Psychology MCQs

Option A: Consensus

Option B: Consistency

Option C: Distinctiveness

Option D: Cooperation

Correct Answer: Cooperation ✔

Option A: Counselling

Option B: Clinical

Option C: Personality

Option D: Social

Correct Answer: Social ✔

Option A: large; small

Option B: small; large

Option C: large; large

Option D: large; larger

Correct Answer: small; large ✔

Option A: understand, predict, and control

Option B: understand, feel about, and behave toward

Option C: think about, influence, and related to

Option D: observe, understand, and communicate with

Correct Answer: think about, influence, and related to ✔

Option A: enduring friendships

Option B: nonconformity

Option C: cultural traditions

Option D: norms.

Correct Answer: nonconformity ✔

Option A: Learned attitude

Option B: Open- mindedness

Option C: Negative feelings

Option D: Justification of beliefs

Correct Answer: Open- mindedness ✔

Option A: Fundamental attribution error

Option B: Perpetuating stereotype

Option C: Behavioral confirmation

Option D: Self- serving bias

Correct Answer: Behavioral confirmation ✔

Option A: Reciprocity norm

Option B: Foot- in- the door technique

Option C: Compliance motive

Option D: Door- in- the- face technique

Correct Answer: Reciprocity norm ✔

Option A: Schizophrenia does not appear to have genetic components

Option B: Schizophrenia does appear to have a genetic component

Option C: Adoption studies do not reveal anything about schizophrenia

Option D: There is a single cause of schizophrenia

Correct Answer: Schizophrenia does appear to have a genetic component ✔

Option A: Mutual support to reciprocity to social ties

Option B: Mutual liking to trust reciprocity

Option C: Reciprocity to mutual liking to trust

Option D: Trust to sharing to mutual liking

Correct Answer: Mutual liking to trust reciprocity ✔

Option A: Transexual identity

Option B: Communicative disorder

Option C: Sexual dysfunction

Option D: Gender identity disorder

Correct Answer: Gender identity disorder ✔

Option A: The ability to think and talk about language and its properties

Option B: The ability to think and talk about gender and its properties

Option C: The ability to read mathematical operations

Option D: The ability to speak multiple languages

Correct Answer: The ability to think and talk about language and its properties ✔

Option A: One year of age

Option B: Six years of age

Option C: Ten years of age

Option D: Two years of age

Correct Answer: One year of age ✔

Option A: 1 & 2

Option B: 2 & 3

Option C: 3 & 4

Option D: 2 & 4

Correct Answer: D. 2 & 4 ✔

Option A: 1,2 & 3

Option B: 2,3 & 4

Option C: 1,3 & 4

Option D: None of These

Correct Answer: A. 1,2 & 3 ✔

Option A: 1 & 2

Option B: 2 & 3

Option C: 3 & 4

Option D: 2 & 4

Correct Answer: A. 1 & 2 ✔

Option A: 1 & 2

Option B: 2 & 3

Option C: 2 & 4

Option D: 1 & 4

Correct Answer: D. 1 & 4 ✔

Option A: 1 & 4

Option B: 1 & 3

Option C: 2 & 3

Option D: 2 & 4

Correct Answer: B. 1 & 3 ✔

Option A: Euclid

Option B: George cantor

Option C: Albert Einstein

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: George cantor ✔

Option A: Psychoanalysts

Option B: Psychodynamists

Option C: Ego analysts

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Ego analysts ✔

Option A: Wertheimer – trait approach to personality

Option B: Cattell – factor analysis of personality

Option C: Johnson – problem solving

Option D: Osgood – semantic differentials

Correct Answer: A. Wertheimer – trait approach to personality ✔

Option A: there is one independent variable having three levels

Option B: there are three independent variables having one level each

Option C: there is one independent variable and three dependent variables

Option D: there is one independent variable having four levels

Correct Answer: there is one independent variable having three levels ✔

Option A: non-parametic

Option B: introspection

Option C: field research

Option D: parametic statistics

Correct Answer: introspection ✔

Option A: France

Option B: America

Option C: Germany

Option D: Japan

Correct Answer: Germany ✔

Option A: Germany

Option B: Britain

Option C: Russia

Option D: USA

Correct Answer: Germany ✔

Option A: CBT

Option B: REBt

Option C: Humanistic therapy

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: CBT ✔

Option A: 1.25

Option B: 8

Option C: 10

Option D: 12.5

Correct Answer: 10 ✔

Option A: standard and expectations shared by the members of a society

Option B: rules of law

Option C: statistically normal behavior

Option D: universal rules of conduct

Correct Answer: standard and expectations shared by the members of a society ✔

Option A: parapsychology

Option B: psychometrics

Option C: measure ecology

Option D: social psychology

Correct Answer: psychometrics ✔

Option A: has not been standardized

Option B: is not valid

Option C: is not reliable

Option D: has not been factor analyzed

Correct Answer: is not valid ✔

Option A: musical

Option B: verbal

Option C: mathematical

Option D: performance

Correct Answer: performance ✔

Option A: prototype

Option B: heuristic

Option C: concept

Option D: algorithm

Correct Answer: concept ✔

Option A: algorithm

Option B: heuristic

Option C: schema

Option D: mental set

Correct Answer: schema ✔

Option A: developmental psychology

Option B: social psychology

Option C: clinical psychology

Option D: cognitive psychology

Correct Answer: cognitive psychology ✔

Option A: semantic shifts

Option B: EEG readings

Option C: reaction time

Option D: rehearsal time

Correct Answer: reaction time ✔

Option A: mental imagery

Option B: functional fixedness

Option C: the framing effect

Option D: algorithms

Correct Answer: mental imagery ✔

Option A: fluid intelligence

Option B: concrete operational intelligence

Option C: crystallized intelligence

Option D: formal operational intelligence

Correct Answer: crystallized intelligence ✔

Option A: childhood

Option B: adolescence

Option C: early adulthood

Option D: late adulthood

Correct Answer: childhood ✔

Option A: babbling

Option B: morpheme induction

Option C: telegraphic speech

Option D: aphasia

Correct Answer: telegraphic speech ✔

Option A: overgeneralization

Option B: over-discrimination

Option C: under-generalization

Option D: telegraphic speech

Correct Answer: overgeneralization ✔

Option A: one-word

Option B: babbling

Option C: two-word

Option D: phonetic

Correct Answer: two-word ✔

Option A: attitude

Option B: prototype

Option C: stereotype

Option D: orienting reflex

Correct Answer: attitude ✔

Option A: aptitude test

Option B: achievement test

Option C: projective test

Option D: acquisition test

Correct Answer: aptitude test ✔

Option A: babbling

Option B: telegraphic speech

Option C: one-word

Option D: semantic

Correct Answer: babbling ✔

Option A: first laboratory

Option B: phrenology movement

Option C: early neuro-anatomy procedures

Option D: first sensory-motor psychological tests

Correct Answer: first sensory-motor psychological tests ✔

Option A: phonemes

Option B: basic cry

Option C: babbling

Option D: anagrammatic

Correct Answer: babbling ✔

Option A: three dimensions

Option B: 180 dimensions

Option C: 120 dimensions

Option D: 10 dimensions

Correct Answer: three dimensions ✔

Option A: Herbert Simon

Option B: J. P. Guilford

Option C: Martin Seligman

Option D: Joseph Wolpe

Correct Answer: J. P. Guilford ✔

Option A: reliable

Option B: valid

Option C: conclusive

Option D: both a and b

Correct Answer: both a and b ✔

Option A: factor analysis

Option B: construct analysis

Option C: Spearman’s g factor

Option D: hypothesis testing

Correct Answer: factor analysis ✔

Option A: aptitude test

Option B: objective test

Option C: achievement test

Option D: intelligence test

Correct Answer: achievement test ✔

Option A: aptitude test

Option B: achievement test

Option C: intelligence test

Option D: cross-cultural test

Correct Answer: aptitude test ✔

Option A: specifically graded toward the learning disabled

Option B: not based on unique, individual differences

Option C: a two-factor theory

Option D: a multiple-factor theory

Correct Answer: a multiple-factor theory ✔

Option A: Broca’s

Option B: Gage’s

Option C: Forester’s

Option D: Wernicke’s

Correct Answer: D. Wernicke’s ✔

Option A: Otis

Option B: Beta

Option C: Alpha

Option D: Bender Gestalt

Correct Answer: Alpha ✔

Option A: WAIS

Option B: WISC C. Blacky

Option C: Stanford-Binet

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Stanford-Binet ✔

Option A: phonology

Option B: semantic

Option C: syntax

Option D: morphology

Correct Answer: morphology ✔

Option A: inductive thinking

Option B: deductive thinking

Option C: evaluative thinking

Option D: divergent thinking

Correct Answer: deductive thinking ✔

Option A: at any age

Option B: before 7 years of age

Option C: before puberty

Option D: before 20 years of age

Correct Answer: before 7 years of age ✔

Option A: measurements

Option B: syllables

Option C: the smallest units of meaningful sound

Option D: the smallest units of sound

Correct Answer: the smallest units of sound ✔

Option A: Spearman

Option B: Raven

Option C: Cattell

Option D: Rorschach

Correct Answer: Cattell ✔

Option A: WISC

Option B: WAIS

Option C: WPPSI

Option D: CPI

Correct Answer: WISC ✔

Option A: an orderly arrangement of words in a syntactical sequence

Option B: a single word used to convey a complex idea

Option C: the meaning of a word in any given context

Option D: the smallest unit of language that conveys a meaning

Correct Answer: the smallest unit of language that conveys a meaning ✔

Option A: adult intelligence test

Option B: child intelligence test

Option C: fixed alternative test

Option D: projective test

Correct Answer: child intelligence test ✔

Option A: latitudinal

Option B: longitudinal

Option C: laboratory method

Option D: representational method

Correct Answer: latitudinal ✔

Option A: divergent thinking

Option B: symbolic thought

Option C: disjunctive thinking

Option D: convergent thinking

Correct Answer: divergent thinking ✔

Option A: Robert Sternberg

Option B: David Wechsler

Option C: Louis Thurstone

Option D: Charles Spearman

Correct Answer: Charles Spearman ✔

Option A: an aptitude test

Option B: an achievement test

Option C: an intelligence test

Option D: a test of creativity

Correct Answer: an achievement test ✔

Option A: surface structure

Option B: deep structure

Option C: divergent thinking

Option D: transformational rules

Correct Answer: deep structure ✔

Option A: running

Option B: adding numbers

Option C: taking a final examination

Option D: memorizing a script

Correct Answer: memorizing a script ✔

Option A: Binet

Option B: Skinner

Option C: Guilford

Option D: Wechsler

Correct Answer: Wechsler ✔

Option A: inhuman solution

Option B: critical thinking

Option C: restricted discussion

Option D: group cohesiveness

Correct Answer: critical thinking ✔

Option A: the mere exposure effect

Option B: the halo effect

Option C: the placebo effect

Option D: the fundamental attribution

Correct Answer: the halo effect ✔

Option A: dyslexia

Option B: aphagia

Option C: Wernicke’s

Option D: Broca’s aphasia

Correct Answer: C. Wernicke’s ✔

Option A: one solution

Option B: arithmetic reasoning

Option C: fluency of ideas

Option D: categorization

Correct Answer: fluency of ideas ✔

Option A: a step in mathematical thought

Option B: a clear visual memory

Option C: most prominent among elderly persons

Option D: highly correlated with general intelligence

Correct Answer: a clear visual memory ✔

Option A: need to achieve

Option B: authoritarianism

Option C: locus of control

Option D: belief in just world

Correct Answer: need to achieve ✔

Option A: one morpheme and three phonemes

Option B: one morpheme and four phonemes

Option C: two morphemes and three phonemes

Option D: two morphemes and four phonemes

Correct Answer: two morphemes and four phonemes ✔

Option A: attention

Option B: maintained rehearsal

Option C: elaborative rehearsal

Option D: repetition

Correct Answer: elaborative rehearsal ✔

Option A: sensory memory

Option B: short-term memory

Option C: working memory

Option D: long-term memory

Correct Answer: sensory memory ✔

Option A: working memory

Option B: implicit memory

Option C: semantic memory

Option D: procedural memory

Correct Answer: working memory ✔

Option A: peg-word system

Option B: acronyms

Option C: the method of Loci

Option D: chunking

Correct Answer: the method of Loci ✔

Option A: method of Loci

Option B: narrative chaining

Option C: elaborative rehearsal

Option D: key word method

Correct Answer: elaborative rehearsal ✔

Option A: chunking

Option B: elaboration

Option C: a mnemonic device

Option D: maintenance rehearsal

Correct Answer: maintenance rehearsal ✔

Option A: semantic

Option B: autobiographical

Option C: metamemory

Option D: procedural

Correct Answer: autobiographical ✔

Option A: retroactive interference

Option B: proactive interference

Option C: state-dependent learning

Option D: encoding specificity

Correct Answer: retroactive interference ✔

Option A: episodic memory

Option B: metamemory

Option C: semantic memory

Option D: procedural memory

Correct Answer: procedural memory ✔

Option A: chunking

Option B: attention

Option C: rehearsal

Option D: selective encoding

Correct Answer: chunking ✔

Option A: encoding failure

Option B: storage failure

Option C: retrieval failure

Option D: state-dependent memory

Correct Answer: retrieval failure ✔

Option A: encoding failure

Option B: state-dependent memory

Option C: retroactive interference

Option D: proactive interference

Correct Answer: retroactive interference ✔

Option A: explicit memory

Option B: semantic memory

Option C: episodic memory

Option D: implicit memory

Correct Answer: implicit memory ✔

Option A: iconic

Option B: implicit

Option C: echoic

Option D: flashbulb

Correct Answer: iconic ✔

Option A: state-dependent memory

Option B: retroactive interference

Option C: the spacing effect

Option D: proactive interference

Correct Answer: proactive interference ✔

Option A: retrieval

Option B: attention

Option C: encoding

Option D: recall

Correct Answer: encoding ✔

Option A: encoding

Option B: retrieval

Option C: rehearsal

Option D: storage

Correct Answer: retrieval ✔

Option A: encoding

Option B: attention

Option C: retrieval

Option D: rehearsal

Correct Answer: attention ✔

Option A: semantic

Option B: procedural

Option C: episodic

Option D: declarative

Correct Answer: procedural ✔

Option A: the keyboard

Option B: the printer

Option C: the central processing unit

Option D: the monitor

Correct Answer: the central processing unit ✔

Option A: consolidation devices

Option B: imagery techniques

Option C: encoding strategies

Option D: mnemonic devices

Correct Answer: mnemonic devices ✔

Option A: mental picture

Option B: test or measure of memory

Option C: technique of encoding language sounds

Option D: memory aid

Correct Answer: memory aid ✔