

Option A: Sample

Option B: Population

Option C: Quantity

Option D: Research

Correct Answer: Population ✔

Option A: Evaluation tests

Option B: Aptitude tests

Option C: Questionnaires

Option D: Analytical tests

Correct Answer: Questionnaires ✔

Option A: Standardized

Option B: Unstandardized

Option C: Authorized

Option D: Educational

Correct Answer: Standardized ✔

Option A: Basic

Option B: Simple

Option C: Difficult

Option D: Complex

Correct Answer: Complex ✔

Option A: Margaret Washburn

Option B: Mary Calkins

Option C: Rosalie Raynor

Option D: Jean Piaget

Correct Answer: Mary Calkins ✔

Option A: Teaching

Option B: Evaluation

Option C: Educational psychology

Option D: Research

Correct Answer: Teaching ✔

Option A: control condition

Option B: standard deviation

Option C: hypothesis

Option D: operational definition

Correct Answer: operational definition ✔

Option A: the placebo effect

Option B: the false consensus effect

Option C: replication

Option D: an illusory correlation

Correct Answer: an illusory correlation ✔

Option A: they appear dominant, and women judge men as especially attractive if they appear submissive

Option B: they appear mature, and women judge men as especially attractive if they appear mature

Option C: they appear youthful, and women judge men as especially attractive if they appear youthful

Option D: they appear youthful, and women judge men, as especially attractive if they appear mature

Correct Answer: they appear youthful, and women judge men, as especially attractive if they appear mature ✔

Option A: Educational philosophy

Option B: Educational evaluation

Option C: Educational information

Option D: Educational system

Correct Answer: Educational evaluation ✔

Option A: Study

Option B: Knowledge

Option C: Evaluation

Option D: Education

Correct Answer: Knowledge ✔

Option A: psychology should be the science of behavior that can be observed by others

Option B: The unconscious instigates observable behavior, and should be the main focus

Option C: In order to understand behavior, one must understand the motives behind the behavior

Option D: Behavior can only be explained in terms of phenomenology, that is an individual’s interpretation of an individual’s interpretation of experience

Correct Answer: psychology should be the science of behavior that can be observed by others ✔

Option A: the use of physical exercise as means of combating depression

Option B: the effect of anxiety on problem-solving behavior

Option C: possible factors in a school environment that affect adolescent depression

Option D: the effects on children of being raised in a single-parent home

Correct Answer: the effects on children of being raised in a single-parent home ✔

Option A: industrial / organizational

Option B: social

Option C: clinical

Option D: cognitive

Correct Answer: cognitive ✔

Option A: the case study

Option B: the survey

Option C: naturalistic observation

Option D: correlational research

Correct Answer: the case study ✔

Option A: behaviorism

Option B: structuralism

Option C: humanism

Option D: psychoanalysis

Correct Answer: structuralism ✔

Option A: treat information about individual participants confidentially

Option B: deceive participants about the true purpose of an experiment

Option C: allow subjects to pick whether they are in the experimental or control group

Option D: allow people to decide for themselves whether they want to participate in an experiment

Correct Answer: deceive participants about the true purpose of an experiment ✔

Option A: correlational research

Option B: case studies

Option C: experimentation

Option D: a double-blind procedure

Correct Answer: correlational research ✔

Option A: the range of the sample increases

Option B: the standard deviation of the sample increases

Option C: the man of the sample increases

Option D: the standard deviation of the sample decreases

Correct Answer: the standard deviation of the sample decreases ✔

Option A: research participants are exposed to the most favorable levels of experimental treatment

Option B: dependent variable is not measured

Option C: experimental treatment is absent

Option D: experimenter exerts the greatest influence on participants behavior

Correct Answer: experimental treatment is absent ✔

Option A: Cognitive

Option B: behavioral

Option C: psychodynamic

Option D: evolutionary

Correct Answer: evolutionary ✔

Option A: case studies and surveys

Option B: random samples representative samples

Option C: facts and theories

Option D: causes and effects

Correct Answer: causes and effects ✔

Option A: evolutionary perspective in psychology

Option B: behavioral perspective in psychology

Option C: biological perspective in psychology

Option D: cognitive perspective in psychology

Correct Answer: evolutionary perspective in psychology ✔

Option A: factors that determine group cohesiveness

Option B: strategies used by college students to solve a particular problem

Option C: play behavior in preschool children

Option D: results of visual-spatial tests between genders

Correct Answer: strategies used by college students to solve a particular problem ✔

Option A: range

Option B: median

Option C: mode

Option D: mean

Correct Answer: mean ✔

Option A: The false consensus effect

Option B: the hindsight bias

Option C: replication

Option D: generalizing from vivid cases

Correct Answer: generalizing from vivid cases ✔

Option A: all children are prone to aggressive behavior

Option B: it is unethical to force children to watch violent television

Option C: there was no control group

Option D: aggression wasn’t operationally defined

Correct Answer: there was no control group ✔

Option A: evolutionary perspective

Option B: biological perspective

Option C: humanistic perspective

Option D: cognitive perspective

Correct Answer: biological perspective ✔

Option A: the case study

Option B: naturalistic observation

Option C: random sampling

Option D: replication

Correct Answer: replication ✔

Option A: experimental research method

Option B: case history research method

Option C: correlational research method

Option D: naturalistic research method

Correct Answer: naturalistic research method ✔

Option A: Advocates

Option B: Decision makers

Option C: Individuals

Option D: Researchers

Correct Answer: Advocates ✔

Option A: Evaluation

Option B: Awareness

Option C: Art

Option D: Science

Correct Answer: Science ✔

Option A: the id and the superego

Option B: self-actualizing tendencies

Option C: forces in the unconscious

Option D: forces in the environment

Correct Answer: forces in the unconscious ✔

Option A: single-blind procedure

Option B: the type of experiment is not possible

Option C: stereotaxic procedure

Option D: double-blind procedure

Correct Answer: double-blind procedure ✔

Option A: Researchers

Option B: Observers

Option C: Critics

Option D: Decision-makers

Correct Answer: Critics ✔

Option A: Development

Option B: Bases

Option C: Analysis

Option D: Testing

Correct Answer: Development ✔

Option A: Documents

Option B: Data

Option C: Figures

Option D: None

Correct Answer: Data ✔

Option A: Calculated

Option B: Analytical

Option C: Speeching

Option D: Reporting

Correct Answer: Reporting ✔

Option A: gender-typing

Option B: mutations

Option C: personal space

Option D: temperament

Correct Answer: mutations ✔

Option A: Bias

Option B: Fault

Option C: Disability

Option D: Common sense

Correct Answer: Bias ✔

Option A: mean; mode

Option B: scatterplot; correlation

Option C: central tendency; variation

Option D: skewed distribution; bar graph

Correct Answer: central tendency; variation ✔

Option A: choose “C” when they don’t know the answer

Option B: recall the correct answer to each before reading the alternative answer

Option C: carefully imagine how each of the alternative answer might be correct

Option D: None

Correct Answer: carefully imagine how each of the alternative answer might be correct ✔

Option A: a biased population

Option B: a biased sample

Option C: a representative sample

Option D: a statistically significant population

Correct Answer: a biased sample ✔

Option A: neuroscience

Option B: behavior genetics

Option C: evolutionary

Option D: social-cultural

Correct Answer: social-cultural ✔

Option A: Interpreter

Option B: Teacher

Option C: Student

Option D: Common man

Correct Answer: Teacher ✔

Option A: Gestalt psychologists

Option B: behaviorists

Option C: cognitive psychologists

Option D: humanists

Correct Answer: humanists ✔

Option A: Research

Option B: Development

Option C: Observation

Option D: Formalities

Correct Answer: Research ✔

Option A: naturalistic observation

Option B: standard deviations

Option C: scatterplots

Option D: random assignment

Correct Answer: random assignment ✔

Option A: Report

Option B: Method

Option C: Hypothesis

Option D: Research

Correct Answer: Report ✔

Option A: Plan-oriented

Option B: Action-oriented

Option C: Subject-oriented

Option D: Sector-oriented

Correct Answer: Action-oriented ✔

Option A: Approach

Option B: Convenience

Option C: Difficulty

Option D: Quality

Correct Answer: Difficulty ✔

Option A: random forecasting

Option B: fandom selection

Option C: random placement

Option D: random assignment

Correct Answer: random assignment ✔

Option A: Primary

Option B: Secondary

Option C: Basic

Option D: First

Correct Answer: Basic ✔

Option A: gender schema theory

Option B: gender-typing

Option C: natural selection

Option D: genome mapping

Correct Answer: natural selection ✔

Option A: experimental psychology

Option B: social psychology

Option C: psychometrics

Option D: physiological psychology

Correct Answer: psychometrics ✔

Option A: Better

Option B: Only

Option C: Thoroughly

Option D: Slowly

Correct Answer: Better ✔

Option A: Educational logic

Option B: Educational philosophy

Option C: Educational goal

Option D: Educational research

Correct Answer: Educational research ✔

Option A: Study

Option B: Information

Option C: Scientific approaches

Option D: Evaluation

Correct Answer: Information ✔

Option A: active approach enquiry

Option B: active research enquiry

Option C: active quality enquiry

Option D: active specific enquiry

Correct Answer: active specific enquiry ✔

Option A: Languages

Option B: Technology

Option C: Science

Option D: Education

Correct Answer: Science ✔

Option A: Base

Option B: Point

Option C: Decision

Option D: Result

Correct Answer: Decision ✔

Option A: Point-to-point studies

Option B: Case observations

Option C: Case problems

Option D: Direct quotations

Correct Answer: Direct quotations ✔

Option A: Student

Option B: Researcher

Option C: Advocate

Option D: Trend-setter

Correct Answer: Researcher ✔

Option A: Detailed

Option B: Better

Option C: Continual

Option D: Specific

Correct Answer: Continual ✔

Option A: Testing

Option B: Analysis

Option C: Research

Option D: Observation

Correct Answer: Observation ✔

Option A: Active general

Option B: Active bases

Option C: Active interest

Option D: Active development

Correct Answer: Active general ✔