Psychology MCQs

Option A: Fulfill his needs by himself

Option B: Respond

Option C: Take influences from the environment

Option D: Both (a) and (b)

Correct Answer: Fulfill his needs by himself ✔

Option A: Childhood

Option B: Neo-adolescence

Option C: Adolescence

Option D: Maturation

Correct Answer: Childhood ✔

Option A: Enables an individual to lead successful life

Option B: Enables and individual to adjust in the society

Option C: Enables an individual to develop his abilities

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: sex

Option B: grades

Option C: food

Option D: a pain-relieving drug

Correct Answer: grades ✔

Option A: Psychologist

Option B: Physiologist

Option C: Physicist

Option D: Psychiatrist

Correct Answer: Physiologist ✔

Option A: Punishers

Option B: Stimuli

Option C: Responses

Option D: Reinforces

Correct Answer: Stimuli ✔

Option A: Skinner

Option B: Thorndike

Option C: Watson

Option D: Pavlov

Correct Answer: Pavlov ✔

Option A: Knowledge

Option B: Comprehension

Option C: Understanding

Option D: Practice

Correct Answer: Practice ✔

Option A: Recency effect

Option B: Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

Option C: Wernicke’s aphasia

Option D: Acquired dyslexia

Correct Answer: Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon ✔

Option A: Rationality is not absolute

Option B: Experiments lack ecological validity

Option C: Satisficing responses are rational responses

Option D: People have limited time and data available

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Hindsight bias

Option B: Intuition

Option C: Availability heuristic

Option D: Conditional reasoning

Correct Answer: Hindsight bias ✔

Option A: Occurs automatically

Option B: Fast analysis of information

Option C: Strong feeling of conviction

Option D: Logical analysis

Correct Answer: Logical analysis ✔

Option A: People report that they did more than 50% of the work in domestic situations

Option B: People tend to overestimate car accidents

Option C: People are more likely to attribute a case of heartbum to spicy food than bland food

Option D: People tend to underestimate death from diabetes

Correct Answer: People are more likely to attribute a case of heartbum to spicy food than bland food ✔

Option A: 1 & 2

Option B: 3 & 4

Option C: 1 & 4

Option D: 2 & 3

Correct Answer: 3 & 4 ✔

Option A: The simplest strategy is blind search, in which you just move to letters around blindly until a phrase appears

Option B: Constraining the search space will help to speed up the problem-solving process

Option C: All the problems can be construed in terms of search spaces

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Logic

Option B: Detection of the problem

Option C: Conditional of the problem

Option D: Heuristics

Correct Answer: Representation of the problem ✔

Option A: Being numerate calls for a standard application of arithmetic procedures drawn from memory

Option B: Creative problem-solving can also be done according to formula

Option C: Even if we experience the same problem type over and over again creative problem-solving never become routine

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Being numerate calls for a standard application of arithmetic procedures drawn from memory ✔

Option A: A good book is like a good meal

Option B: Necessity is the mother of invention

Option C: When Helen heard the news, she almost had a meltdown

Option D: There was considerable political fallout from the scandal

Correct Answer: A good book is like a good meal ✔

Option A: In the sentence ‘Harry drove to London there may be a default representation of the fact that a car was used. subsequent mention of a car should not be a problem because its default is already in the representation resulting from the sentence and Sanford failed to show this

Option B: Sanford are Garrod argued that we automatically relate what is being said to background knowledge is organized in long-term memory about specific situations

Option C: In Garnham’s experiment cooked was a better retrieval cue for the sentence ‘Mary cooked the chips than was fried because ‘cooked’ actually appears in the sentence

Option D: Scenarios result from next comprehension; they do not help comprehension take place

Correct Answer: Sanford are Garrod argued that we automatically relate what is being said to background knowledge is organized in long-term memory about specific situations ✔

Option A: Dyslexia

Option B: Aphasia

Option C: Dysphasia

Option D: Lexphasia

Correct Answer: Aphasia ✔

Option A: The finding of Gibbs show that the applicability of the standard comprehension model is widespread

Option B: Comprehending sentences in stories is the same as comprehending actual interactions in dialogue

Option C: Work on indirect speech-act comprehension reinforces the view that literal interpretation is always necessary

Option D: Similar findings have been obtained for metaphor comprehension as have been obtained with speech-act comprehension

Correct Answer: Similar findings have been obtained for metaphor comprehension as have been obtained with speech-act comprehension ✔

Option A: Participants were presented with spoken passage like these; (a) Mary needed to buy some presents, so she went to the bank;(b) Mary found the river cold ,so she swam to the bank

Option B: immediately after the presentation of the ambiguous word, Swinney presented a single letter string on a screen participants had to decide whether the letter string was a world or not(a lexical decision)

Option C: When the string was a word, it could either be related to the intended sense of the ambiguous word(e.g) money’) related to the other sense (e.g mud), or unrelated to other

Option D: It turned out that there was differential advantage (priming) for different sense of the word when there was a delay before the second stimulus depending on the meaning so context appeared to affect initial sense selection

Correct Answer: It turned out that there was differential advantage (priming) for different sense of the word when there was a delay before the second stimulus depending on the meaning so context appeared to affect initial sense selection ✔

Option A: The modular view of word-sense retrieval is that word meanings are stored in a way that is not context sensitive

Option B: When we encounter a string of letters that represents a word, we automatically look up and retrieve the meaning

Option C: If a string represents more than one word, than only one meaning is immediately retrieved if the context indicates which one

Option D: the modular view o0f word-meaning extraction is attractive because it keeps the mechanisms of looking up word-meaning separate from context

Correct Answer: If a string represents more than one word, than only one meaning is immediately retrieved if the context indicates which one ✔

Option A: There is one principle class of phenomena that requires more than literal meaning

Option B: In understanding metaphor the processor first has to parse sentences than has to determine their significance too

Option C: The meaning of “Could you close the door?” can be established on the basis of semantics alone

Option D: Both a & b

Correct Answer: In understanding metaphor the processor first has to parse sentences than has to determine their significance too ✔

Option A: 1 & 2

Option B: 1 & 3

Option C: 2 & 4

Option D: 3 & 4

Correct Answer: 2 & 4 ✔

Option A: Context

Option B: Semantics

Option C: Pragmatics

Option D: Discourse

Correct Answer: Discourse ✔

Option A: Syntax

Option B: Pragmatics

Option C: Mnemonics

Option D: Semantics

Correct Answer: Mnemonics ✔

Option A: The psychology of language is concerned with the organization and processing of written language only

Option B: Language lies at the interface of pure psychology, linguistics and mathematics

Option C: Language is a simple process with very few mysteries

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: The belief that men are inherently superior to women

Option B: The state of sexual promiscuity

Option C: The tendency to treat women as sexual objects only

Option D: A process of liberation of women from the traditional bondage

Correct Answer: A process of liberation of women from the traditional bondage ✔

Option A: Two individual with conflicting interests try to work together

Option B: An individual faces two or more conflicting expectations

Option C: Two individuals with differing specializations try to do a similar kind of work

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: An individual faces two or more conflicting expectations ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: T. Parsons and R. Merton

Option D: R. Linton

Correct Answer: T. Parsons and R. Merton ✔

Option A: Invention of bow and arrow

Option B: Invention of striking fire

Option C: Invention of phonetic alphabet

Option D: Invention of wheel

Correct Answer: Invention of phonetic alphabet ✔

Option A: Rosenthal and Jacobson

Option B: Glass and bottle

Option C: Athusser and Rogers

Option D: Gillborn and Gipps

Correct Answer: Rosenthal and Jacobson ✔

Option A: Our identity

Option B: What people see as our status in society?

Option C: The process by which we learn what is expected of us in society

Option D: The roles we occupy in our daily lives

Correct Answer: The process by which we learn what is expected of us in society ✔

Option A: A culture with in a culture

Option B: Something which breaks the rules

Option C: A way of life

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: A culture with in a culture ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: W. E. B. DuBois

Option C: Herbert Spencer

Option D: Harriet Martineau

Correct Answer: B. W. E. B. DuBois ✔

Option A: organic solidarity

Option B: mechanical solidarity

Option C: verstehen

Option D: rationalization

Correct Answer: organic solidarity ✔

Option A: proletariat

Option B: capitalists

Option C: Bourgeoisie

Option D: communists

Correct Answer: Bourgeoisie ✔

Option A: Social dynamics

Option B: Social statics

Option C: Positivism

Option D: Rationalization

Correct Answer: Social statics ✔

Option A: the ability to see the link between society and self

Option B: a particular point of view

Option C: the patterned interaction of people in social relationships

Option D: the belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation

Correct Answer: the ability to see the link between society and self ✔

Option A: sociological imagination

Option B: sociological perspective

Option C: social structure

Option D: social dynamics

Correct Answer: social structure ✔

Option A: individuals

Option B: Groups

Option C: governments

Option D: criminals

Correct Answer: Groups ✔

Option A: Social change theory

Option B: Vertical mobility

Option C: Labeling theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Labeling theory ✔

Option A: Social change

Option B: Vertical mobility

Option C: Social role

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social role ✔

Option A: Social change

Option B: Social mobility

Option C: Vertical mobility

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social mobility ✔

Option A: Social change

Option B: Vertical mobility

Option C: Status group

Option D: Social interactionon

Correct Answer: D. Social interaction ✔

Option A: Culture lag

Option B: Social mobility

Option C: Social change

Option D: Social institutions

Correct Answer: Social institutions ✔

Option A: Social change

Option B: Vertical mobility

Option C: Social inequality

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social inequality ✔

Option A: Vertical mobility

Option B: Social change

Option C: Social control

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social control ✔

Option A: Social mobility

Option B: Social change

Option C: Control theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social change ✔

Option A: legal- rational authority

Option B: Sapir- Whorf hypothesis

Option C: Routine activities theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Sapir- Whorf hypothesis ✔

Option A: Sapir- Whorf hypothesis

Option B: Legal- rational authority

Option C: Routine activities theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Routine activities theory ✔

Option A: functionalist

Option B: conflict

Option C: unilateral evolutionary

Option D: evolutionary

Correct Answer: unilateral evolutionary ✔

Option A: Functionalism

Option B: Marxism

Option C: Feminism

Option D: Interactionism

Correct Answer: Interactionism ✔

Option A: The forces of production shape relationships

Option B: Institutions like schools perform a positive role in shaping behaviour

Option C: Most societies are based on exploitation, particularly of the proletariat

Option D: Capitalists own the forces of production and exploit the proletariat

Correct Answer: Institutions like schools perform a positive role in shaping behaviour ✔

Option A: people achieving via merit

Option B: people achieving via accident of birth

Option C: people achieving because of who they know

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: people achieving via merit ✔

Option A: Running out of material

Option B: Lack of memory for books, clothes, food

Option C: A charity for deprived material

Option D: lack of support from home

Correct Answer: Lack of memory for books, clothes, food ✔

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: Bernstein

Option B: Tom and jerry

Option C: Tom Linson

Option D: Trish Burleigh

Correct Answer: Tom Linson ✔

Option A: Middle class

Option B: Working class

Option C: gentry

Option D: petit bourgeoisie

Correct Answer: Working class ✔

Option A: to be accepted as a national science

Option B: to remain separate from other discipline

Option C: to organic action

Option D: to explain human behaviours and social organization

Correct Answer: to explain human behaviours and social organization ✔

Option A: Latin

Option B: Latin and Greek

Option C: Latin and Polynesian

Option D: Greek

Correct Answer: Latin ✔

Option A: Ethnography

Option B: Sociology

Option C: Biology

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Sociology ✔

Option A: Herbert Spencer

Option B: Emile Durkheim

Option C: Max Weber

Option D: August Comte

Correct Answer: August Comte ✔

Option A: Objective study of human interaction

Option B: science of human mind

Option C: study of ethnic groups

Option D: Analysis of human nature

Correct Answer: Objective study of human interaction ✔

Option A: Hegel

Option B: K. Marx

Option C: M. Weber

Option D: E. Durkheim

Correct Answer: D. E. Durkheim ✔

Option A: Normative justice

Option B: Prejudice

Option C: Discrimination

Option D: The Asch effect

Correct Answer: Prejudice ✔

Option A: superordinate goals

Option B: scapegoating

Option C: mirror- image perceptions

Option D: the reciprocity norm

Correct Answer: mirror- image perceptions ✔

Option A: the tendency of groups to internalize risk more than individuals

Option B: the tendency for groups to be more risky than individuals

Option C: the tendency for groups to be as risky as individuals

Option D: the tendency for groups to be less risky than individuals

Correct Answer: the tendency for groups to be more risky than individuals ✔

Option A: social loafing

Option B: self- serving bias

Option C: social facilitation

Option D: deindividuation

Correct Answer: social facilitation ✔

Option A: task and social

Option B: social and inclusive

Option C: task and exclusive

Option D: task and inclusive

Correct Answer: task and inclusive ✔

Option A: gender schemas

Option B: nature

Option C: temperament

Option D: culture

Correct Answer: culture ✔

Option A: group decisions will always be better that individual decisions

Option B: when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt even more cautions decision

Option C: a group will always eventually divide into groups with opposing decisions

Option D: when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt a risky decision

Correct Answer: when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt even more cautions decision ✔

Option A: distorting the argument

Option B: rejecting the source

Option C: rationalizing the argument

Option D: refuting the argument

Correct Answer: refuting the argument ✔

Option A: social exchange theory

Option B: the just- world phenomenon

Option C: the bystander effect

Option D: the foot- in- the- door phenomenon

Correct Answer: social exchange theory ✔

Option A: the mere exposure effect

Option B: the foot- in- the- door phenomenon

Option C: the bystander effect

Option D: social facilitation

Correct Answer: the bystander effect ✔

Option A: details of the story are emphasized

Option B: The story is shortened or reduced

Option C: The story become distorted

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: The story become distorted ✔

Option A: Self- perception

Option B: Cognitive dissonance

Option C: Compliance

Option D: Balance

Correct Answer: Self- perception ✔

Option A: Cognitive dissonance

Option B: Self- doubt

Option C: Balance theory

Option D: Second guessing

Correct Answer: Cognitive dissonance ✔

Option A: Hard- sell

Option B: Soft- sell

Option C: Peripheral

Option D: Relevant

Correct Answer: Relevant ✔

Option A: Cognition

Option B: Estimation

Option C: Behavior

Option D: Attitude

Correct Answer: Attitude ✔

Option A: Affective

Option B: Cognitive

Option C: Behavior

Option D: Emotional

Correct Answer: Emotional ✔

Option A: Jig- saw classrooms

Option B: Self- fulfilling prophesy

Option C: Self- serving bias

Option D: Fundamental attribution error

Correct Answer: Self- fulfilling prophesy ✔

Option A: Fundamental attribution error

Option B: Attribution of negative causality

Option C: Self- serving bias

Option D: Cognitive dissonance model

Correct Answer: Self- serving bias ✔

Option A: Self-serving bias

Option B: Balance principle

Option C: Cognitive dissonance model

Option D: Fundamental attribution error

Correct Answer: Fundamental attribution error ✔

Option A: refers to a negative attitude toward members of a group

Option B: refers to unfair behavior toward the members of a group

Option C: is the same thing as prejudice

Option D: is all of the above

Correct Answer: refers to unfair behavior toward the members of a group ✔

Option A: are initially unanimous about an issue

Option B: stress the importance of caution in group decision making

Option C: emphasized concurrence thinking in arriving at a decision

Option D: shift toward a less extreme position after group discussion

Correct Answer: emphasized concurrence thinking in arriving at a decision ✔

Option A: social norms that stress the importance of positive interactions among group members

Option B: duplication of effort among group members

Option C: diffusion of responsibility in groups

Option D: a bias toward making internal attributions about the behavior of others

Correct Answer: diffusion of responsibility in groups ✔

Option A: in the real world, most people will refuse to follow orders to inflict harm on a stranger

Option B: many people will obey an authority figure even if innocent people get hurt

Option C: most people are willing to give obviously wrong answers when ordered to do so

Option D: most people sick to their own judgment, even when group members unanimously disagree

Correct Answer: many people will obey an authority figure even if innocent people get hurt ✔

Option A: the more exposure effect

Option B: social exchange theory

Option C: social facilitation

Option D: the two- factor theory of emotion

Correct Answer: the two- factor theory of emotion ✔

Option A: social facilitation

Option B: the bystander effect

Option C: the foot- in- the- door phenomenon

Option D: the mere exposure effect

Correct Answer: the mere exposure effect ✔

Option A: self- disclosure

Option B: deindividuation

Option C: passionate love

Option D: the mere exposure effect

Correct Answer: self- disclosure ✔

Option A: crossed a swaying footbridge

Option B: intervened is an emergency

Option C: listened to romantic music

Option D: failed a midterm test

Correct Answer: intervened is an emergency ✔

Option A: deindividuation

Option B: the bystander effect

Option C: the mere exposure effect

Option D: hindsight bias

Correct Answer: hindsight bias ✔

Option A: It helps in keeping cultural purity intact

Option B: It helps in legitimizing the need for state and police

Option C: It helps in bringing about change in society

Option D: It helps individuals takeout their frustrations

Correct Answer: It helps in bringing about change in society ✔

Option A: the chain and wheel communications

Option B: the y and circle communications

Option C: the y and free communications

Option D: the circle and free communications

Correct Answer: the circle and free communications ✔

Option A: foot- in- the-door phenomenon

Option B: bystander effect

Option C: mere exposure effect

Option D: frustration- aggression principle

Correct Answer: frustration- aggression principle ✔

Option A: social loafing

Option B: social interference

Option C: diffusion of responsibility

Option D: the bystander effect

Correct Answer: social loafing ✔

Option A: there is obvious disagreement among team players regarding the issue

Option B: he feels insecure in his role as a new member of the team

Option C: he has publicity voiced his opinion on this issue

Option D: social facilitation within the term is very low

Correct Answer: he feels insecure in his role as a new member of the team ✔

Option A: mere exposure effect

Option B: catharsis hypothesis

Option C: frustration- aggression principle

Option D: cognitive dissonance theory

Correct Answer: catharsis hypothesis ✔